Wingnut Wings 1/32 Albatros D.Va - COMPLETED!

[eclarson]

Beautiful work Eric on the fuselage 

Not sure what you mean by ..." 6-8 hours before pulling the backing off " ? Never heard of having to do this to decals before .

Terri

Thank you Terri.   The HGW Nail Head decals are a special type of wet transfer decal.  Once applied, they have to be allowed to completely dry then the film is peeled off leaving just the nail heads.
HGW recommends 6-8 hour though I experimented with some spare bits after just a couple hours and they worked fine.  Still, it's probably best to follow the instructions.

Cheers,
Eric

[Monty]

Some very clean, neat and detailed modelling going on Eric! Well done! I also get real nervous masking over numerous coats of paint... or especially decals! Regards, Marc.

[Alexis]

Thanks for the reply back Eric , might have to gives these a try .


Terri

[FAf]

How fortunate that the decal didn't work! Great result from masking and painting! The scariest thing with masking and painting is that you might ruin what you've already done, and it only gets worse as the build progresses.

Cheers
Fredrik

[eclarson]

Voila! I'm calling the fuselage is done.

To recap: Wood effect done with oil paints over Tamiya acrylics. HGW nail head decals. Fuselage bands masked and painted. Engine access hatches replaced with HGW photo-etch parts including missing second one on right side. Underside details include shell ejector tubes and fuel tank drain outlet. Light oil stains added using thinned oil paints.  I'm keeping weathering to a bare minimum on this one.  Pretty much just some detail highlighting washes.

Secondary decals are speculative due to lack of references.  Pheon's profile shows the weight limit markings on the port side as two lines of stenciled info but I believe that is the style for the D.V, not the D.Va.  All photos I can find of the D.Va, and the WNW profiles, show the style I used which is also the only one WNW supplies on their decal set.  The WNW Albatros D.V decals have the two-line style.  Also, placement of the rigging diagram on the forward right size is based on the only photo of the actual aircraft I can find and at that it's very faint.  If nothing else, chalk it up to creative license. 









Cheers,
Eric

[RAGIII]

The shield's look Terrific in place. This one is absolutely Stunning Eric!
RAGIII

[smperry]

A real attention getter Eric.
sp

[Early Bird Fan]

it's an absolute work of art and imho doesn't need any weathering, truly worth all the time and effort you have put in to it

[Alexis]

Beautiful work Eric , I really like the finish ....perfect scheen 


Terri

[GazzaS]

That fuselage looks amaaaaaazing!

[Europapete]

Now THAT'S how to build a WNW's kit. Just perfect. Regards, Pete in RI

[jeroen_R90S]

Looking fantastic -brave man for trying the decal for such a fuselage band! I always assume they don't fit anyway (they usually don't, like rudder stripes...) and mask and paint them anyway... But part of it is also that I dislike doing decals.
I love the contrast and the wood tones -just right!

Jeroen

[Pup7309]

Wow, wow, wow!

[eclarson]

Time for some work "under the hood".  The kit's fuel and oil tanks are rather basic but instead of replacing them with aftermarket items I wanted to see what I could accomplish with the kit parts.  The oil tank is merely sitting in place as it will need to be absent in order to fit the engine.  The extra detailing was done using bits of Albion tubing, bronze wire, Evergreen strip, and a variety of plastic and PE scale hex  nuts. 

The straps on the oil tank are strips of regular Tamiya tape sealed with Future and painted with Satin Creme craft paint.  I simulated buckles with dabs of brass paint but they look a little lame so I'll probably replace them with bits of lead foil.   I'll be leaving the cowling covers off for display of course.   







Cheers,
Eric

[Radarman]

That's one nice Albatros!

                      Kevin