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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => Completed models => Topic started by: crouthaj on June 27, 2020, 09:51:15 AM
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Here's Boelcke's Albatros D.II. I tried to mimic the stippling effect on the lower wing found in various photos.
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Beautiful job :)
Terri
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Very nicely done! I've not seen a lt of reference material on Boelke's aircraft, what references did you use here and particularly for the "stippled" lower wing finish?
Cheers,
Lance
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Outstanding,stippling looks great,and the wooden fuselage is fantastic.
Cheers,
Dave.
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Thanks all for the kind words. For photo reference, check out Lance Bronnenkant's excellent _The Blue Max: Airmen, vol. 1 -- Boelcke and Immelman", particularly the photos on pp. 53-55. The lower wing and rudder were clearly painted with some some of experimental technique (perhaps at the front?), similar to what one finds on the Jasta 5 Albatros D.IIs and D.IIIs. Colors are unkown (something lighter dabbed/stippled over the usual greens and browns/rust).
The wood panels were done decals are by Proper Plane, with a little bit of enamel painting, shading and dabbing to enhance the decals.
Happy modeling,
Jason
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This looks really nice, Jason, especially your decal work with the wood grain. How was the Roden build?
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Excellent, I've never seen the stippled lozenge camouflage before. It looks so right. The wood effect and weathering too appear completely natural. Very fine work!!!! :)
Richie
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Like the others I had not seen the stippled camo until Now. You have done an Outstanding job on the kit. Thanks for sharing your Beautiful work!
RAGIII
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Hats off, Jason, beautiful model.
Can't understand the brickbats thrown at Roden kits: you've shown just what can be done with 'em.
Sandy
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Thanks, comrades, for the words of encouragement. Roden is of course quite good (and there's no other Albatros D.II option!), and the cockpit can be enhanced with a little scratchbuilding will-power.
Jason
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I thought for a moment that the fuselage had been made from wood! A very interesting and different finish on the lower wing too. In all an absolutely first class model.
Stephen.
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Terrific. I'd like to see more pics if that is possible.
Dwayne
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....a couple more photos from different angles, per request.
I just posted shots of my von Richthofen Albatros too.
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Great looking results, Jason.
Nice wood paneling effect and the stippling.
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It’s always great to see an early Albatros build and this is a fantastic one. i love this plane, from the subtle paint chipping on the wings to the great wood effect. There’s just one little thing I wonder about: Where did you get the lilac for the lower wing paint job? i hat thought lilac was introduced in German camouflage in mid 1917, so it could be a little early here for that. Or is this just your interpretation of additional camouflage applied in the field like it was common for fall 1916 Jasta 2 Albatrosses?
Andreas
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Such an interesting colour scheme and some very realistic modelling! Well done, Marc.
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Hello Andreas,
Thanks for your feedback -- you may be correct about the lilac: I improvised/speculated (always a minefield) using the photos and inferring from Jasta 5 stippling effects (e.g. on Gontermann's aircraft). Of course that could be problematic! But photos of Boelcke's machine clearly show that the lower wing (and rudder) was modified with some sort of stippling technique, perhaps done in the field. Maybe I should have done it with more light/dark green?
Best wishes,
Jason
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Very Nice work on Both the D-IIS
Ed
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Hello Andreas,
Thanks for your feedback -- you may be correct about the lilac: I improvised/speculated (always a minefield) using the photos and inferring from Jasta 5 stippling effects (e.g. on Gontermann's aircraft). Of course that could be problematic! But photos of Boelcke's machine clearly show that the lower wing (and rudder) was modified with some sort of stippling technique, perhaps done in the field. Maybe I should have done it with more light/dark green?
Best wishes,
Jason
I just was curious if there could be some new theories unknown to me regarding the earlier usage of lilac as German camouflage color. No one can know exactly what colors Jasta 2 used to stipple down some bright aeras on their Albatrosses in fall 1916, so no one can proof you wrong :)
Andreas
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Hello Andreas,
No new theories, just speculation! It was probably mostly greens and browns, but lilac looks cool.
By the way, I like your quotes from Im Westen Nichts Neues and Le Feu
Herzliche Gruesse,
Jason
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Thanks a lot Jason!