Eduard 1/48 Oeffag D.II conversion

[coyotemagic]

Thanks, Mark!  Yeah, I can't believe no one has done an Oeffag in 1/32 scale yet.  Maybe one of the resin companies will pick it up.  Hopefully someone will do one soon.
Cheers,
Bud

[GAJouette]

 Bud,
Same here my old friend. Although I doubt the Oeffag family are as popular with modelers as the Albatros family of fighters I still believe there's enough interest in the type to warrent a 1/32 scale kit or a conversion set. Maybe Roden will at some point in time or better yet WNW's.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette

[Epeeman]

Bud,

How did I manage to overlook your build progress?!

Really great conversion project you are undertaking here.    The wood grain decals really interest me - are these available in 32nd scale?

Also, looking at how you put pins into the lower wings, how did you managed to accurately drill the corresponding holes in the fuselage - whenever I've had a go at this method, my holes never seem to be line up quite right.  Therefore keen to know how you achieved this.

Regards

Dave

[coyotemagic]

Bud,
Same here my old friend. Although I doubt the Oeffag family are as popular with modelers as the Albatros family of fighters I still believe there's enough interest in the type to warrent a 1/32 scale kit or a conversion set. Maybe Roden will at some point in time or better yet WNW's.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette

Gregory, although I still haven't built anything in 1/32 scale, I'd still love to see this one built by some of our very talented friends who do build in that scale.
Cheers,
Bud

[coyotemagic]

Bud,

How did I manage to overlook your build progress?!

Really great conversion project you are undertaking here.    The wood grain decals really interest me - are these available in 32nd scale?

Also, looking at how you put pins into the lower wings, how did you managed to accurately drill the corresponding holes in the fuselage - whenever I've had a go at this method, my holes never seem to be line up quite right.  Therefore keen to know how you achieved this.

Regards

Dave

Thanks, Dave!  Yes, HGW has wood grain decals in 1/32 scale.  Just scroll down the page:
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/HGW-Models/HGW-Decals-/_i.html?_fsub=2612466012&_sid=946355892&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322
As for lining up the pins for the wings, I just eyeballed them by butting them against each other on my cuting board, then marking the wings with a pencil where I wanted to drill.  Once I had the pins in the wings, I held them against the fuselage and marked it the same way.
Cheers,
Bud

[Checkers67]

Gregory, I certainly hope builders discover the refined Oeffag Albies with bigger engines and cool markings. How many tripes and D5's can you build? I think the western front prototypes are fine. Just take a chance on Austrian aircraft.
Steve

[pepperman42]

I meant to ask, when using the sharpie is it prime, sharpie, overpaint with silver or sharpie over paint? and my thought on the A/H machines is - until absolutely every WWI type is produced there arent enough model airplanes out there.

Steve

[coyotemagic]

I meant to ask, when using the sharpie is it prime, sharpie, overpaint with silver or sharpie over paint? and my thought on the A/H machines is - until absolutely every WWI type is produced there arent enough model airplanes out there.

Steve

I've now done it both ways, Steve.  I first used a Sharpie for this purpose on my Sopwith Baby.  On that one, I sprayed the metal panels black, added silver dots with the Sharpie, then overpainted with Model Master Metalizer and buffed until I was happy with the result.

On this one, it was done as an afterthought and I just used the Sharpie over the aluminum I had already applied.  I think it turned out alright.



The tail and wings will go on today and maybe I'll be able to start rigging.
Cheers,
Bud

[uncletony]

metal on the Oeffag looks very convincing to me...

[rhallinger]

Great job Bud!  I love the look of the OEFFAG, with natural wood and CDL---and you've excuted both equisitely!

Regards,

Bob

[GAJouette]

  Bud,
Excellent metalworks my old friend. Outstanding project.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette

[pepperman42]

Thanks for the update and it looks more than alright - it looks amazing!!!

Steve

[lcarroll]

Bud,
   What Steve said with a few extra "!'s" Veeeery nice wood and metal work.
Cheers,
Lance

[ALBATROS1234]

i really like the look of that woodgrain bud. very nice effect. shes coming along quite nicely. one question i had pondered, are you gonna use just the upper and lower wing or the tail surface too from the d.ii kit? i was wondering cuz the rib effect is totally different on the old and new eduard kits. i figured i would have to either make all the dii flying surface fit the oef fuselage or sand down the nice stitching detail from the tail to make them somewhat match.

[Chris Johnson]

I said it earlier and I'll say it again. That swirl effect is top drawer Bud.

Cheers,

Chris