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Offline Dal Gavan

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Re: Albatros D.III 253 OEFFAG, 1:48, Eduard vs. Blue Max
« Reply #30 on: August 19, 2012, 01:06:10 PM »
It's looking good, Krzysiek.  Have you thought about leaving the swirls showing through the "2"?  It's not unusual for darker colours to show through white paint and your last shot looks like a hand-painted squadron number.

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Re: Albatros D.III 253 OEFFAG, 1:48, Eduard vs. Blue Max
« Reply #31 on: September 06, 2012, 06:02:27 AM »
As we can see no. on the fuselage was made without shinning through, the paint is dense and visible ...I do not know the implementation  technique on  lozenge...maybe some photos could help.
Nevertheless still working on DIII.



 
BM came forward as a priority.
2 aircrafts under construction on small single desk that is too much for me :P
 
Current situation behind the lines looks as follows:

- upper wing  finished and ready for assembly.
- I have finished the rudder using the same method as above i.e. some weakening of Tamiya mask glue and careful implementation on decals.



-self made turnbuckles. These are the thinnest I can perform, there are about 20 of them.




- the fuselage is done in general…,



- now I am doing the lower wings. I have made mixture of 5 colors of paint for linen imitation and looks ok for me




and day light



so doing little steps whole parts assemly is comming inevitably..

to be continued..

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Re: Albatros D.III 253 OEFFAG, 1:48, Eduard vs. Blue Max
« Reply #32 on: September 06, 2012, 07:07:14 AM »
Excellent progress so far Krzysiek, your fuselage wood looks great and the colours you are using for the linen is perfect, especially in day light, keep up the good work.

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Re: Albatros D.III 253 OEFFAG, 1:48, Eduard vs. Blue Max
« Reply #33 on: September 06, 2012, 07:33:40 AM »
Krzysiek I made Eduards Oeffag D.II from the same 7th squadron, but with different painting, white 8. Whole fuselage was green and upper surfaces of wings was also green. Only ruder has swirls and I was afraid to paint checkers with masks and I just  put decal with it on swirls decals and I had the same problem  :P like you have with 2 on upper surface of the wing but I give up.  You are more courageous than I am. :-\
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Re: Albatros D.III 253 OEFFAG, 1:48, Eduard vs. Blue Max
« Reply #34 on: September 06, 2012, 11:07:35 AM »
Very nice work!

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Re: Albatros D.III 253 OEFFAG, 1:48, Eduard vs. Blue Max
« Reply #35 on: September 06, 2012, 11:59:15 AM »
Krzysiek,
   Your linen colour is very impressive, what colours did you use and from what paint line? Nice looking build and the "sworl" camo is really an eye catcher.
Cheers,
Lance

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Re: Albatros D.III 253 OEFFAG, 1:48, Eduard vs. Blue Max
« Reply #36 on: September 06, 2012, 04:22:56 PM »
Thank you guys,

what colours did you use and from what paint line?
I have used Humbrol & Revell mixture, give you no. later on when get back home. For sure there we yellow as a base, red, grey, blue and white...

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K

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Re: Albatros D.III 253 OEFFAG, 1:48, Eduard vs. Blue Max
« Reply #37 on: September 23, 2012, 12:52:27 AM »
so let the story go on..

The lower wings has been finished



I have added some details just to make it look better



and it's time to mount the wings to the fuselage. I opted for the solution used by albatro experts. First top wing has been  installed and then I'm going to fit the lower wing, which have a slight lift.




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Re: Albatros D.III 253 OEFFAG, 1:48, Eduard vs. Blue Max
« Reply #38 on: October 03, 2012, 03:33:30 AM »
Hello guys,
Here you have the biplane as he stands on his own. Geometry is essentially preserved. All done without any complex auxiliary tolls just eyes and some glances from different angles.
So left to do: spoked wheels, fuselage wear, windscreen, small corrections and finito.
I can now confidently say that this is my most difficult model.




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K

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Re: Albatros D.III 253 OEFFAG, 1:48, Eduard vs. Blue Max
« Reply #39 on: October 03, 2012, 04:29:08 AM »
It is looking very nice.  :)
Adam

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Re: Albatros D.III 253 OEFFAG, 1:48, Eduard vs. Blue Max
« Reply #40 on: October 04, 2012, 08:39:50 AM »
Very cool!!

Steve

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Re: Albatros D.III 253 OEFFAG, 1:48, Eduard vs. Blue Max
« Reply #41 on: October 18, 2012, 04:28:45 AM »
The last piece of the puzzle that appears in this thread are the wheels that offered by  manufacturers. Since the BM is a little fattish compared to his younger brother, producer decided to keep the symmetry of the whole structure and tires seems to be pumped too much. Fortunatelly Part set was matched successfully and the whole waiting for final assembly.





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K

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Re: Albatros D.III 253 OEFFAG, 1:48, Eduard vs. Blue Max
« Reply #42 on: October 18, 2012, 04:34:08 AM »
Beautiful work, K.  She's turning out to be a stunning model.
Cheers,
Bud
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Re: Albatros D.III 253 OEFFAG, 1:48, Eduard vs. Blue Max
« Reply #43 on: November 02, 2012, 01:34:10 AM »
The Albi task is not finished yet!
BM is finished but ED still under construction





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K

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Re: Albatros D.III 253 OEFFAG, 1:48, Eduard vs. Blue Max
« Reply #44 on: November 02, 2012, 05:41:48 AM »
Woodwork is outanding I'm waiting for rest.
Adam.