Roden Albie rolling off the assembly line

[RAGIII]

The paint work looks good. Although a pattern I am not familiar with on a DIII ,I am sure you have done your research!
RAGIII

[kensar]

Thanks for the comments.  I'm not sure I'll keep the green as it is.  I think it should be darker.  This scheme is my interpretation of the green/red brown called out in the windsock data file on Albatros fighters, pages 49 and 21, and I used the pattern from the Roden instructions.  I would say the scheme is speculative.

In the meantime, I've spent a couple of days working on this:





I have wanted to tackle the wire wheels for some time now, and this seemed like a good build to use them.  I machined the rims and hubs and used 0.004 monofilament for the spokes.  I need to paint the tires a dark gray color.

[RAGIII]

The wheels are superb Ken!
RAGIII

[KiwiZac]

Very slow progress on this at this time.

Any progress is good progress 

Zac seems to be very fawn of this sentence 

[Alexis]

Gee Ken , I will admit , very much on the jel side of those wheels !


Alexis

[macsporran]

Superb wheels Ken, please reassure me you are not going to hide them behind wheel covers!!!
Sandy

[kensar]

Thanks for the comments Rick, Zac, Alexis, and Sandy.  I have repainted the green areas to a darker green and will have to respray the brown in spots due to the masking lifting off some paint.
And I will not be hiding these wheels behind wheel covers!     Being a factory fresh bird, the wheel covers have not been installed.

[Rookie]

Beautiful wheels Ken, they look stunning!

I wish I had room for a lathe..
and the money to buy one...
and the skills to use it...
and the time to work on it...

Willem

[MichaelStieber]

 Those wheels are stunning… 
I am really impressed.

[PrzemoL]

Fantastic work on the spoked wheels. Sometimes I wish I had the tools to machine the metal bits for my models instead of relying on ready-to-use products or PE parts...

[kensar]

Thanks for stopping by, Willem, Michael, and Przemol.  I appreciate your comments.  Work on this has been going slow due to lack of bench time.
I must say that getting a lathe and mill opened up a whole new realm of possibilities for my modeling and renewed my interest in the hobby years ago.

[WD]

Wow!  'Dose wheels!  What Rookie/Willem said!

WD

[kensar]

Another update with random pictures.  Lots of painting going on.


I'm painting the national markings on the wings as they are rather large and I don't have to clear coat to a smooth finish first.


The white balance or the exposure is off here, as the colors are definitely darker than how it looks here.  The white border for the crosses are painted first.  The radiator is aluminum, not white.


Nice Gaspatch guns.





Thanks for stopping by.

[RAGIII]

The green does look better now Ken. As always your work is awesome. Lovely MG and the painted markings will look terrific. Just a question here, did you choose to cut the cowling covers in that location to improve the fit?
RAGIII

[kensar]

Thanks, Rick.  I cut the cowling panels to get it around the engine.  My spark plugs are too long and they interfere when trying to put the cowling on from above.  The small forward part will slide on from the front.  Did you have any issues mounting the machine guns?  There is a tight fit around the breeches when the cowling panels are in place.