Thank you everyone for the kind words, they are really encouraging. In this phase of a build I seem to lose interest and try to finish them as fast as possible... I tried to keep calm and not rush, and ended up with maybe half an hour of modelling per day over a few days, and somehow....
Kind of focusing on the Fokker now, but where applicable the Albatros gets some work done, too -like painting the leather coaming, guns, etc.
Put on the flat coat, I read in an Airfix Modelling magazine I got for my birthday last month a modeller rubbed his paint with a coffee filter -it works!
I rubbed/polished the metal cowl parts and they are now slightly more shiny than the flat fabric surfaces. I hope the final (day) pictures will show the effect.
I cleaned up all the rigging holes, painted details, and fitted the outer wing struts and guns. The undercarriage was also glued on.
All that dry-fitting and planning ahead has finally paid off, since everything actually went quite smoothly -though I probably should not write that, as it's an invitation to disaster!
Picures arent the best, but that's dark and cold November weather for you...
Jeroen
