Author Topic: Albatros D.Va Paul Bäumer Jasta 5, 1/144 scratchbuild  (Read 22582 times)

Offline ondra

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Many thanks for the confirmation, Red Baron.

I assume the fairings on the lower side of the upper wing looked the same as on the upper side, correct?


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Yeah in 1:144 the fairings will be basically identical top and bottom, although in fact they are not quite so in 1:1 (or 1:32). There are excellent detail photos of the fairings on the WNW site in the archive photos section of the DV kit page...

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This is simply astounding.

Bravo, Ondra!

Cheers from NYC,
Michael

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Hello everybody, once again many thanks for your support and positive comments, I will admit I always smile like an idiot while reading them. :)

Please let me share the photos of Bo's Mercedes D.IIIa in 1:144, now in black primer which shows much more clearly, how incredible they look. I am really astonished by what Bo has created.




I had no time to get to my workbench at the weekend, so only a very slight progress on the build:

I prepared the sandwich of black and white styrene for the carved propeller:



...and made very first steps on the Spandaus:



Cheers

Ondra

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Very beautiful.
Martin

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OK, in my ignorance, I must ask: why a B&W sandwich for the propeller?

Warren

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Fair point, Warren, sorry for the missing description.

I always admired the gorgeous carved laminated props on larger scales and was wondering how to achieve a similar result in 1:144. As I am not really good at working with brush, the results of attempts on painted layers of dark wood did not look good.

As I can not use light and dark wood in this small scale, I use thin sheets of white and black plastic welded together in a B&W sandwich, here a few photos of the prop I made for the Hansa-Brandenburg:



This was the first attempt and I had to admit that the particular layers were way too thick, but after using thinner plastic, I was quite satisfied with the result:


Far from perfect, but still better than previous pieces.

Cheers

Ondra

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OK, so you are making the sandwich, carving the prop, and then applying a thin stain or thinned paint?

I ask, because in 1/72nd, I cannot use layers of wood either. (I tried, but I wasn't able to source it.)  I'd like to try this in 1/72nd.

Warren

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You are right, I just apply a thin coat of oil paint (it was yellow ochre in case of the H-B D.I) in the same way as creating the wood effect.

I think this method could work well for your scale, should you need any support, just let me know, will be happy to help.

Cheers

Ondra

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it is amazing what you acheive in such a tiny size. cheers.

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I'm sure going to try it Ondra, thanks so much for the explanation.

Warren

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It's an extremely clever idea, btw Ondra. 10 bonus points awarded.

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It's an extremely clever idea, btw Ondra. 10 bonus points awarded.
Thank you very much for the compliment, sir. :)

The idea was inspired by Sergey Mertens, a few months ago he explained me the "colour perception" from the artistic point of view and that brought me to this.

The very initial intention was to use a sandwich of yellow and red sheets - you need warm colours as brown (which is the final colour you wish) is a warm colour too. Unfortunately, I have not found a proper source for styrene sheets in the colours I need. That's why I had to use black and white, even for the black styrene I have to use coffee-to-go caps. :) Actually I broke all the rules Sergey explained me as I am using cool colour (white) under warm colours.

To WarrenD: If you want to try this method, I can really recommend you to search for yellow and red plastic sheets, the result will look much better. I you are fortunate to find a place to buy them, would be great if you could let me know.

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Thanks for that Ondra, I'll keep an eye out for those colors!

Now, hmmm . . . . . what would the lamination thickness of an Axial prop on a Fokker Triplane come out to in 1/72nd . . . . . ::)

Warren

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Thanks for that Ondra, I'll keep an eye out for those colors!

Now, hmmm . . . . . what would the lamination thickness of an Axial prop on a Fokker Triplane come out to in 1/72nd . . . . . ::)

Warren

Something around .010", no?