I started to build an WnW Albatros D.Va very soon after finishing a D.V a couple of months ago since I enjoyed the finished result so much. Having a few in the stash (in the form of the Green Tail Trilogy) allowed a wide choice of subjects. Inspired by the fact that I have close relatives in Würzburg, Germany I chose to build the aircraft flown by Karl Hopf in Jasta 76b on which he adourned the City of Würzburg crest on the side from where he was from.
Getting decals for this was a challenge, but quickly solved with help from this forum when a fellow member offered to send me the crests I needed. I later realized I needed the checkerboard decals, since it would have been very difficult to paint that scheme by hand - and again our modelling community helped me out there as well.
Since this project is now in the finishing stages, I wanted to summarize the build and show a few things I added to the kit. Thanks to our fellow modeller Bertl "Umlaufmotor" for his hints and tips of which I tried to incorporate late in my build.

I had to break into my kit to start #1 of the three contained.

My chosen scheme

Taurus Models details added (the missing spark plug I luckily found later)


Barracuda Studios manifold with insulation

.010" lead wire for the ignition cables


Cheers,
Gary