Albatros Dva 1/16

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Thank you very much Bud..!! Nice to see all from previous forums back here..!!( theaerodrome..ect)
Do you or any other know what happend to the "greatwaraviation"site..??
@ Bo...checked shapeways...very remarkable, the possibilities with 3D printing..amazing...!!
I was already aware of the 3D printing, but have no idea (yet) how it works to set up a project and convert it to the 3D printer.
Our Dva fuel tank 1/32 vs 1/16 is almost a carbon copy, yours is very subtle with the 3D..

Aft gun mount..a start..will make 2, with different diameters tubing, to see which fits the scale best..

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Your replacement support is looking great as are all of your other scratch built corrections!
RAGIII

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Nice work Martin, but note the actual MG mount was made from oval section tube... Jamo TVAL photo here... I think you can see...

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Gents, after Bo rightly pointed me to the fact that the aft gun mount is oval tubing, I stressed out ;-) , scraped the gunmount project, took a beer and attended to other matters of life...
Okay, no kidding, some sort of wakeup call, I was becoming complacent, lacking in thourough research of the subject...
I started right away with creating oval tubing and soldering the lot, not to my satisfaction yet, needs some fine tuning and cleaning up.
So, no posting until I got it right..!!
But ( call it a diversion from the subject), I took some shots of my first semi scratch build from 20 years ago.
An Albatros C-III in 1/48 from Eduard.
I covered the fuselage with fine wood veneer, riveting with a pin.
First try at painting the wings for a linnen covering look alike.
The rigging is copper wire.
Prop hand carved.
Tail skid real wood.

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Sorry for the dust on the model...see it in the pics now.
The cowling real alu, had a hard time conforming it.

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The model has a little deformation, The left upper wing is bend, my bench lamp descended slowly to the wing while I was away, the heat did the rest.
So, no high G turn to blame, I think the wings would rather snap right of..!!

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[uncletony]

Really great little Albatros!

regarding the mg mount -- wasn't trying to make you feel bad, just thought you'd want to be aware that the kit part in this case is not a good guide...

press on!

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  Martin,
Wow what an awesome  Albatros C.I my old friend. Isn't she one of your projects from the old Aerodrome days? It's hard to believe she based on the old Eduards kit and what a vast improvement too.

As for the gun mounts on the D.Va not to worry or stress my old friend. The problem has been identified and you are working on the correction, all is right with the world now. Like many of us we tend to be our own worst enemies at times. Until the next awesome update Keep Calm and Carry On .
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette

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Thanks Bo & Gregory, no worries, I was really over amplifying my statement, no harm done what so ever...I am enjoying the build as much as I do enjoy y'all builds. And Bo...I wasn't feeling bad, its actually a compliment somebody following the details of the build.
Next post soon!
Thanks

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First try...rond tubing in file bench..oval tubing..;-)
gun mount collar needs mini screw.