This is my version of the WNW Albatros DV.
Georg Strasser's mount from Jasta 17. I think a lovely scheme and glad it has finally come out on the many 1/32 decal sheets for WNW's superlative kit. These markings are hand made decals.
The wood is oils and washes over Floquil Antique white. Then pin washed with raw umber to pick up the nail heads embossed with a gear cog. Both clear yellow and orange were then used to differentiate panels.
The figure is modified from Model Cellars "Werner Voss." I changed the head, stuck a cigarette in his mouth , original photo in Osprey's Albatros Aces-part 2 shows Georg smoking and I used expoxy putty to apply the leather gaiters he is wearing. A couple of medals on his chest complete the easy conversion.
I also noticed in the original photo that the winglet between the wheels was missing, so using the Smithsonian Albatross restoration publication's drawings, I replaced it with an axle and spreader bar. I also got the little cotter pins in that hold on the wheels. I'm also pround of the cowling retaining springs that I added!
This evocative shot , as the other three pictures, are the work of my good friend and burgeoning modeler, Tom Evens.
Any constructive thoughts, comments, discussion topics are, of course, welcome!
This is my first posting to this forum that I've come to enjoy and check daily!
