Albatros D.Va Paul Bäumer Jasta 5, 1/144 scratchbuild

[WarrenD]

I can't remember Bo. I'll just have to sit down with my Eduard kit, or somesuch, and do the math!

And now,  . . . back to Ondra's wonderful build.

Warren

[ondra]

I always tend to use the simplest methods available, therefore when calculating the thickness of particular layers, I just take a drawing of the aircraft in 1:144 scale and measure the total thickness of the propeller. In the second step I look at photos and count the number of lamination layers (btw. is this the correct word, "layer"?). The rest is very simple math.

[ondra]

Layer = Lamination

I see, many thanks. I am sorry for my english, some expressions are just way too special. But I keep on learning.

[WarrenD]

Ondra, your English is just fine, much better than my students, and supposedly they are native speakers with 16-24 years experience. 

Warren

[ondra]

Ondra, your English is just fine, much better than my students, and supposedly they are native speakers with 16-24 years experience. 

Warren

Many thanks for your understanding, Warren, I used to work as language teacher for 4 years (German).

Cheers

Ondra

[WarrenD]

One of my best memories of college is the year I took of German and my professor. He was a great man. As for me, I just try to get them to a minimum level of functional literacy. Many of them honestly lack the horsepower to pull the hill to be honest. While it's rewarding on one hand, it's also highly discouraging.

Warren

[BigBlue]

Ondra, your ability to create such tiny masterpieces amazes me!  Great stuff so far; very creative.

Chris

[ondra]

Many thanks for all comments and for looking in, gentlemen.

The weekend was rather busy, so I only achieved a very small progress on a few parts:



This is just the first coat of oil paint on the propeller, further slightly darker will follow.

Seat and seat cover basically finished:



Cheers

Ondra

[Alexis]

Truly wonderful work !



Terri

[radio]

Wow very great Ondra.
Martin

[RAGIII]

Incredible work Ondra! I always have to stop and think about just how small your models really are!
RAGIII

[Ernie]

Incredible work Ondra! I always have to stop and think about just how small your models really are!
RAGIII

Rick, you took the words right out of my mouth.  Amazing work, Ondra!  The
prop and seat cushion are brilliant.

Cheers,
Ernie

[Des]

Exceptional work Ondra on the propeller and seat cushion, hard to believe that they are a tiny 1:144 scale.

Des.

[ondra]

Many thanks, Chris, Terri, Martin, Rick, Ernie and Des, your positive comments really mean a lot to me.

A lot of filing and sanding on the fuselage done and another lot ahead. But at least she has started taking the shape of an Albie.



Cheers

Ondra

[ondra]

The seat is finished and I am quite satisfied with the result:



I started working on the cockpit sides, unfortunately I am not able to take good photos. There is the first coat of yellow ochre oil paint, actually the woodgrain looks a bit smoother, still I am not happy about the woodgrain, perhaps further coats of oil paints will help improve the result.



Cheers

Ondra