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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => Under Construction => Topic started by: GazzaS on March 13, 2022, 06:25:52 PM
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Hi everyone,
It's good to see you all again. I got into a little group build with my local modelling club Riverside Scale Modellers of Brisbane, Australia. The Group Build is called Golden years, so it's pre-1970's kits with no Japanese kits allowed because they were so much better than the Airfix and Monogram, and other western stuff available to most of us during our childhoods.
This is day two with the little kit. I've done some reshaping and surface cleaning... but per the group rules, must be OOB with no AM though scratch building addons are allowed. The upper wing is only dry-fitted.
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Happy modelling!
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Welcome back! Your Albatros is looking good. These little Revell kits set so many of us on to our lifetime path of WW1 modelling so it's great to see them still being made.
Even as an OOB build it's good to see how well the Revell kit has stood up to the years.
cheers
Dave Wilson
Gold Coast
Australia
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Great to see you back on the forum, Gazza!
Your wee Albie is looking squared away and fine.
Looking forward to seeing your progress on this one.
Take care.
Bob ;)
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That looks great for that golden oldie kit! Nice modelling... Marc
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Nice!! No pressure build
Steve
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Welcome Back! The Albatros is looking good. This kit was one of My first WW1 builds when I was about 10 years Old. I think I built it in about an hour ;D
RAGIII
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Welcome Back! The Albatros is looking good. This kit was one of My first WW1 builds when I was about 10 years Old. I think I built it in about an hour ;D
RAGIII
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Ha Ha I had the transfers on before the glue had dried! Happy carefree days!
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Excellent! I do enjoy tackling old kits - models are made to be made! - and your Albi's shaping up very nicely!
These little Revell kits set so many of us on to our lifetime path of WW1 modelling so it's great to see them still being made.
They can be quite durable too - the SPAD I built at high school is sitting in my Roden 1/32 version's box as inspiration!
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Welcome back Gaz , will be following along on this one
Alexis
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That little model sure brings back memories! Good luck with your build.
Cheers,
Gary
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Thank you everyone for the kind wishes and thoughtful words! It's good to feel welcome in a great group of model builders.
I never got to build this kit when I was young. The only WWI aircraft I ever had were the 1/48 Fokker D.VII, 1/28 scale Fokker Dr.I and Spad XIII.
Today was spent on fixing surface flaws and coming up with wood grain in a scale I never imagined doing wood grain. First objective was to find the color of the light part of natural pine. To make this, I used the paints illustrated. Blue is a very powerful color... You need it, but you need as little of it as you can get onto the end of a Tamiya stir stick.
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Then I used some Citadel washes to make some streaks. Most of which I wet-sanded off.
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I have been guilty of building orange-stained Albatros fighters. Only about a year ago did I learn of the Idflieg (Inspekteur Der Fliegertruppen) regulation stating that the wooden areas were to be stained yellow. How yellow? I'm not sure. But probably not orange. So, mine now looks like this:
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Now... there are a couple of them with natural wood showing in museums... and they look pretty orange. But I believe that many stained woods, particularly pine, darken as they age, providing they aren't exposed naked to the elements.
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Hopefully It'll all look alright with the Voss Decal set... which hopefully still works after 15 years. I wish I had thought to scribe some lines into the fuselage before i added the wings.
Anyway.... Happy modelling!
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Nice work Gazza - I have one of these on my to-do pile for a future 'nostalgia' build. The kit isn't all that accurate of course, but it 'looks' like an Albatros :) Yours is coming up a treat.
Cheers,
BC
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Thanks Brad. I have done a little sculpting on the spinner. It is quite pointy and long otherwise. Any other shape changes would be far too much work.
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Nice start with the grain effect , look forward on the results .
Alexis
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The grain and color look excellent. Very much correct for the scale IMHO.
RAGIII
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Oh happy days! I remember the plastic being blue when I built this kit in the ealry 1970's - although by then I was a more experienced modeller. I had to paint Voss' personal markings on minne and the fuselage was yellow not wood!
Looking forward to seeing more of this.
Stephen.
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Some color. A lot of shapes are killing me mentally right now. Those propeller blades look suspiciously short, too.
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Not happy with the gray on the cowl. Need it to be lighter.
