WNW - Albatros D.V/Albatros D.Va Triple Build

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@rhwinter
You got a PM 

@FAf
@sagamore
Thank you Fredrik and Michael

@KiwiZac
I hope I do not disappoint you, Zac 

@Icarroll
Yes, it is sometimes a bit tedious to do all the steps three times - but OK, it works.
I have three more Albatros projects in mind, but let's wait for the current ones to see what the results will be.
I look forward to seeing pictures of your D.V and D.Va.
Start with that Lanc!

@gedmundson
Hi Gary, thank you.
Yes, actually an easy trick with the exhaust.
The later wingnut kits are already much better modeled at this point.

@bobs_buckles
Hi Bob, thank you.
After getting through a hernia surgery this week, I hope to be able to post more pictures again.
Slowly I feel better again.

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Bertl

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Some pictures of the seat belts.
I used paper harnesses from Radu here.
Unfortunately, these are no longer available for purchase.
However, the HGW belts are also very usable.
I am not a friend of etched parts, at least for the belts.
Whenever possible then HGW or just earlier Radu.
But anyway, here it is actually primarily about the metal parts on the belt.
These (all etched parts) are meticulously deburred, primed with Mr. Metal Primer and painted with RLM02.
After the paint had dried well, some paint was removed from the edges.
This can be done easily, either by scraping off (too much paint can be removed quickly) or - better - by forming some very fine steel wool into a small sausage between the fingers and rolling it over the metal parts.
Always test immediately so that not too much color will be removed.
The belts are then aged as usual.













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Bertl

[Alexis]

 


Alexis

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Thank you @Alexis 

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Continue with the three seats.
I reworked the kit seats a bit.
I wanted to make extra seat cushions for the Jasta10 D.V and the OAW D.Va.
Sigman's D.Va is supposed to be built without a seat cushion as I assume the pilot has already flown the plane with a parachute.
The two seat cushions are scratch-built, the seats themselves have also been revised.
I started with the missing stitching on the leather upholstery.
I used two pictures of a D.V seat which I found on the www as a template.





For the presentation of the seams I made a small groove, so that the seams, created from a hot-drawn casting, find their position.







Of course, the cast seat cushions had to be removed. These were scraped off with a scalpel blade.
Nice to see how thin the seat boards are after this procedure.



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Bertl

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The seams were glued in with Tamiya liquid glue.
After the glue had dried well, the seams were sanded even thinner with steel wool.
The third seat was created a little later, I switched from originally two Albatross to three during model building.
I thought to myself, if you are already building two, then the effort for a third Albatros will no longer matter 



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Bertl

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Now for the production of the two new seat cushions.
These were created with the simplest of means from waste plastic.
You hardly need any special tools here, except maybe a Dremel with a ball end mill.
A pair of wire cutters, a drill (diameter 0.4 or 0.5mm), rough sandpaper, steel wool, a tealight, a sharp scalpel blade, scrap plastic and a little patience.

The waste plastic:



The contour of the seat is required.
Make two equal parts and glue them together so that the pillow is not too thin.



When the glue has dried, the contour can be sanded.
The pillow gets its shape.
Use the seat as a template.
Now the holes for the buttons are drilled.
Everyone is free to choose how many buttons to fasten. don't take too many ..... but of course not too little either.
Original images often help.





The cushion gets its special surface with a ball end mill.
Think how crumpled a leather pillow can look, which parts of the body leave which indentations...



The cushion is now smoothed with the sandpaper.
Folds can be drawn outwards in a star shape from each button using the scalpel blade.
The depth of the fold should be deeper near the button - further out it becomes shallower.
Here as an example the cushion of the Morane.



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Bertl

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Now for the representation of the buttons.
I used 0.5mm resin rivets which were glued in here.





However, the buttons can also be made with hot-drawn plastic castings.
Here as an example the seat cushion of a WNW Pfalz D.IIIa.



But you can also choose the noble version - golden brass buttons.
The decision is up to each individual.
In the picture a seat cushion of a WNW Pfalz D.IIIa.





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Bertl

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When the buttons are inserted, the surface is smoothed again with fine steel wool.
I usually make smaller creases on the outside of the pillow with very rough sandpaper.
This makes the pillow look more original.
But the pillow isn't finished yet, the outer seam is still missing.
Here again, hot-drawn plastic castings are used.
Glued with very thin glue, the casting branch can be neatly adapted to the outer contour of the cushion.
Then everything is polished with steel wool.

Here a Pfalz D.IIIa cushion,





And here's a pillow for an albatross. Once with the seam



and once without.
The difference is clearly visible.
With an outer seam, the pillow looks much more original.
It's both times the same pillow.



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Bertl

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All seat cushions are made, all seats are prepared.
Now it's time to paint.
First all seams, buttons and edges are pre-shaded with matt black.







Now a glazing layer Tamiya XF-55 Deck Tan







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Bertl

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Now the seat and seat cushion are painted in several thin layers with a 50:50 mixture of Tamiya X-26 clear orange and X-9 brown.





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Bertl

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To create the typical spotted top layer of the seat covers I used Mr. Weathering WC03 for the light base color and WC02 for the darker spots.
Both colors were dabbed on with a brush and then left in the display case to dry for several days.
First the light base WC03



then the darker WC02



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Bertl

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After a few days everything can be polished with a smooth cloth or kitchen napkin.
The light traces on the seat and the surface of the cushions, which will show a little wear and tear from the use in the air-field, were dry-painted with light sand color.











The seats and the two seat cushions are now complete.
Best regards, see you soon.

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Bertl

[gedmundson]

My hats off to you - a very brilliant tutorial on the seats. You are such an artist with basic materials.
Cheers,
Gary

[KiwiZac]

@KiwiZac
I hope I do not disappoint you, Zac 

I've gone through your latest update. I have total faith in you