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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => Completed models => Topic started by: GazzaS on March 22, 2018, 05:36:12 PM
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HI everyone,
My second completed biplane, and I'm glad to be done with it. One notable omission is the windshield. I meant to add it before putting on the wings, but forgot about it until it was too late and my patience was gone.
I learned a lot about building a biplane with this kit, mostly regarding pinning the struts and when to think about pinning the struts. And most importantly, look at as many photo resources as you can Before You start building.
Without further ado, here are the photos:
(https://imageshack.com/a/img922/4968/JCiY9n.jpg)
(https://imageshack.com/a/img922/4185/Qk8ooy.jpg)
(https://imageshack.com/a/img922/1937/Wut0fv.jpg)
(https://imageshack.com/a/img924/5641/C5HzyL.jpg)
(https://imageshack.com/a/img922/7496/ys2BZC.jpg)
(https://imageshack.com/a/img922/9868/Fk9rMi.jpg)
(https://imageshack.com/a/img923/1879/t60DLl.jpg)
(https://imageshack.com/a/img922/2020/8xkajo.jpg)
(https://imageshack.com/a/img922/7559/bDbfKC.jpg)
Thank you for looking!
Gaz
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Glad it's completed, looking good.
Ciao
Giuseppe
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It's a beauty Gaz!
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Giuseppe and Andonio,
Thank you very much!
Gaz
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Glad to see you battled through Gaz,worth the effort,a great result.
Cheers,
Dave.
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Very nice!
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I really love what you did here with the Albatros D III. Congratulations on a very nice second biplane!
Borsos
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Congratulation Gaz on getting her done. She turned out a beauty.
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You've done a terrific job on this one Gaz, it's not the easiest Kit out there! That rich "honey" tone you achieved on the natural wood is a very nice touch. Now, treat yourself (and your patience index) to nice Wingnut Wings Build.
Cheers,
Lance
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Nice work!! She's a silk purse!
Steve
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Gaz,
Congratulations my friend she's one beautiful little kite. It's great to see a Roden kit built up well.
Outstanding work and an awesome talent really shine here. Well Done!
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette
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She's a beauty, Gaz!
Cheers,
Bud
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Beautiful, Gaz!
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"And most importantly, look at as many photo resources as you can Before You start building."
....erm yes! I could do with following that advice........
That is a model of which I would be extremely proud. I agree with Lance that the wood fuselage is splendid indeed. Congratulations on keeping your patience to the end - it was well worth it IMHO.
Stephen.
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It's a beauty Gaz!
Beat me to it - wot he said!
Richard
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That’s some nice wood you have there.. wot you mean it’s not wood? Seriously very nice build
Photo’s meh... who needs them. Lol sigh great advice
Ray
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Everyone,
Thank you for the positively inspiring replies! I'm really glad I got redirected to this forum.
Gaz
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I followed your build with interest and must say your results are excellent! Your smooth join at the cowling panels makes me envious as I was beaten into submission by mine and left the covers off :( Really nice work all around!
RAGIII
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The wood work on the fuselage and the rigging looks well done.
Nice overall result.
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Very nice work, Gazza, well done! The wood tones look spot on to me!
Cheers
Ondra
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I followed your build with interest and must say your results are excellent! Your smooth join at the cowling panels makes me envious as I was beaten into submission by mine and left the covers off :( Really nice work all around!
RAGIII
Thank you!
Last night I read your build thread for your two Albatrosen with great interest and enjoyment. I can see reason for leaving the panels off because your engine looks quite awesome.
Before I started the Roden I checked out a couple of build reviews and learned that inner parts for the front end don't mate up properly. I think one review said that the builder, after joining the fuselage halves, had to pry the front end apart to fit the engine panels. So, I decided to make the fitment of the engine panels the priority before I even started.
I only glued the right side of the cockpit area to the fuselage wall, and held the rest in place with blutack. This allowed me to not have to fight the engine covers when it came time to attach them. I still had to use a little putty and sandpaper to get the engine panel join area smooth.
In the end, my effort produced an interior that was too far to the right in the cockpit and Spandau area (necessitating some modification to fit the guns), whilst the engine alignment was determined by the engine and panels. I saw a recent build here where the builder centered his fuselage parts by placing stringers along the sides of his fuselage inner parts. I'll be trying that on any future Roden Albatrosen.
I'm hoping that my LHS still has the D.I and D.II on their shelf when I go today.
Gaz
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Thank you everyone! I'm glad you liked the results. I have to give a lot of credit for the rigging to Bob's Buckles. They made a huge difference.
Gaz
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I followed your build with interest and must say your results are excellent! Your smooth join at the cowling panels makes me envious as I was beaten into submission by mine and left the covers off :( Really nice work all around!
RAGIII
Thank you!
Last night I read your build thread for your two Albatrosen with great interest and enjoyment. I can see reason for leaving the panels off because your engine looks quite awesome.
Before I started the Roden I checked out a couple of build reviews and learned that inner parts for the front end don't mate up properly. I think one review said that the builder, after joining the fuselage halves, had to pry the front end apart to fit the engine panels. So, I decided to make the fitment of the engine panels the priority before I even started.
I only glued the right side of the cockpit area to the fuselage wall, and held the rest in place with blutack. This allowed me to not have to fight the engine covers when it came time to attach them. I still had to use a little putty and sandpaper to get the engine panel join area smooth.
In the end, my effort produced an interior that was too far to the right in the cockpit and Spandau area (necessitating some modification to fit the guns), whilst the engine alignment was determined by the engine and panels. I saw a recent build here where the builder centered his fuselage parts by placing stringers along the sides of his fuselage inner parts. I'll be trying that on any future Roden Albatrosen.
I'm hoping that my LHS still has the D.I and D.II on their shelf when I go today.
Gaz
Funny thing about the D1 kit. I had absolutely NO TROUBLE fitting the cowl panels and all of the formers . Perhaps they did a better job on the cowl panels on that kit although it is almost the same as the DIII :-\
RAGIII
https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=3145.0
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Agree with all the above comments, Nice Job !
Ed
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Very well done, the wood colour somehow mates up nicely colour-wise with the Jasta 28 tailplane and Bolle's coloured band. :)
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Thank you very much!