Airco DH.9 (1/32, Wingnut Wings)

[rhwinter]

Oh my, this is SO BEAUTIFUL! I love the bird and am most interested in the history of the "post-war-wars" up to the early 1920ies, so you hit my very soft spot...
Thank you very much for sharing, PrzemoL!

Richard

[Andi Little]

Just to add my applause to this build - Clean, Crisp and very well done. Difficult not to spend too long just poring over the details and how you arrived at them.

Huzzahs Sir: ... Huzzahs!

[drdave]

Absolutely superb I love it.

[lone modeller]

Wonderful build. I know that WNW kits are good ones to start from but you take them to a completely different level again. Absolutely inspiring - and unusual markings too.

[Jacek]

Fantastic next gem in the collection !

[PrzemoL]

Many, many thanks, everybody for such a welcome to my newest build. I am very glad you like it.

Bob, after building two large WNW DHs recently, now it is time for something smaller. I have just started working on 1/72 Roden' Albatros D.II to be finished in Karl Emil Schaefer's colours from Kasta 11.

Ivo, I will be looking forward to your KLM machine. I have looked through my refs and found a photo of H-NABF (former H5889, former G-EAOZ) in the Squadron book. Is this the one you plan to build?

Thank you, threadhead, for your effort to write in my native language. Google translator was absolutely correct this time 

Graham, I use acrylics only. This model was almost entirely painted with Pactra, except for metallic ones, which came from old Citadel series and Vallejo.

[IvotB]

Yes, the H-NABF is the most likely plane. It has been the only one active between 1921 - 1926. The other 3 have been in service for less than a year. And you've got the former registrations correct too. It was taken over from AT&T  (Air Transport and Travel Ltd). But it has had several modifications during its time with the KLM. I'll have to visit the archives to see if there is any documentation left.

regards,
Ivo

[PrzemoL]

Yes, the H-NABF is the most likely plane. It has been the only one active between 1921 - 1926. The other 3 have been in service for less than a year. And you've got the former registrations correct too. It was taken over from AT&T  (Air Transport and Travel Ltd). But it has had several modifications during its time with the KLM. I'll have to visit the archives to see if there is any documentation left.

Doubtless, it will be a very interesting subject. I wish you all the luck in the archive searching!

BTW, justin1980, these are not Czech markings

[hadzi]

Outstanding work Przemek!

[Adam]

Beautiful model and checker patterns I like this. 

Adam.

[miecio52]

Great job, Polish color-congratulations Przemek .I look forward to Polish models

[PrzemoL]

Thank you very much, my dear countrymen! 

[buzby]

first class made ​​model with fine markings, even if mirror-view checker-boards on wings look a little unusual for me 

[PrzemoL]

first class made ​​model with fine markings, even if mirror-view checker-boards on wings look a little unusual for me 

Thank you very much, buzby.

As for the markings, it was a time when no rule was observed for the layout of the checkboard fields. Even if the order from December 1918 specified the upper left field to be red. Especially when the markings were painted in the field conditions many possible combinations were present. Even as late as 1925, when French flying boats Schreck FBA17 were bought, they had the markings painted incorrectly.
Several photos of DH.9s, from the time when they were used in the eastern front, show the consistency between those aircraft and the mirror-view layout is evident, also in the case of the fuselage markings.

[buzby]

PrzemoL, I know that - same scheme is on Ardpol's one in 1/72