WNW Albatros D.V/Albatros D.Va Triple ... and a single 1/32 Roden Albatros D.I

[Dirigible-Al]

I have never continued a German Cross on the inside edge of a rudder and stabilizer (I hope the chastise sticks don't come out for me now). The level of detail on your work is inspiring.
Alan

[bobs_buckles]

 

[Umlaufmotor]

Many thanks to you all for your kind comments - and of course for visiting this built report.

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Bertl

[Umlaufmotor]

Sh*t weather, take advantage of ........ to build models.

The fuselage of the Albatros D.V D.1187/17 was sealed again with silk matt varnish, then some painting of sheet metal fittings, various shading and the first traces of oil and fuel were applied.











The rubber cable of the tail skid suspension was also painted.



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Bertl

[Umlaufmotor]

The drain pipe from the internal fuel distribution valve is now also in place - traces of fuel at the end of the drain pipe are already indicated on the model.



....... a look into the model-cockpit, there you can see the tube coming from the distributor valve disappearing to the outside:



here also on the original:



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Bertl

[Umlaufmotor]

Then a bit of "gimmick" at the edge of the cockpit area.
The holder for the signal ammunition, which was attached to the right cockpit edge, "reworked" a bit

Wingnut Wings includes various mounts for signal ammunition in the kits. I had originally opted for the "E44" component, but now I am using the "E45" component, as this comes closest to the bracket installed on ?my? aircraft due to its design and the number of cartridges that can be inserted.



However, I was only interested in the mount as such, the signal ammunition cast onto the mount was removed.
Eight 0.8mm holes were drilled in their place.
It was important to hit the center as precisely as possible so that the cartridges would later line up neatly.







Instead of the plastic cartridges, I would like to use cases made of aluminum round material to make this area a little more "original" ..... I wrote "gimmick".



I finished the flare gun, which will be mounted next to the signal ammunition, five (!) years ago ..... It's just waiting to be installed.



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Bertl

[Umlaufmotor]

Here is the previously mentioned signal cartridge holder already painted and fixed to the model:
(the leather cockpit frame is not yet painted in these pictures)










The cover of the left-hand empty belt outlet is also painted and slightly dented.
The three fasteners are made of thin, hot-drawn plastic, cut to length and pressed flat with tweezers.
Incidentally, this cover was omitted from the D.Va series without replacement.





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Bertl

[Umlaufmotor]

Of course, the Flare gun also needs a corresponding mount - and this should be as close to the original as possible.

This is easier said than done, as the whole thing will actually be pretty darn small and much more delicate than the macros suggest.

Here, in the sequence of pictures, it is only attached to the fuselage, nothing has yet been adjusted or even glued.
So just now when taking the photo, it was necessary to hold your breath and not wobble.

The bracket is also still raw plastic, the two indicated clamping screws still have to be filed smaller - but I only glued them on a few hours ago.
The clamps and the boom arm together with the clamping fist for the flare gun tube are made of hot-drawn plastic-sprue.
The retaining plate, which rests on the fuselage, is made from a small plastic plate, which has a number on it to identify the components.
The center hole for the boom is drilled 0.75mm, the four screw-on holes at the corners were drilled with a 0.2mm.

You can also see in the pictures that the cockpit surround has now been given its first coat of oil paint.

In the black field at the top right, next to the holder for the signal cartridges, a 0.75mm hole for positioning the boom arm - the hole was not drilled through, of course.











The barrel of the flare gun is drilled through with a diameter of 0.8mm



That's it for today.
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Bertl

[Richtrad]

Bob's kitty GIF says it all.

[AngryJazz]

I enjoy these updates, so much incredible work 

[NigelR]

Superb work all round., Excellent details but I really, really like your approach to adding subtle but very effective and realistic weathering and staining.

[bobs_buckles]

Lovely work, my friend.
Your attention to detail is class leading.

Keep up the great work.
Bob 

[PrzemoL]

Your work never ceases to inspire and cause admiration.

[Umlaufmotor]

Thank you very much, Richtrad, AngryJazz, Nigel, Bob and PrzemoL
I'll keep working on the Albatros D.V!

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Bertl

[Umlaufmotor]

These Mercedes aircraft engines - they always have to be so oily  .....

The windshield is kit part #C2 from the wingnut kit.
The material thickness of this small windshield was thinned considerably in the area of the actual windshield, it is now less than half as thick as before.
The main work for this was done on the back of the windshield by repeated very fine scraping with a new scalpel blade.
This was followed by sanding with 1000 and 3000 grit sandpaper and polishing with Tamiya polish.
The windshield no longer had to be 100% clear as before.
The windshield frame and the windshield mounting were painted with Mr.Metalcolor ?Aluminum?, then gently fogged with Tamiya ?Smog? and finally oiled with heavily diluted dark brown oil paint (burnt umber).
If you add everything up, then there are well over two hours of ?reworking time? in the small component.

If you look closely in the macro, you will notice a small repair area in the upper part of the frame  ....













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Bertl