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Offline Borsos

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Re: Encore 1/32 Albatros D.II
« Reply #30 on: May 09, 2019, 12:57:21 AM »
The early Albatrosses are among my most favored planes and you are doing a fantastic job with this Roden kit. I once built the D I and remember the problems very well. From the wingtips to the wheels this is a wonderful model!
Andreas
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Re: Encore 1/32 Albatros D.II
« Reply #31 on: May 22, 2019, 09:58:16 PM »
My Albatros is basically finished - so here are a couple of detail pictures before I post a few of the completed model in that section of the Forum.
Cheers,
Gary








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Re: Encore 1/32 Albatros D.II
« Reply #32 on: May 23, 2019, 03:56:42 AM »
Wow! That is a truly stunning build with a super wood finish on the fuselage. Looking forward to seeing the finished model in the relevant section.

Stephen.
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Re: Encore 1/32 Albatros D.II
« Reply #33 on: May 23, 2019, 07:18:40 AM »
Your Albatros DII and Figure are both Exemplary examples of Modeling Excellence!
RAGIII
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Re: Encore 1/32 Albatros D.II
« Reply #34 on: May 24, 2019, 05:10:06 AM »
Quote from: RAGIII on May 23, 2019, 07:18:40 AM
Your Albatros DII and Figure are both Exemplary examples of Modeling Excellence!
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Must agree with my Amigo on this one, Gary!
Cheers,
Bud
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Re: Encore 1/32 Albatros D.II
« Reply #35 on: May 24, 2019, 11:26:21 AM »
Rick, Bud and Stephen - thanks for the comments, I really appreciate them! Such words are humbling coming from modellers like yourselves.
Sincerely,
Gary
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Re: Encore 1/32 Albatros D.II
« Reply #36 on: May 24, 2019, 06:12:44 PM »
Such a great airplane, so accurately built and realistically painted and decently weathered.
The figure is the cherry on top. Ingeniously painted and Richthofen's view is so clear and intense.
Great work, Gary,
Bye,
Manni
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Re: Encore 1/32 Albatros D.II
« Reply #37 on: May 28, 2019, 06:52:46 AM »
Love that pilot and your excellent painting skills!

Gaz
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Re: Encore 1/32 Albatros D.II
« Reply #38 on: June 03, 2019, 04:26:17 PM »
Hy Gary as I do like Albatrosses I would like to ask what colours in detail you did use for the build of wings and engine nacelle metal parts?
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Re: Encore 1/32 Albatros D.II
« Reply #39 on: June 07, 2019, 02:58:37 AM »
Quote from: Lozenge on June 03, 2019, 04:26:17 PM
Hy Gary as I do like Albatrosses I would like to ask what colours in detail you did use for the build of wings and engine nacelle metal parts?

Hi Lozenge - For the metal parts AND the lighter green-grey colour on the wings I used a mix of Tamiya's XF-76 Grey Green and a bit of XF-22 RLM Grey to darken it a bit. The medium green was XF-58 Olive Green, and the Brown on the wings was XF-64 Red Brown mixed with some XF-1 Flat Black which was sprayed over a previous attempt (of which the brown was too close in colour to the fuselage).

As you can tell, my colour mixes are not precise and I usually tweak them depending how they look to my eye, then save enough of the thinned mix in an old plastic 35mm film cannister (remember those?!)  to finish the project.

Cheers,
Gary
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Re: Encore 1/32 Albatros D.II
« Reply #40 on: June 07, 2019, 03:11:14 AM »
A museum piece in search of a museum!
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