WnW Albatros D.V "Ernst Udet" complete

[bobs_buckles]

Beautiful work, Gary 
Thanks for the inspiration.

Cheers,
Bob

[kensar]

 

[RAGIII]

Awesome work!
RAGIII

[Brad Cancian]

Oh my. That is beautiful. Great work Gary!

I love that prop especially. Are you able to describe your method?

Cheers,

BC

[gedmundson]

Thanks to all who took the time to comment - greatly appreciated!

Oh my. That is beautiful. Great work Gary!

I love that prop especially. Are you able to describe your method?

Cheers,

BC

Thanks Brad - I really should have taken more photos. But to steal one from a previous build, I've included an example below. I airbrush the propeller with Tamiya XF-57 Buff, then gloss coat it. Then, I take really thin strips of masking tape and form the pattern of the laminates (using a photo of a real one for reference) and put tiny, rounded pieces to make the curves. Then, airbrush a slightly darker brown over that. After removing the tape, the pattern is revealed and touched up, then gloss coated again. Then, a wash of diluted raw umber oil paint to give a wood grain effect is used. Then, more gloss coat. I've sometimes airbrushed the whole thing with Tamiya's clear orange...but not necessary sometimes.

Cheers,
Gary


masking applied (Voss's triplane earlier build)


Buff and darker brown applied - ready for gloss and wood grain (current build...but I'm using the Proper Plane on this one....)

[mess]

Nice one, Gary.

[Monty]

Some really inspiring work going down here, Gary! I will be following with great interest.... Regards, Marc

[Grant]

Off to a great start Gary!
I have this one on the shelf as well, will be taking notes 

[KiwiZac]

That engine is exquisite! Bravo!

[gedmundson]

Thanks everyone for the kind words of encouragement. A bit more progress to share here...


The cookie-cut lozenge for the lower side of the upper wing went on quite well.


Fuselage interior painting with oil paints and Tamiya XF-76. The masking tape worked well, allowing a good fit for the cockpit frame.


I dappled a bit of Vallejo acrylic silver onto the Alclad II Duraluminum ammo cans to get the squiggly effect.


The trickiest part of the cockpit installation was to get the control stick mounted with all of the cabling in place.


With the fuselage now buttoned together I made better exit holes for the elevator control cables using my Smithsonian book of the D.Va restoration as a guide.

Cheers,
Gary

[KiwiZac]

I dappled a bit of Vallejo acrylic silver onto the Alclad II Duraluminum ammo cans to get the squiggly effect.

Those are beautiful, Gary! WOW!!

[RAGIII]

The Lozenge looks perfect Gary. Your interior is gorgeous! Neatly painted and constructed. The ammo cans are works of art!
RAGIII

[kensar]

Nice work, Gary, and your 'dappling' and interior woodgrain looks great.

[pepperman42]

Great simulation of the ammo can finish. They looks awesome installed too!! Just adds more interest to an already well detailed cockpit.

Steve

[gedmundson]

Thanks guys!

With the fuselage put together I've base-coated in a mix of  XF-59 Desert Yellow and XF-2 White, and after a gloss coat I've added panels of an oil paint based rendition of wood grain streaks. Hoping to get a bit of variation between the panels, I've used mostly Yellow Ochre, and a touch of Burnt Sienna and/or Raw Umber.

After seeing what previous modellers have done with the HGW nail head decals, I picked up some for this model and tried them for the first time. Very tricky.

Cheers,
Gary