Author Topic: WNW Albatros D.V/Albatros D.Va Triple - and one more Jasta14 Albatros D.II (Read 66112 times)

Richtrad · « **Reply #360 on:** April 05, 2025, 06:24:05 AM »

The lovely large closeups of this amazing work make you forget how tiny this stuff really is. And how difficult it is to achieve the results you get. Wonderful work.

Warren Q

RAGIII · « **Reply #361 on:** April 05, 2025, 08:39:30 AM »

Quote from: NigelR on April 05, 2025, 05:44:36 AM

More lovely work.......

Yeah, who would have figured

RAGIII

Alexis · « **Reply #362 on:** April 05, 2025, 05:13:30 PM »

Alexis

Borsos · « **Reply #363 on:** April 05, 2025, 09:29:29 PM »

Wonderful. . . And you are on the finishing line!

Umlaufmotor · « **Reply #364 on:** April 06, 2025, 06:29:24 AM »

Thank you for your kind comments Nigel, Warren, Rick, Alexis and Andreas.

The Albatros D.I is standing on the table waiting for the glue on the undercarriage to harden.
The undercarriage is completely installed, the wheels are on, and the undercarriage legs are already tensioned.
Of course, the two rigging cables in the lower section have also been soiled with oil-based paint to match the rest of the undercarriage.

Btw, the upper wing of the D.I is not crooked or bent as it appears in the pictures; this was due to the camera's focus.

A short time later, I also fixed the propeller to the nose of the Albatros.
I think that I will be able to check off the construction of the Albatros D.I as finished tomorrow, or Monday at the latest.

Servus
Bertl

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Umlaufmotor · « **Reply #365 on:** April 07, 2025, 02:27:15 AM »

Landing gear on, propeller on, tail unit and wings sealed on all sides with a mixture of silk matt clear varnish and two drops of beige .... so I think the thing is finished.
Wait, I've just seen in the pictures that the pressure line from the cooling water expansion tank, which is routed up to the upper wing, is still missing - but OK, I'll do that later.
The last picture shows the difference between the wing structure of the Albatros D.I/D.II and the later D.III/D.V and D.Va series.

More pictures of Carl Holler's Albatros D.I "Red Four" later in the completed models section

Servus
Bertl

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Allan31 · « **Reply #366 on:** April 07, 2025, 09:26:47 AM »

Congratulations Bertl, fantastic build and fun to follow.
Will leave comments over on the Completed section.

xan · « **Reply #367 on:** April 07, 2025, 05:01:38 PM »

What a pair of beauty! congratulations!

AngryJazz · « **Reply #368 on:** April 07, 2025, 05:37:46 PM »

Wonderful and beautiful models! So much to learn and to marvel at - thank you so much for the detailed posts and updates

NigelR · « **Reply #369 on:** April 07, 2025, 05:52:29 PM »

Well done, really looking forward to some detailed completed shots.

Umlaufmotor · « **Reply #370 on:** May 01, 2025, 05:22:37 AM »

Thank you very much Allan, Xan, AngryJazz and Nigel.

Servus
Bertl

Umlaufmotor · « **Reply #371 on:** May 01, 2025, 05:31:52 AM »

Well, the Albatros D.I from this construction report is now history - the first layer of dust on the wings can already be seen

The "Rote Vier" ("Red Four") can be found in the "Completed Models" section:

https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=14948.0

In the meantime, work has also continued on the Albatros D.V D-1187/17 of Jasta 10.
The fuselage is now finished except for the aging and weathering.
The leather surround around the cockpit has only been painted with the base color.
The leather effect will be created with various oil colors in the future.

The rudder is also finished apart from the sealing of the decals with matt varnish.

The decals of the iron crosses on the rudder and fin are blended together with the appropriate color.

The suspension on the tail-skid was made with 0.30mm thick solder (wire). Of course, this still has to be painted accordingly.
The fabric wrap on the skid was made with very thin tissue paper.

Servus
Bertl

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AngryJazz · « **Reply #372 on:** May 02, 2025, 05:45:36 PM »

Just love how this one is turning out! I'm still amazed my the perfect wood grain and rivets

NigelR · « **Reply #373 on:** May 02, 2025, 06:30:28 PM »

More amazing detail work Bertl. This is going to be another beautiful Albatros from you.

gedmundson · « **Reply #374 on:** May 03, 2025, 11:47:25 AM »

Bertl, your level of detail & finish is in a very high league - well done. Very inspirational.
Cheers,
Gary