1/32 albatros D:III roden

[bobs_buckles]

Splendido!

Beautiful work, P!


Von Buckle   

[Ernie]

It looks great!  You have really made the fuselage look
first-rate!  I look forward to the rest of your splendid
build.

Best Regards,
Ernie

[uncletony]

It looks superb to me. I'm glad you stuck with the Voss scheme. However I don't think the shape of your rudder looks quite right? 

[pepperman42]

Wow a huge jump forward - and with the decals on the wood doesnt seem as dark. Great work!!!

Steve

[mc65]

thank you all, I'm glad you like it!
...me too, I must admit ...

soren, there aren't medals with a single face!
I preferred leave the lower wing to be glued after in order to better handle the fuselage. I left the adjacent panels without decals to work then, which anyway will be difficult, I know... it was just an option I choose.

the joint between the two sides is not the best, I worked before painting hoping to get an acceptable result then. I might say that fairings will help to cover some the things.
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for the air vents, the answer is ... I do not know! by the only photo I found is not given to understand if they were of the same type. I decided so for simplicity.

bo, what question is that?? I copied the rudder from the original drawings ... perhaps the angle of the photo is unfavorable? I hope so, because I really wan't to do it again!

I'm somewhat stopped, waiting for the colors to paint the wings, just working with sandpaper to achieve the right shape and deep on the added wings ribs, but I'm a bit worried about the wings and landing gear struts... they seems so flimsy, compared with the total weight of the model!
...any ideas about?

best, p.

[uncletony]

bo, what question is that?? I copied the rudder from the original drawings ... perhaps the angle of the photo is unfavorable? I hope so, because I really wan't to do it again!

Please don't shoot the messenger... but also don't worry, RB will say you can't trust these plans 

[RAGIII]

Just an opinionated comment here. I am glad you chose to go on with the Voss Markings because after all of your weathering and decals applied it doesn't look dark at all to me! Your close up photos look great and that says a lot about the quality of your work !
RAGIII

[Zabu]

The model it's going great.

About the rudder, i don't know what your information source is... but i guess Bo it's right.

An image (or two) speaks for a thousand words.







or, even better!




Cheers

[-Sören-]

Only the trailing edge of the rudder was increased to have a smoother rounding. The reason was that the tubes before tended to kink when bent.

[uncletony]

Wow check out the white surround on the heart on the upper fuselage -- much wider than the ones on the sides...

[mc65]

BbwaaAaaAargh!!
digging in the references (arrived too late, as usual) I have to face the obvious, meaning it as evidence ...
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hey! look at the white cross's surrounding on the rudder, here... and also the elevator. seems that the cloche it's locked in the up position, maybe with the harnesses as it's usual with light tailwheels today... interesting.

and, man, I had not noticed the edge of the top heart!!! bo, you're priceless! I owe you a beer for the rudder, and at least two for the heart! but we must scale the account of my psychoanalyst ...

meanwhile, colors are arrived. inspected by the expert here.
are misterkit ones, anyone has experience with these?
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well, now I could make some tests, but I have a pending rudder, and I also have to baby-sit the little ...

you soon p.

[Zabu]

All my latest WW1 models are painted with MisterKit colors.

After thining them a bit they go just fine. Leave Tamiya thinner aside please. They go just like vallejo paints.


About your model there's one other thing that guys didn't notest (or did you?).

I don't know how important that is to you mc65, but if you take a look to the left side of the fuselage near the cockpit there's no weight "plate"(?).


Cheers.

[mc65]

nooo-oh! not another mistake...

let's do like that: in the FCM sheet there is a weight plate, so... and, after all, it's so nice!

well, how about this?
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mmmh, there is some distorsion, in the picture... here.
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oh, I did the tailskid with a piece of walnut. here a try. somehow, it "works", having used elastic thread.
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I'm sure enough about the rudder's internal ribs: the two lower are parallel.... or not?
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I wished sandpaper all the wings surface, but I was somehow impeded...
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bye bye, p

[Zabu]

I like it the weight plate too    and the rudder it's looking fine!

To this modeler acknowledgment... yes, the intermal lower ribs of the rudder are parallel.

Here, a little hard to see but with a nice look you may note the internal structure.



If u have Albatros Fighters (the datafile special) the above picture it's in the back cover of the book.

Cheers

P.S: the cat it's so sweet!!

[mc65]

one step forward, two steps back ... who said that?

the step forward. rudder Mk II
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but the drawing seems a bit too pointed at the top, to me...
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and here the two steps back...put, remove, put, remove, put, remove, put... $ T = 90% NLIHk * is * ç!
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here it is, with softened curve... and now pause.
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to the votes!