Happy modelling!
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Do you have the upper wing glued on?
I'm working on one of those too and am trying to get all the paint and decals done before attaching the wing. (Or maybe I am just postponing the upper wing as long as possible.)
Rick
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Great progress Gazza, I think for it's age, the kit holds up very well in terms of shape, etc. It's product from 50 years ago.
I dreamed of getting my hands on this kit when I was a kid, but never found one. :-\
WD
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I have been guilty of building orange-stained Albatros fighters. Only about a year ago did I learn of the Idflieg (Inspekteur Der Fliegertruppen) regulation stating that the wooden areas were to be stained yellow. How yellow? I'm not sure. But probably not orange. So, mine now looks like this:
I spent several years in rural construction, and have seen my share of plywood made from softwoods (pine, fir, etc.) A lot of it, in its natural state, has an orange cast to it, so going with an orange/yellow blend wouldn't be outside the realm of possibility IMHO.
Just my two Pfennings,
WD
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Do you have the upper wing glued on?
I'm working on one of those too and am trying to get all the paint and decals done before attaching the wing. (Or maybe I am just postponing the upper wing as long as possible.)
Rick
It's just dry fitted, mate. Easier to illustrate that way.
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Great progress Gazza, I think for it's age, the kit holds up very well in terms of shape, etc. It's product from 50 years ago.
I dreamed of getting my hands on this kit when I was a kid, but never found one. :-\
WD
Thank you. I didn't even know of this kit back then.
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I have been guilty of building orange-stained Albatros fighters. Only about a year ago did I learn of the Idflieg (Inspekteur Der Fliegertruppen) regulation stating that the wooden areas were to be stained yellow. How yellow? I'm not sure. But probably not orange. So, mine now looks like this:
I spent several years in rural construction, and have seen my share of plywood made from softwoods (pine, fir, etc.) A lot of it, in its natural state, has an orange cast to it, so going with an orange/yellow blend wouldn't be outside the realm of possibility IMHO.
Just my two Pfennings,
WD
I suppose anything is possible. If we consider the orthochromatic film of the day that would turn yellow into black, then we are given more evidence for yellow.
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Hi Friends!
The decals really make the model. I got a little stupid and let my desire to tackle a new challenge upset the build. I really was looking forward to turning the empty white field that comprised the empennage into 3d shapes sculpted with oil paints. I should have waited until the decals were on.
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To make the shapes appear on the tail I used black, blue, and white oils. I'm pleased that even in the intense light of my bench, some of the shades are still visible.
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The original blades were very stumpy and broad. So much so that I thought they were under-length for scale. But I was wrong. They were the proper length. Still... they were ugly enough to warrant replacement. And the spinner required a lot of reshaping. This is as steady as my hands can do with a paint brush. Remember that the blades are only 2.6mm wide.
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used oils to darken the spaces between the ribs on both upper and lower wings. It shows more on the lower wing of this picture than on the upper wing. I'm hoping that it becomes more apparent after a matte coat and better, less brilliant lighting.
Happy modelling!
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Looking great Gazza.
WD
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This old kit really looks great after the care you have taken to do such an excellent paint job. Love the colors!
RAGIII
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That really does look the part. The markings have given it a real lift. The propellor blades look fine too - remember that the camera lens magnifies things a lot.
Stephen.
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Lovely antiquity, Gazza! These vintage kits really look nice when build carefully like you do.
Andreas
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Very clever work with the oils, and with the decals she looks like a much larger (and more recent) kit!
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Very clever work with the oils, and with the decals she looks like a much larger (and more recent) kit!
Thank you Zac! The decals took about three minutes each soaking and waiting for the cement to allow them to slide off the paper. They laid down nicely, though.
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Final photos, my friends.
I see some fuzzies on the upper wing. I hope they brush off tomorrow.
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Thank you for looking. I went a little heavy on the matte coat. Hopefully a gentle buff can help it out.
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Gaz,
A lovely Build of a true classic, and in one of my favorite schemes, shows what can be done with these vintage Kits with a little care and effort! Great paint job and very nicely done!
Cheers,
Lance
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This was a very pleasant trip down memory lane Gazza...
