Udet Triplane Tri-Build, Eduard 1/48

[spartacus2000]

Hi Drew,i like your job as so far.
Misterkit color are the most accurate WW1 colors that you can find on market,I know personally Giorgio the howner of Misterkit ant the man that have make the reserch around the world tho keep the real shade of the colors and the toned down for  match it in scale.
I personally mix the pale blue whit some white and grey  usually 8 0,5 0,5 +extra 2 part of gloss(vallejo or wax) to make more shinny the surface to avoid the heavy coat if use the gloss after the painting step.
Remember Misterkit color are similar to vallejo color so to thin it I use some product like windex or similar(those for clean the windows) in this proportion  60 thinner 40 color,; the frist coat can be very trasparent,don't insist to spray,don't worry , let it dry and the second coat will cover very well.
This procedure preserve all the fine surface details.
I hope is usefull
Saluti
Marco

[dtomko]

Thanks, Marco, for the vey useful advice.  I usually thin with just plain water, but I tried thinning with Windex and am pleased with the results.  I've been using Misterkit colors for a few years and they are excellent.

I may give another coat with a slightly lightened up shade of the turquoise.

Drew

[radio]

Hello Drew,
I had thined with water and I sprayed it to my Pfalz Dr I. It goes very good.
Cheers
Martin

[Ernie]

Excellent job of the streaking, Drew!  As for the turquoise, I would
maybe lighten it slightly with a light grey, but not much.  It looks
pretty darn good as is.  Looking forward to the next steps, my friend.

Cheers,
Ernie

[radio]

Aviattic has these as decal now.
Cheers
Martin

[dtomko]

Thanks again, everyone.  Martin, I saw those decals after I had painted!  I lightened up the turquoise slightly with a very thin overcoat of white.

Progress has slowed, but I did get the motors finished.  Added a bit of extra detail.

Drew

[radio]

Very beautiful engines, Drew.
Cheers
Martin

[RAGIII]

Your engines look TERRIFIC!
RAGIII

[Des]

You are moving along really well with this triple build, the engines turned out excellent.

Des.

[dtomko]

Thanks, Martin, Rick, and Des!

Drew

[vincentm]

First, I didn't know Udet had flown Fokker Dr-I's, so quite interesting.
And beautifully done as usually. What kind of paint did you use for the streaking on uppersurfaces? oils?

[GAJouette]

  Drew,
I've doing a little catch up today. Outstanding progress my old friend.Very impressive Fokker streaking,to my eyes it appears as close to perfection as humanly possible. I'm also impressed with the paint on the engines.Well Done and keep the high standard of skill and craftsmanship.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Houette

[dtomko]

Thanks, Vincent and Gregory!  Much appreciated.

Vincent, Yes, Udet flew 3 triplanes, although there are good photos only of the striped one.

I used Misterkit acrylic Fokker Olive over Tamiya Deck Tan for the streaking. I wet the brush with water first and tried to work quickly.

Drew

[dtomko]

Small progress, but the streaking is now done on all surfaces. I also shaded the lower ribs; masking all those wings with .5 mm tape was not fun!  The upper wing, left middle, and tailplane, rightmost will get the black and white stripes, so I wasn't too careful with them.  The props and wing skids also have the buff base in preparation for woodgraining.  Next step is to block out the cross positions. I'm going to use slightly different shades of olive and turquoise, figuring field colors would not match factory painting too closely.  I decided to use one set of asymmetrical ailerons for 149/17, since it seems to have been in the batch that had them fitted.

Drew

[Des]

Everything is looking fantastic Drew, all your colour choices are excellent, looking forward to seeing these three beauties assembled.

Des.