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Offline lcarroll

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Re: Wingnut Wings 1:32 Albatros B.II Early
« Reply #90 on: January 12, 2016, 10:09:51 AM »
James,
    I have a bunch of wood decals ferreted away and have never tried them as I didn't like their apparent effect. From your results here I see the problem, I have the wrong brand of decals: I'll be looking into some Uschi van der Rostens real soon after viewing your lovely results here!
Cheers,
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Re: Wingnut Wings 1:32 Albatros B.II Early
« Reply #91 on: January 12, 2016, 11:45:01 AM »
Beautiful work on the fuselage  :)




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Re: Wingnut Wings 1:32 Albatros B.II Early
« Reply #92 on: January 13, 2016, 04:17:10 AM »
I really love this work, absolutely awesome.
Superb result.
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Re: Wingnut Wings 1:32 Albatros B.II Early
« Reply #93 on: January 13, 2016, 11:46:06 PM »
Gorgeous work, and great photography, too!
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Re: Wingnut Wings 1:32 Albatros B.II Early
« Reply #94 on: January 14, 2016, 01:28:12 AM »
Perfection James..

Did you ghave any problems with the decals being very delicate? Lifting during handling etc... Did the X22 do its job!?


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Re: Wingnut Wings 1:32 Albatros B.II Early
« Reply #95 on: January 14, 2016, 12:24:22 PM »
Quote from: Gisbod on January 14, 2016, 01:28:12 AM
Perfection James..

Did you ghave any problems with the decals being very delicate? Lifting during handling etc... Did the X22 do its job!?


Thanks

Guy

Hey Guy,

good questions - actually I had all my 'cock-ups' when building the Albatros D.Va and I learned all my lessons on that, so I already had a game plan for the Uschi wood decals - it all came together very smoothly and they slid off the backing perfectly on to the model. there was one or two sections that went around details such as the cockpit leather that split and had to be done again but as I made duplicates of my masks I didn't have to worry about lifting up the previously laid decals. I also did each side in one hit before spraying with X22.

Oh and X22 is the way to go! I've started mixing it with Mr. Hobby Colour leveling thinner and it gives a fantastic finish as you can see - then laid the oil washes and a final very fine coat to lock it in.
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Re: Wingnut Wings 1:32 Albatros B.II Early
« Reply #96 on: January 14, 2016, 01:30:58 PM »
Lovely work, James. And thanks for all of the helpful tips. Very inspiring!
Cheers,
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Re: Wingnut Wings 1:32 Albatros B.II Early
« Reply #97 on: January 14, 2016, 07:23:44 PM »



Oh and X22 is the way to go! I've started mixing it with Mr. Hobby Colour leveling thinner and it gives a fantastic finish as you can see - then laid the oil washes and a final very fine coat to lock it in.




Ah, I think that's the secret! Thanks, I'll try that...

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Re: Wingnut Wings 1:32 Albatros B.II Early
« Reply #98 on: January 15, 2016, 04:37:19 AM »
Just WOW. James!

It is always a pleasure to look at your work.  ;D

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Re: Wingnut Wings 1:32 Albatros B.II Early
« Reply #99 on: January 15, 2016, 08:53:47 AM »
Spectacular fuselage. Great modelling!
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Re: Wingnut Wings 1:32 Albatros B.II Early
« Reply #100 on: January 16, 2016, 02:23:12 AM »
Exellent work, looks at all very fine.
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Re: Wingnut Wings 1:32 Albatros B.II Early
« Reply #101 on: January 16, 2016, 03:20:01 AM »
James, this is one of the most beautiful "wood" fuselages I've ever seen.
Cheers,
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Re: Wingnut Wings 1:32 Albatros B.II Early
« Reply #102 on: January 23, 2016, 06:22:18 AM »
Far East, you are doing an amazing job with your fuselage! I picked up one of these kits so I'll be following your techniques very closely. Keep up the great work!
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Re: Wingnut Wings 1:32 Albatros B.II Early
« Reply #103 on: February 12, 2016, 11:23:52 AM »
So last weekend and yesterday I managed to not only get some more work done on the B.II but also take some photos.

I finished off the engine cowlings which were a real pain to fit properly just in front of the observers position and I ended up having to heat up the pieces with a converted hair drier (Don't tell the wife) to get them to fit. This also resulted in a little extra attention when bonding as they wanted to spring back up.

One of the other minor details was that this scheme required not only a section of the cowling to be cut away but also an additional piece fitted - this is not actually shown in the main flow of the instructions but in a photo on page 20 while the cowling instruction section is way back on page 9! Not impressed with that and if I hadn't been on the ball it could have easily have been missed!





So much of the additional detailing of the engine is lost with the cowling on, however I felt this aircraft looks wonderful with it on.

Fortunately the other side of the cowling is low enough to expose the spark plugs and jump leads that I scratch built for the engine - which I completely forgot to photograph before inserting in to the fuselage!  :-[



The front carbane strut and gravity tank were very easy to assemble and paint and I decided to go for the interior green finish with naked filler and outlets.









Also yesterday I made a start on the lower wings but more on that later!
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Re: Wingnut Wings 1:32 Albatros B.II Early
« Reply #104 on: February 12, 2016, 12:39:20 PM »
This is looking absolutely beautiful James.

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