She looks great, and I really like her color scheme!
Willem
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Wonderful job on a classic kit !
Alexis
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If you had not told us that this was the Revel kit I for one would not have known. Superb model from a not very promising box of bits.
Stephen.
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Your Old Revelle Alabatros DIII looks terrific. Beautifully painted and the spinner looks much improved.
RAGIII
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I love it Gazza - brilliant work on a classic kit! It has inspired me to move mine up in the build pile :)
Cheers,
BC
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Your Old Revelle Alabatros DIII looks terrific. Beautifully painted and the spinner looks much improved.
RAGIII
Thank you! Using my Dremel as a lathe really helped to make the spinner symmetrical.
Gaz,
A lovely Build of a true classic, and in one of my favorite schemes, shows what can be done with these vintage Kits with a little care and effort! Great paint job and very nicely done!
Cheers,
Lance
Thank you! Painting has been one of the areas I've wanted to improve most.
If you had not told us that this was the Revel kit I for one would not have known. Superb model from a not very promising box of bits.
Stephen.
Thank you! It definitely is an uninspiring kit once you've done a few Roden and WNW kits.
Wonderful job on a classic kit !
Alexis
Thank you!
This was a very pleasant trip down memory lane Gazza...
She looks great, and I really like her color scheme!
Willem
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it. It's certainly an interesting color scheme.
I love it Gazza - brilliant work on a classic kit! It has inspired me to move mine up in the build pile :)
Cheers,
BC
Thank you! I think it inspired me not to do any more ancient kits. lol
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Nice to see the old Revell Albatros looking so sparkling and in a nice scheme.
These Revell kits were gold standard in their day and as you've shown can still come up very nicely.
Are you intending to add rigging to this one? In 1/72 scale it's a challenge for sure.
Dave Wilson
Gold Coast
Australia
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Lovely!
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Nice to see the old Revell Albatros looking so sparkling and in a nice scheme.
These Revell kits were gold standard in their day and as you've shown can still come up very nicely.
Are you intending to add rigging to this one? In 1/72 scale it's a challenge for sure.
Dave Wilson
Gold Coast
Australia
Thank you Dave. No rigging for this one per the competition rules. Otherwise, I would have.
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Lovely!
Thank you!
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Bravo Gazza, she's a beauty!
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Nice result in this small scale!
Of course some parts like struts looks a bit out of scale, but those are limits of the kit production and I guess the pictures on my monitor here shows it much bigger as the real model.
The real sky pics are nice. A small hint: the pics from above are a bit bright. You can use the EV setting of your camera to make them a bit darker.
One day I need to do such early Albatros scheme, from D.I, D.II to D.III
Cheers,
Frank
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Nice result in this small scale!
Of course some parts like struts looks a bit out of scale, but those are limits of the kit production and I guess the pictures on my monitor here shows it much bigger as the real model.
The real sky pics are nice. A small hint: the pics from above are a bit bright. You can use the EV setting of your camera to make them a bit darker.
One day I need to do such early Albatros scheme, from D.I, D.II to D.III
Cheers,
Frank
Thank you Frank! The Albatros fighters are beautiful to model. So many choices!
Bravo Gazza, she's a beauty!
Thank you, Zac!
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Nice work, Gazza. Good to see a pilot figure, too.
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Well done sir!
WD
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Well done sir!
WD
Thank you!
Nice work, Gazza. Good to see a pilot figure, too.
Thank you! The pilot constitutes the entire content of the cockpit. Without him, you just have a big hole.
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How very impressive. Nice finish, indeed. I can't help looking at that model and recalling the old kit I used to have, and how Revell's interpretation of the Albatros in 1/72 is ingrained in my memory from years ago (although mine wasn't finished nearly as nice as yours!)
Cheers,
Gary
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Lovely wee build, Gazza!
Well done!
Bob ;)
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Lovely wee build, Gazza!
Well done!
Bob ;)
Thank you, Bob!
How very impressive. Nice finish, indeed. I can't help looking at that model and recalling the old kit I used to have, and how Revell's interpretation of the Albatros in 1/72 is ingrained in my memory from years ago (although mine wasn't finished nearly as nice as yours!)
Cheers,
Gary
Thank you, Gary