1/72 Roden Albatros D.V

[Rip Van Winkle]

This project was sitting on my desk for so long that it was covered in a blanket of dust.  So I finally finished it.  Model depicts a factory finish of D.1177/17 before Richthofen painted it red.  I got the idea from Wingnut Wings so I followed their instructions. The Eduard D.V is easier but the Roden kit looks great especially with the headrest.

[Rip Van Winkle]

Assembly was straight forward but I used leftover Albatros D.II cabane struts instead of the kit struts.  Tamiya and Misterkit paints for the wings, oil for the fuselage.  Rigging with .005 Nitinol wire.

[Rip Van Winkle]

Decals from Old Propeller and seatbelts form Eduard.  Next on the bench is a Nieuport 23.

[RAGIII]

That is a Gorgeous Albatros! The Roden kit looks excellent when built to the standards you have achieved!
RAGIII

[Rip Van Winkle]

Thank you for the nice comment. Very few setbacks building this.

[Dirigible-Al]

I agree with RAGIII.
I built about three Airfix Albatros kits, the Roden kit was not around then. One of my favourite aircraft.
Alan

[KiwiZac]

That's a gorgeous build RVW, I initially thought it was a 1/48 or larger build! Bravo!

[DaveB]

This is a really good example of a well built Roden kit -

This particular kit is not the easiest to put together so you have achieved an excellent result here

Regards

Dave

[WD]

Beautiful build Rip!  I may have to get one of these so I can build one with a headrest.

WD

[Will Levesley]

Very nice!  I like DV's with the headrest!