Eduard 1/48 Albatros D.III weekend edition

[aviator01]

Hi there,
as a newbie here I wanted to share some pics of my current project. This one is with a lot of "firsts".
- first WWI subject
- first bi-plane
- first rigging (with the use of Bob's buckles)
- first try at wood grain
I thought for the beginning something from Eduards weekend line would be right. After finishing the inside of the fuselage halves I brought everything together and started with a preshading followed by a couple of layers of Tamiya's flesh. Then I started with the wood grain decals by Uschi van der Rosten which went on very nicely. It was very time consuming but I like the overall look. Didn't know if I could achieve this by painting.
On to the pics:








My preshading is to dark. Thanks for looking and critics are very welcome.
greetings ro

[Epeeman]

That looks bloody good so far - the wood grain decals are very effective.

Good luck with your build, mate.

Regards

Dave

[coyotemagic]

Extraordinary, ro!  Would never know that this is your first in all those categories.  The wood grain is brilliant.
Cheers,
Bud

[Zabu]

I sure hope to see more of your firsts, because this one looks perfect!

Nice woodgrain indeed. Keep up with the good work.

Cheers.

[RAGIII]

Extraordinary, ro!  Would never know that this is your first in all those categories.  The wood grain is brilliant.
Cheers,
Bud

I agree with my friend Bud! Very impressive wood grain!
RAGIII

[Rob Hart]

Your Albatros is coming along quite nicely. I am going to have to try those Uschi van der Rosten decals. They look better and better each and every time I see them on a model.

[Jacek]

Fuselage it looks great ! Well done!

[Gisbod]

Hi Ro,

Yep, the wood grain is excellent. I agree the preshading is a little dark - but that's how they represent it on the Uschi website - I think their technique of preshading in black is too harsh..

Great job though - you've jumped in the deep end!

Ps I found rigging in 1/48 very fiddly! Good luck 

[Cimmerian]

That looks really nice. The decal looks really effective.

[Des]

For a list of firsts you have done a remarkable job Robert, the wood grain decals look excellent, slightly too dark with the pre-shade but overall it turned out very well, looking forward to seeing what you do next.

Des.

[PrzemoL]

Very convincing wood! The effort with the decals was surely worth taking!

[-Sören-]

The woodgrain looks very good. But it should go only in one direction. They must be horizontal.

[Ernie]

You have done well so far, ro...as Soren mentioned the woodgrain should
be in the direction of the airflow.  Having said that, I am really impressed
with your application of the woodgrain decals.  I see I am going to have to
pick up some of those!   Thanks for sharing your work, keep at it and
I look forward to more updates.

Cheers,
Ernie

[aviator01]

Hi there,
first thanks a lot for all your comments, I really appreciate it.
@Rob: Yes, you should try the decals, they perform very well.
@Sören: Thanks for your advice, I know the woodgrain would be better just in the direction of the airflow, doing so I thought it would be a little boring and uniform, so lets say it's a little bit artistic license.

Today only little progress, I finished painting the upper and lower wings. Painting was done with Tamiya acrylics. Thanks for looking.
greetings ro

[Ernie]

Good job on the wings, Ro.   About the only thing I would mention is to
my relatively untrained eye you possibly could darken the lighter green and brown
rib tapes to blend in a bit more as you did with the dark green, which to me is pretty=
well spot on.  Your airbrushing in general is very smooth and convincing.  Good work!

Cheers,
Ernie