Albatros D.I 390/16, Otto Hohne, Jasta 2, Lagnicourt September 1916

[Des]

Superb wood Bud, these are decals that I will definitely be getting.

Des.

[theseeker]

It looks awesome! I received mine from Uschi and I am very impressed with how they look.

[Borsos]

it actually looks very fine! I just asked, because Alex gives that oilfilter hint in his tutorials (http://www.uschivdr.com/tutorials/). Which decals exactly did you use? "fine veneer", "knotless", "fine veneer plywood" or "coarse"? It is really a wonderful finish.
Borsos

I used 4 different types, but primarily WGSF-48 Rich.  The nearly white looking thingy peeking out from behind the stack is Aviattic's Light German CDL, which I used on the rudder.

Thanks for your interest, guys!
Cheers,
Bud
[/quote]

Thank you! To mix the different Decal types is a great idea. I'll follow:)

[dr 1 ace]

Been on the road and am now catching up--Looking good--even on my small screen up here in Seattle !!!!

Ed

[ALBATROS1234]

fantastic wood work bud. you should do more albatrosen

[Ernie]

fantastic wood work bud. you should do more albatrosen

Just what I was thinking, Scott.  You have a knack for it, Bud!

Cheers,
Ernie

[coyotemagic]

Thanks, guys!

fantastic wood work bud. you should do more albatrosen

Oh, I definitely plan on it, Scott.  I'm prepping my Sierra Scale Albatros C.V at the moment and have an Eduard D.III lined up next.
For those of you still on the fence regarding the Uschi wood decals, just look at what James Machin has done with them.
http://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=6683.195

Got the belly detailed today using Jamo's spectacular photos of TVAL's D.II as reference.
Before:

After:

Drainage holes and shell ejection ports drilled into belly with brass tubing glued into the holes.
Cheers,
Bud

[BigBlue]

Oh boy that really does look splendid, Bud!  I may be moving my D.Va up the queue!

Chris

[gedmundson]

Nice detail on the underside of the model, Bud. Those photo references are invaluable.
Cheers,
Gary

[RAGIII]

Bud,
That is absolutely gorgeous paintwork! Love the color of blue and the USCHI decals look great! Excellent work on the detail additions.
RAGIII

[coyotemagic]

Oh boy that really does look splendid, Bud!  I may be moving my D.Va up the queue!

Chris

Thanks, Chris!  I look forward to seeing that D.Va, but please don't rush that beautiful Biff just to get to it.  She's gonna be a real gem.

Nice detail on the underside of the model, Bud. Those photo references are invaluable.
Cheers,
Gary

Thanks, Gary!  I have a tab open to Jamo's photo spread 'round the clock.

Bud,
That is absolutely gorgeous paintwork! Love the color of blue and the USCHI decals look great! Excellent work on the detail additions.
RAGIII

Muchas gracias, Amigo!  I think I failed to mention earlier that when I went to spray the underside with Misterkit Albatros Blue, I thinned it with lacquer thinner because I thought (erroneously) that I had read somewhere in this forum that they were compatible.  Wrong.  Turned into a gooey, globby mess.  So, I searched frantically through the store of paints that I had on hand and found a very old bottle of Model Master RLM78 Hellblau.  It was still usable after lots of thinning and stirring, so I went with that.  I like it better than the MrK blue.
Cheers,
Bud

[dr 1 ace]

Oh boy that really does look splendid, Bud!  I may be moving my D.Va up the queue!

Chris

Thanks, Chris!  I look forward to seeing that D.Va, but please don't rush that beautiful Biff just to get to it.  She's gonna be a real gem.

Nice detail on the underside of the model, Bud. Those photo references are invaluable.
Cheers,
Gary

Thanks, Gary!  I have a tab open to Jamo's photo spread 'round the clock.

Bud,
That is absolutely gorgeous paintwork! Love the color of blue and the USCHI decals look great! Excellent work on the detail additions.
RAGIII

Muchas gracias, Amigo!  I think I failed to mention earlier that when I went to spray the underside with Misterkit Albatros Blue, I thinned it with lacquer thinner because I thought (erroneously) that I had read somewhere in this forum that they were compatible.  Wrong.  Turned into a gooey, globby mess.  So, I searched frantically through the store of paints that I had on hand and found a very old bottle of Model Master RLM78 Hellblau.  It was still usable after lots of thinning and stirring, so I went with that.  I like it better than the MrK blue.
Cheers,
Bud

Nice "save" Amigo, just shows that old saying of ..." don't give up the ship"  applies in lots of ways.

Ed

[coyotemagic]

Thanks, Amigo!  Really glad I still had some of my old stock laying around from my WWII days.
Cheers,
Bud

[Borsos]

Hi Bud,
you made a great underside of your Albatros, very convincing! I love your built!
Best wishes
Borsos

[coyotemagic]

Danke, Borsos!  This is an easy, thoroughly enjoyable build, even though it lacks the details of a Roden or WNW Albatros.  Even with adding those details, it goes together quickly.  As Ernie and Scott have said, I'll have to do more of these.
Cheers,
Bud