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Re: Revell Ancient Molds 1/72 scale Albatros D.III
« Reply #30 on: March 21, 2022, 06:40:25 PM »
Final photos, my friends.

I see some fuzzies on the upper wing.  I hope they brush off tomorrow.

















Thank you for looking.  I went a little heavy on the matte coat.  Hopefully a gentle buff can help it out.
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Re: Revell Ancient Molds 1/72 scale Albatros D.III Completed
« Reply #31 on: March 22, 2022, 12:09:34 AM »
 Gaz,
      A lovely Build of a true classic, and in one of my favorite schemes, shows what can be done with these vintage Kits with a little care and effort! Great paint job and very nicely done!
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Re: Revell Ancient Molds 1/72 scale Albatros D.III Completed
« Reply #32 on: March 22, 2022, 02:10:37 AM »
This was a very pleasant trip down memory lane Gazza...

She looks great, and I really like her color scheme!

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« Reply #33 on: March 22, 2022, 02:36:47 AM »
Wonderful job on a classic kit !


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« Reply #34 on: March 22, 2022, 04:27:42 AM »
If you had not told us that this was the Revel kit I for one would not have known. Superb model from a not very promising box of bits.

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« Reply #35 on: March 22, 2022, 04:41:37 AM »
Your Old Revelle Alabatros DIII looks terrific. Beautifully painted and the spinner looks much improved.
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Re: Revell Ancient Molds 1/72 scale Albatros D.III Completed
« Reply #36 on: March 22, 2022, 08:31:36 AM »
I love it Gazza - brilliant work on a classic kit! It has inspired me to move mine up in the build pile :)

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Re: Revell Ancient Molds 1/72 scale Albatros D.III Completed
« Reply #37 on: March 22, 2022, 08:40:12 AM »
Your Old Revelle Alabatros DIII looks terrific. Beautifully painted and the spinner looks much improved.
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Thank you!  Using my Dremel as a lathe really helped to make the spinner symmetrical.



Gaz,
      A lovely Build of a true classic, and in one of my favorite schemes, shows what can be done with these vintage Kits with a little care and effort! Great paint job and very nicely done!
Cheers,
Lance

Thank you!  Painting has been one of the areas I've wanted to improve most.




If you had not told us that this was the Revel kit I for one would not have known. Superb model from a not very promising box of bits.

Stephen.

Thank you!  It definitely is an uninspiring kit once you've done a few Roden and WNW kits.


Wonderful job on a classic kit !


Alexis

Thank you!


This was a very pleasant trip down memory lane Gazza...

She looks great, and I really like her color scheme!

Willem

Thank you!  I'm glad you enjoyed it.  It's certainly an interesting color scheme.

I love it Gazza - brilliant work on a classic kit! It has inspired me to move mine up in the build pile :)

Cheers,

BC

Thank you!  I think it inspired me not to do any more ancient kits.  lol


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Re: Revell Ancient Molds 1/72 scale Albatros D.III Completed
« Reply #38 on: March 22, 2022, 09:14:57 AM »
Nice to see the old Revell Albatros looking so sparkling and in a nice scheme.

These Revell kits were gold standard in their day and as you've shown can still come up very nicely.

Are you intending to add rigging to this one? In 1/72 scale it's a challenge for sure.

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Re: Revell Ancient Molds 1/72 scale Albatros D.III Completed
« Reply #39 on: March 22, 2022, 06:11:29 PM »
Lovely!
 

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Re: Revell Ancient Molds 1/72 scale Albatros D.III Completed
« Reply #40 on: March 22, 2022, 07:21:33 PM »
Nice to see the old Revell Albatros looking so sparkling and in a nice scheme.

These Revell kits were gold standard in their day and as you've shown can still come up very nicely.

Are you intending to add rigging to this one? In 1/72 scale it's a challenge for sure.

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Thank you Dave.  No rigging for this one per the competition rules.  Otherwise, I would have.
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Re: Revell Ancient Molds 1/72 scale Albatros D.III Completed
« Reply #42 on: March 23, 2022, 05:59:54 AM »
Bravo Gazza, she's a beauty!
Zac in NZ

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« Reply #43 on: March 23, 2022, 06:04:35 AM »
Nice result in this small scale!
Of course some parts like struts looks a bit out of scale, but those are limits of the kit production and I guess the pictures on my monitor here shows it much bigger as the real model.
The real sky pics are nice. A small hint: the pics from above are a bit bright. You can use the EV setting of your camera to make them a bit darker.

One day I need to do such early Albatros scheme, from D.I, D.II to D.III

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Re: Revell Ancient Molds 1/72 scale Albatros D.III Completed
« Reply #44 on: March 23, 2022, 11:05:08 AM »
Nice result in this small scale!
Of course some parts like struts looks a bit out of scale, but those are limits of the kit production and I guess the pictures on my monitor here shows it much bigger as the real model.
The real sky pics are nice. A small hint: the pics from above are a bit bright. You can use the EV setting of your camera to make them a bit darker.

One day I need to do such early Albatros scheme, from D.I, D.II to D.III

Cheers,
Frank
 
Thank you Frank!  The Albatros fighters are beautiful to model.  So many choices!


Bravo Gazza, she's a beauty!

Thank you, Zac!
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