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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => Completed models => Topic started by: Brad Cancian on June 24, 2023, 05:49:02 PM
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Hi all – here’s my latest completion, the Eduard 1/48 Albatros D.V.
I started this one back in August last year. Up front, I want to state that this is a build of a kit provided free to the forum by Eduard as one of our sponsors (and many thanks again to them for the kit). As a kit provided by a sponsor, i'll state that I did not pay for the kit personally, though I did pay for some of the bits and bobs added along the way.
For those following along with the build log (here - https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=13255.0), you'll have seen that this one had a couple of modifications.
I scratch built a number of internal details, including internal frames, a fuel tank, a compass, and other instruments. Details were added to the engine to better replicate the Mercedes D.III engine used on early DVs. Belts and other bits and bobs were also added inside. One of the enduring criticisms of the Eduard Albatros DV is the kit’s short undercarriage legs; accordingly, I replaced these with some resin aftermarket legs (I can’t remember who they are from, as I bought them a number of years back, but they were a bit rough). I also replaced the kit spinner with a home made vacform item, as the kit spinner is also too rounded and bulbous. I also hand-riveted the nails on the fuselage. Rigging is elastic, with “bob’s buckles” turnbuckles and sleeves. The exhaust pipe is a Rex metal item.
The machine is painted in the markings of an early DV, D.2164/17, flown by 27 victory ace Karl Thom when he flew with Jasta 21, around June 1917. Thom would eventually earn the Pour le Merite, or “Blue Max”, on 01 November 1918, being one of the last aviation recipients of this revered award. Paint was a combination of oil paints for the fuselage, and SMS acrylic lacquers for the other colours (most were my own mix), and the decals from Eduard’s earlier 1124 dual combo boxing. Enough talk, here’s some pics:
(https://i.imgur.com/SNQkbo6.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/PT0YzyB.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/FAjZEdA.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/O96t98D.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/LGcynct.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/VdmxhPo.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/4CgNajU.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/FBlUfpN.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/De2oiyW.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/cZjfViA.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/3X42Frp.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/VTW1GBP.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/CulaasR.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/99M9alS.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/1Jtfcc3.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/wxjaK90.jpg)
And for those that don't want to dig through the entire build log, here's some pics of the interior / modifications:
(https://i.imgur.com/AlVyzjO.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/hqnLc0u.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/kvPHBaG.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/VBKgJNf.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/nI6Bb4V.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/GW2leaN.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/gWc2pvB.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/o2OVa7C.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/6XwjVUs.jpg)
This kit has been a stalwart of Eduard's WW1 line up for 20 or so years, and she still builds up as the best 1/48 DV on the market today. The kit's relative simplicity when it comes to struts and rigging also makes it a great kit for someone cutting their teeth on 1/48 WW1 models.
Thanks for looking, and many thanks for those that provided encouragement and kind words along the way – feedback / tips always welcomed!
Cheers,
BC
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It is a spectacular model Brad. Lovely wood rendition and delicate shading, and finely detailed. Top class!
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Many thanks Prze! I am certainly very humbled to receive such kind words from someone of your immense skills :) :)
Thank you again, sir!
BC
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Wholeheartedly agree with Prze. Just an excellent example of an Albatros. You have really captured the beauty of this graceful aircraft.
Tim
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I would never have thought this was only 1/48 scale and thought it was much larger. It looks fantastic.
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As always I enjoyed watching you take some plastic parts and turn them into a Piece of Art! One of the best Albatros DV's I have seen in any scale. Your colors and painting are awesome!
RAGIII
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Many thanks for your kind words Tim, William and Rick! I am certainly humbled :)
Cheers,
BC
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Heavens, Brad...that's a beauty. Then I looked at your website. Jaw is still on the floor and making conversation difficult.
Lovely work...Dan
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The wood finish on the fuselage is truly spectacular and worth the strains and effort. In all an outstanding model - one of the best of the type that I have seen.
Stephen.
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Brad,
This really is top class work all round - your simulated wooden fuselage is very noteworthy.
Regards
Dave
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Many thanks Dan, Stephen and Dave! I am heartened to hear that my efforts on the fuselage finish have hit around the right mark. Very pleased to get this one done, and itching to do another some time soon :)
Cheers again,
BC
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Lovely model, Brad, the woodwork is really eye-catching. You've got exactly the right powerful stance of a purposeful Alb!
