An airplane that frequently tried to kill its pilot (Aviatik „Berg“ D. I, 1:32)

[MR Bentley]

This is top-notch stuff! The camo looks incredible and I cant wait to see how it turns out in the end!

[PrzemoL]

Splendid colours on your Berg! I like it very much.

[Borsos]

Rick, AngryJazz, Richie, Edo Hotwaffle and Przemo, many thanks for your comments!
I used Filters from AK: a blue one (for Panzergrau) for the hexagons and a yellow one (for Dunkelgelb) for the metal parts.

I managed to use the custom made masks for the stars and the a-h military number.





A big „thank you“ to my wife and to Frank (Bughunter) who made these for me!

Best regards
Andreas

[RAGIII]

Congratulations to your Wife, Frank, and yourself as the Masks worked Beautifully!

RAGIII

[DaddyO]

Been following avidly Andreas and just love how this is shaping up. Overall finish is among the best I've seen on a WW1 aircraft

Paul

[Mike Norris (UK)]

Hi Andreas,
The application of the AK filters certainly adds a great weathered linen effect.
Also Frank's masks look as though they did the job you were looking for,

Mike

[lone modeller]

I have missed quite a lot of this recently Andreas: and oh my what have I missed?!!! This is just incredible - I have had to repeatedly pick up my jaw from the floor and I am afraid that if it drops too many more times it will shatter altogether. That is just incredible painting - well beyond anything I could do even in my wildest dreams. This is going to be a truly stunning model when it is finished.

Stephen.

[Flamingo]

Hi Andreas,
at first the scheme was certainly "candy wrapping", but what you did to tone it down is phantastic!
It's still not "real camouflage", but that's the responsibility of the painters 100 years ago.
Nice idea to cover the deformed hexagons with the white band.
This is going to be a model that frequently tries to praise its builder!   
Greetings Joe

[AngryJazz]

Thank you for the tip with filters 

The scheme and colors just looks perfect - so eye catching! Weathering and shading is very realistic 

[RichieW]

Well the pressure was on to get a great result after your wife and Frank teamed up to design and cut masks and you delivered in great style! You have the special gift of being able to imagine how good a model could possibly be and then go and produce it. Wow!

Richie the astonished

[gedmundson]

Simply outstanding work on your fuselage, Andreas.
Cheers,
Gary

[jeroen_R90S]

+1 awesome work!

[Borsos]

Thank you so much Rick, Paul, Mike, Stephen, Joe, AngryJazz, Richie, Gary and Jeroem for looking in an leaving such nice, motivating comments!


It’s an airplane now. I attached the lower wings, vertical stabilizer, rudder, horizontal stabilizer and elevators. And I started rigging. as I hate rigging, it is good for me to do that in small doses…





And finally I also added the landing gear. Most of the time when I sit behind my working desk, I am able to do one methodical step after the other (at least I think they are methodical). But sometimes I can’t resist the feelings to push things forward. Yesterday it was such an evening. Was it clever to attach the landing gear before finishing rigging, sanding the holes I intend to drill through the wings and repainting the underside of the lower wing? I don’t think so…
Best regards,
Andreas

[macsporran]

Hey Andreas, I've just caught up with your Berg - this is looking terrific. I love the worn, faded effect you have achieved here. Shaping up for an absolute cracker of a model.
Sandy

[kensar]

Very realistic appearance, Andreas.  This is a top shelf model!