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Re: Koster's SSW D.III 1/48
« Reply #75 on: July 23, 2019, 06:06:43 AM »
Thanks Drew and Ken  8)

Ken , yes I have made my choice on the scheme . Will be doing Kessler's bird SSW D.III 1611/18 , Kest 4b . Profile is from Jacks Herris' Book SSW aircraft of WW 1 on page 99 .


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Re: Koster's SSW D.III 1/48
« Reply #76 on: July 23, 2019, 06:07:19 AM »
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Re: Koster's SSW D.III 1/48
« Reply #77 on: July 23, 2019, 06:08:07 AM »
from Jack's book page 99



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Re: Koster's SSW D.III 1/48
« Reply #78 on: July 23, 2019, 04:04:49 PM »
Wonderful work, Terri. The laminated wood of the propeller looks great.
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Re: Koster's SSW D.III 1/48
« Reply #79 on: July 23, 2019, 09:20:18 PM »
I like that color scheme.  Like Manni said, the prop looks very good.

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Re: Koster's SSW D.III 1/48
« Reply #80 on: July 23, 2019, 11:56:41 PM »
Looking Better than Terrific T! The dark wood stain , prop, black cowling and panels, and Metal work all look great!
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Re: Koster's SSW D.III 1/48
« Reply #81 on: July 24, 2019, 10:35:24 AM »
Thanks Manni , Ken and Rick for following along . It does give encouragement  8)

Manni and Ken . I can't take credit of the prop blades . Those are decals for the kit actually . The prop and spinner are from a old Eduard build . My cat Blau jump up on the bench and knocked over a bottle of pro-weld . Well I can say that it melted what I had work on , So I kept what was useable and tossed the rest . Prop blades have been re-worked cord and span wise .


Rick , wasn't to sure on how to go by the fuselage . At first I was going to do wood graining , but this won't been seen any way . So I used Tamiya linoleum deck brown with a few drops of Tamiya clear orange for the shellac .



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Re: Koster's SSW D.III 1/48
« Reply #82 on: July 25, 2019, 12:31:32 AM »
Fantastic thread to follow, Terri you're doing a terrific work on every issue, the wood tone is beautiful, I've never heard before of this "linoleum" colour...

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Re: Koster's SSW D.III 1/48
« Reply #83 on: July 25, 2019, 01:12:30 AM »
Terri,
    Great choice for the scheme and the model is looking mighty fine indeed. I've always planned to do a second D.III in wood finish and this would be perfect. I have a Roden Kit in the Stash ............. maybe closer to building then I think as I follow your excellent work here! 8)
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Re: Koster's SSW D.III 1/48
« Reply #84 on: July 25, 2019, 09:20:05 AM »
Fantastic thread to follow, Terri you're doing a terrific work on every issue, the wood tone is beautiful, I've never heard before of this "linoleum" colour...

Antonio

Hi Antonio , It's part of Tamiya's new line which came out a few years ago XF-79 is it's paint number in their acrylic line of paints . I have the lacquer paint by them as well but it is lighter in shade and even with the clear orange mixed in . It would have not even been close . The shellac is more of a dark brown but not overly dark . Once applied to the fuaelage it would have covered up any grain effect so in this case no wood tones .


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Re: Koster's SSW D.III 1/48
« Reply #85 on: July 25, 2019, 09:30:02 AM »
Terri,
    Great choice for the scheme and the model is looking mighty fine indeed. I've always planned to do a second D.III in wood finish and this would be perfect. I have a Roden Kit in the Stash ............. maybe closer to building then I think as I follow your excellent work here! 8)
Cheers,
Lance


Lance ,

It is a cool scheme isn't it ! But I think the Roden kit would be easier then this one . I will get to my some day , maybe this winter it will make it to the bench . When you start your second one I will be following along .


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Re: Koster's SSW D.III 1/48
« Reply #86 on: July 27, 2019, 12:25:29 AM »
Very nice work on your model.
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Re: Koster's SSW D.III 1/48
« Reply #87 on: July 27, 2019, 08:48:32 AM »
Inspiring work, it can't be the easiest of kits. The wood look is great on these SSWs.
Have always been fascinated by that series, though I only have an old Toko SSW D.IV in 1:72 to show for it.
Hoping to see a D.IV (or even a D.VI - amazing looking machine) in 1:32 one day.
Looking forward to seeing the end result - cat permitting!  :)

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Re: Koster's SSW D.III 1/48
« Reply #88 on: July 27, 2019, 01:06:49 PM »
Thanks Gary and Mark for dropping by and having a peak  8)

Mark , I have built the Toko kit but as the D.III . Wonderful little kit actual . Yes a 32 scale or even 48 scale D.IV would be great . Or even a resin set to replace the wings and struts . I wouldn't mind picking up another Roden kit in 32 scale and scratching the wings and struts myself .

I finished off the detail paint and started clear coating for decals when disatier happened . My clear coat had alum flakes in it . Well this didn't go well while running to the kitchen to wash off the Tamiya clear coat and in the process of doing said action ...I drop it on the floor and spilting the fuselage along the top and bottom spine and cracking the join on the back end of the lower wing join . I have re-glued the seems and re-puttied once again . Should be back on track in no time .



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Re: Koster's SSW D.III 1/48
« Reply #89 on: July 27, 2019, 01:31:40 PM »
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