Quote from: FarEast on January 04, 2016, 08:11:32 AMQuote from: Bo on January 03, 2016, 11:15:58 PMLooks great and man, you work fast. Shouldn't the wood grain follow the line of flight though? It's that way with other Albatros aircraft, my assumption is it is the same with the B.II (reason being the ply was three ply and bends easier/is stronger in one direction...)Hey Bo, The photos I'm going with have all the panels on the side of the fuselage running in this way, however some of the panels on the top were not as it looks like they were replacement panels applied in the field B.II 167/14 has a beautiful shot of the top panels showing off different colours and grains. B.II 173/15 has a few on the side of the fuselage running against the line of flight as does 436/16 that has a close up of the cockpit area and the panel I replicated. I have a feeling that when these left the factory all the wood followed the flight line but as soon as they started to see action the fitters used what they could to keep them flying. It's an incredibly interesting aircraft. That's good enough for me! I admit I haven't studied the B.II that closely, just the scouts really.Carry on then!
Quote from: Bo on January 03, 2016, 11:15:58 PMLooks great and man, you work fast. Shouldn't the wood grain follow the line of flight though? It's that way with other Albatros aircraft, my assumption is it is the same with the B.II (reason being the ply was three ply and bends easier/is stronger in one direction...)Hey Bo, The photos I'm going with have all the panels on the side of the fuselage running in this way, however some of the panels on the top were not as it looks like they were replacement panels applied in the field B.II 167/14 has a beautiful shot of the top panels showing off different colours and grains. B.II 173/15 has a few on the side of the fuselage running against the line of flight as does 436/16 that has a close up of the cockpit area and the panel I replicated. I have a feeling that when these left the factory all the wood followed the flight line but as soon as they started to see action the fitters used what they could to keep them flying. It's an incredibly interesting aircraft.
Looks great and man, you work fast. Shouldn't the wood grain follow the line of flight though? It's that way with other Albatros aircraft, my assumption is it is the same with the B.II (reason being the ply was three ply and bends easier/is stronger in one direction...)
You had me scrambling for reference photos with my heart in my mouth though Bo!
wonderfull result so far!How are the original wood decals compared to Uschi's ones?best regards,Sasho
...... (I like uniquely different aircraft as you can see from my other builds) ....
Quote from: FarEast on January 04, 2016, 09:57:29 PM...... (I like uniquely different aircraft as you can see from my other builds) ....Exactly my thoughts! I'm definately building one of those soonish.....relatively and was thinking of going the Oils-over-acrylics way, but Uschi's decals are awesome too!
