Thank you all for your kind comments!!
@NigelR:
As always, I painted the interior wood using Radome as a base coat and oil paint on top to create the wood grain.
I often experiment with different shades from one model to the next, but my basic technique is (mostly) always the same.
I've also tried using colored pencils to depict the wood grain over a larger area, but for me, for my needs, and for my eye, I've always achieved the best results with oil paints.
However, when it comes to depicting the wood grain on the propellers, I always reach for colored pencils - and now I also finish with a thin, fine layer of oil paint as a glaze. Usually Siena Natural.
Here in the picture are the interiors of the Roden Albatrosses (D.II and D.III) that are currently in progress.
About the compass:
Yes, I'm familiar with those finely printed 3D instruments and compasses - I even have a few in my stash - but for some reason, when the part broke, it didn't even cross my mind at the time.
Generally speaking, I only wanted to invest very little time in the D.II anyway and finish it quickly, so no separate details, etc. etc.
Painting the interior was also a pretty quick job - quick and dirty, so to speak.
I didn't put much effort into it - but as luck would have it, suddenly this and that gets added, and some accessories end up in the box too - and now I'm spending significantly more time on the model than planned.
But I think in the end it was worth it.
And as always, the more time you spend on it, the more you grow attached to the built.
These Encore/Roden D.I - D.III and D.III (OAW) Albatrosses aren't bad - they're really not bad kits at all... but they're definitely not "shake-and-bake" kits.
Servus
Bertl
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