Authentic color Drooling Bulldog

[ALBATROS1234]

first i must say that the dr.1 above is a masterpiece of model work, i love the paint effects. next i this this is a good idea to myself and this would be an inexpensive way to create new commerce for db paints with sets of colors and masks.as soon as i get more financially stable i plan to get some drooling bulldog products, i have been to the website several times to see the progress.

[uncletony]

Sure! I make my own masks but the colors would be welcome.

[WarrenD]

I absolutely love the effect of the Kraplack!  I too would try to use the roundel paint.

I really must cut out some time for modeling, and get some of these paints!

Warren

[ondra]

Many thanks to all of you for your feedback, I will forward your answers to Sergey.  The research on the original paints/pigments used has started already.

And thanks to Bo for mentioning the fair point about masks, most probably it will be better to offer the masks separately just for the case some modellers have their own plotter.

Btw. despite its strange name Kraplak is getting pretty popular.

These are fotos of Hellboy's WIP on Eduard 1/48 SSW D.III, I am getting more and more amazed of the effects achievable with the translucency.






Cheers

Ondra

[ALBATROS1234]

very very nice

[RAGIII]

That is awesome! The translucency is amazing!
RAGIII

[GrahamB]

Very nice, I'm still not clear about the availability of these paints worldwide (NZ for example). Are they restricted to Europe? The website is quite opaque in this regard.
Any pointers gratefully recieved.

Cheers,

GrahamB

[ondra]

Hi Graham,

at this point of time the paints can be distributed to Europe as well as US, whereas NZ and Australia still remain an open issue. Due to strong restrictions ground shipping must be used.

We sent one package to NZ and one to Australia approximately 3 months ago and have not heard of them yet. Last week we asked the CZ post office to check the status and we were told that the package can take up to 5 (!) months to arrive.

Now we are thinking about other distribution channels for NZ and Australia, as half a year for delivery is not acceptable. If anyone has an idea, hints and tipps are very welcome.

Sorry for the bad news, we will do our best to pave the way to NZ and australian customers for DB paints.

Cheers

Ondra

[von Mertens]

Test paints for hand paint lozenge on a canvas

[von Mertens]

Dear colleagues! The Drooling Bulldog starts working with paints for the British aircrafts of Great War. Big gratitude to Libor Mužík for the provided material!

[Eric Armstrong]

What colors will be offered in the Royal Flying Corps range?

[GAJouette]

  Ondra and VonMertens,
Reading and seeing the results of using Drolling Bulldog paints I am completely convinced DB is on to a great thing here. I am very much impressed with what I have seen included in the thread my friends.

Kraplak is outstanding,exactly the shade of red I have hoped for so long. Udet's D.VII shown is absolutely awesome and exactly as I have alway thought the actual aircraft would have appeared in person. Your PC-10 test as well as the German lozenge test pieces are equally impressive. I seldom have used paint mask for my markings but I believe the idea of combining a paint set with the masks is another excellent idea. One I certainly would be willing to apply to any future model projects. I also believe a full line of DB paints would be a boon to all modeler especially those of us who model in WWI aircraft.

Is there a U.S. distributor yet for DB Paints? If not yet where can one purchase them. Keep up the outstanding progress on this product line.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette

[ondra]

Hi Eric and Gregory,

many thanks for your interest in the DB colours.

First of all, I would like to mention that Sergey Mertens is the guy with the know how that created the DB paints, my contribution to the project is limited solely to paints testing and communication in english.

@Eric Armstrong: Sergey told me that there were 5 various "recipes" for PC 10 (Hellboy found description of ingredients), so far one PC 10 is ready. PC 12 is in preparation and now Sergey and Hellboy work on PC 8 research. The PC 10 should soon appear on one test build and should be available in the webshop by end of August.

@Gregory Jouette: many thanks for your encouraging comments, Gregory! US customers can order directly from the Drooling Bulldog webshop, the shipping time is about 3 weeks, but I am happy to say that we are able to ship to US without problems now.

Btw. the lozenge is meant for the Hannover CL.II/III's centre wing sections, where hand painted lozenge was applied. This had not been mentioned explicitly so far.  I am really keen on seeing the final result in person.

Of course feel free to contact me any time in case of questions or support needed, will be happy to help.

Cheers

Ondra

[RAGIII]

The PC 10 looks good. I am interested in seeing the results of 5 formulas.
RAGIII

[lcarroll]

" US customers can order directly from the Drooling Bulldog webshop, the shipping time is about 3 weeks, but I am happy to say that we are able to ship to US without problems now."

Ondra,
   Have you made any progress on orders from Canada? These products look very interesting.
Cheers,
Lance