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Title: Quick Albatros question
Post by: Squiffy on August 01, 2015, 06:07:30 AM
Evening, chaps. I'm currently applying rib tapes to the planes of a lozenged D.III. Should the tailplanes have rib tapes?
Title: Re: Quick Albatros question
Post by: ALBATROS1234 on August 01, 2015, 02:44:18 PM
there arent many d.iii albatri with lozenge which scheme are you doing squiffy?
Title: Re: Quick Albatros question
Post by: kornbeef on August 01, 2015, 04:25:25 PM
there arent many d.iii albatri with lozenge which scheme are you doing squiffy?
Just the later DIII (OAW) I believe but I've learned you never can say for certain, I believe Albatros Works themselves had moved onto the  D.V production by hthe Flugstof had become  the fabric of choice.
Title: Re: Quick Albatros question
Post by: Squiffy on August 01, 2015, 08:23:18 PM
Thanks, RB.

there arent many d.iii albatri with lozenge which scheme are you doing squiffy?

I'm building the old Revell kit and as I've got some Aviattic lozenge left over from my Gotha build I thought I'd make use of it. I'm working from a single side view of a D.III in the Osprey book Albatros Aces of World War 1 - part 1. The kite in question is shown as being flown by Paul Strahle (Jasta 57, I think - not got the book to hand ATM). It has a red nose, blue fuselage and blue undersides to the planes, with lozenge uppers.

It has a more rounded rudder (for which I've modified the kit part), so my limited knowledge of Albatri would mean OAW built.
Title: Re: Quick Albatros question
Post by: uncletony on August 01, 2015, 10:57:59 PM
Yes, the OAW machines had the rudder identical to that on the D.V
Title: Re: Quick Albatros question
Post by: kornbeef on August 01, 2015, 11:54:15 PM
Strahle did fly a late OAW machine such marked. :-)
Title: Re: Quick Albatros question
Post by: ALBATROS1234 on August 02, 2015, 05:26:54 AM
cool deal,cant wait to see her sqiff
Title: Re: Quick Albatros question
Post by: stefanbuss on August 03, 2015, 11:33:20 PM
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Yes, the OAW machines had the rudder identical to that on the D.V

Bo,

aren't you supposed to be away on holidays (as in "not lurking on the interwebs")????

Stefan  :P
Title: Re: Quick Albatros question
Post by: uncletony on August 03, 2015, 11:38:55 PM
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Yes, the OAW machines had the rudder identical to that on the D.V

Bo,

aren't you supposed to be away on holidays (as in "not lurking on the interwebs")????

Stefan  :P

:) It's a work-cation...