Albatros Dr.I, Eduard 1/48, Upd 28.6.2020 Suspension

[Bughunter]

Hello my friends!
After the finish of my W.4 I touched shortly some shelf queens, but had no real motivation to continue on one of them.
Instead I started a new project ...


Yet another Dr.I  
 

I think I will do serial D 1573/17 from autumn 1917.

"Dr" stands for the german word Dreidecker = Triplane.

So this beast needs a lot of wings!

I spend some time to cut out all six ailerons from the brittle plastic and to create new hinges.



The wings was primed with Alclad white and a bit shadowed as preparation for the decals.



Eduard packed a bigger amount of decals into the box, but I do not like the color.



So I will replace them with Aviattic decals, here 5 color upper side.



On lower side the color are more worse.



Don't expect much progress, to cover all the wings with decals and much more rip tapes will take time.
I hope some of you have some interest in this project and will follow.

Cheers,
Frank

[Alexis]

I have an interest in this build , got this kit in the stash 


Terri

[coyotemagic]

Yes!  So glad you're doing this one, Frank.  I have it in my stash.  Lead the way!
Cheers,
Bud

[gbrivio]

A pretty old one, and very nice. Following with interest and pleasure.
Ciao
Giuseppe

[RAGIII]

Great start on this one Frank! One that we don't see modeled very often so this should be a Treat!
RAGIII

[lone modeller]

Anything that you do attracts my interest Frank, because you always demonstrate a new technique or idea, and always produce outstanding models! So I will be following if I may.

Stephen.

[Bughunter]

Thank you fro your interest Terri, Bud, Giuseppe, Rick and Stephen!

One that we don't see modeled very often

Have not found that machine at all in this forum

Anything that you do attracts my interest Frank, because you always demonstrate a new technique or idea, and always produce outstanding models!

Thank you very much, Stephen! That are sooo nice words

So I will be following if I may.

You not only may! It is an honor for me that you like to follow (and to read my broken english sentences )

Cheers,
Frank

[FAf]

I want in on the ride as well!
/Fredrik

[AlbertD]

Count me in for the long haul. Looking forward to the progress.

[Dric]

I will take a seat too... no three 

[Bughunter]

Also a warm welcome to the three latest guests!


Functioning seat adjustment

After doing a lot of decal work, with some problems, I need a break and have done somthing different.

On my Albatros W.4 a friend complained, that the seat is too far back, so a pilot with very long legs is needed. I mounted the parts in the recesses given by Eduard so it was to late to fix it. But this should not happen again ...

The kit contains some nice PE, but I found other PE set by Eduard to add some parts.
So I soldered a seat and added 0.8mm Nickel silver pipes to the mounting frame.



I formed the frame for fuselage and soldered 0.7mm nickel silver pipes, as this matched the etched holes.
Inside of the seat I formed upholstery with Milliput.



Now I can mount the seat with PE clamps and the seat can slide on the tubing.
Here in the back position:



And here moved to max foreward position:



And finally the painted the leather.



I only added the tubes and Milliput, the rest was provided by Eduard.
The seat can still be removed to paint the frame.

Cheers,
Frank

[FAf]

I'm really glad I managed to get a seat for the show! 😀
Absolutely marvelous work! Since joining this forum I've learned so much and tried several new techniques, including rigging with elastic and monofilament. Your soldering is tempting me to add another element to my modelling.
/Fredrik

[Softscience]

simply brilliant metal work. But you knew that, you dont need me to tell you that

Is the PE set the one that was designed for the older Dr. I kits?

[RAGIII]

You get More amazing with each build!
RAGIII

[dr 1 ace]

I'm on board for the ride too !

Ed