(20 years you say, Oh my goodness it seems like yesterday I was relishing these new-process Eduard kits over the old short-run SS D.III, Baby, Starstrutter, Alb C.III etc!)
Sandy
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That’s a nice one! Great woodgrain and nice finish overall.
Andreas
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A beautiful Albatross, hopefully if I hang around long enough I will be able to build something that will only resemble that....
Very well done!!!!
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Another beauty built to the Cancian standard.
The wood grain is excellent and the nail heads really set it off!
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Like all your work, well done !
Ed
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Brad - that's simply the best example I've seen built of the Eduard kit. Not only your interior mods...but the spinner and undercarriage leg replacement sets the model into a league of it's own. And your paint & finishing work is sublime. Absolutely stunning.
Cheers,
Gary
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Stunning work Brad, that is so special. You must be really chuffed with the result!
Richie
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Many thanks everyone, you are all too kind!
(20 years you say, Oh my goodness it seems like yesterday I was relishing these new-process Eduard kits over the old short-run SS D.III, Baby, Starstrutter, Alb C.III etc!)
Tell me about it Sandy! I built the very first edition of the DV back in the mid 1990s, when it first came out (I think it was the 1996 release 8019 red baron boxing, going by the tail number). Those that remember will also know that this early kit also formed the basis of the modern release that we have today, so this kit's pedigree goes quite a way back. Here's a picture of my very first build, probably back around 1996 or 1997, when I was about 15 or 16. It was a completely fictional scheme, all brush painted (I didn't own an airbrush then), with stretched fuse wire rigging, hand drawn 'wood grain' (with a pencil), and hand painted lozenge on the tail. I hadn't discovered gloss coats for decals then either, haha! I do remember being pleased as punch with it at the time though :)
(https://i.imgur.com/CEUTn8p.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/NNzufPh.jpg)
I also remember when Eduard were getting into their 'new' moulding technology, and what a revolution that felt like with their slew of releases back in the early 2000s. What happy days they were! :)
Cheers again!
BC
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Absolutely stunning model, I'm especially impressed by the nails.
But could it have a few parts to much compared to the original (http://www.historyofwar.org/Pictures/pictures_albatros_DV_fuselage.html)? ;D
Greetings Joachim
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Many thanks Joachim!
But could it have a few parts to much compared to the original (http://www.historyofwar.org/Pictures/pictures_albatros_DV_fuselage.html)? ;D
Here's the Eduard scheme that I used:
(https://i.imgur.com/71F2fZ4.jpg)
From the Eduard instructions, this machine is one of two known to be flown by Thom;
"The illustrated rendering of D.2164/17 is a possible reconstruction. It is not out of the question that the aircraft was covered with fabric bearing a Lozenge pattern. While with Jasta 21, Karl Thom flew aircraft numbered D.2016/17. This aircraft bore the same personal marking (5+T), and otherwise was consistent with the bird flown by Eduard von Schleich, including the black front end and black and white stripe on the fuselage. It did not, however, have the headrest installed."
Here's a picture of D.2164 that I think was used as the reference for the Eduard scheme:
(https://i.imgur.com/GtMD6W8.jpg)
Hopefully this helps clarify :)
Thanks again!
Brad
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Hi Brad,
the parts I meant were the wings and the prop, but your photo shows the original did have them! ;D
Greetings Joe
Btw, this was the first box:
(https://abload.de/img/20230704_000139183eu5.jpg) (https://abload.de/image.php?img=20230704_000139183eu5.jpg)
(https://abload.de/img/20230704_0002009ti1m.jpg) (https://abload.de/image.php?img=20230704_0002009ti1m.jpg)
(https://abload.de/img/20230704_120131ure4m.jpg) (https://abload.de/image.php?img=20230704_120131ure4m.jpg)
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I can see now why the folks on the WW1 Mailing List held your work in such high regard, Brad... this is as good as modeling gets.
Dave V.
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(https://abload.de/img/20230704_000139183eu5.jpg) (https://abload.de/image.php?img=20230704_000139183eu5.jpg)
That's the very scheme I'd like to do when I get a 1/48 Albi to call my own!