Dual Build: Roden 1/32nd Albatros DIII (OAW): Jasta 10, WNW ALbatrosDV: Jasta11

[Borsos]

Great progress on both. I love the D III and the way it gets together. The D V is a beauty too. these subtle wood shadings on the interior are looking very nice!
Andreas

[Gisbod]

Nicely done Rick..

Guy

[RAGIII]

Great progress on both. I love the D III and the way it gets together. The D V is a beauty too. these subtle wood shadings on the interior are looking very nice!
Andreas

Thanks for the comment Andreas. Greatly appreciate you looking in.
RAGIII

Nicely done Rick..

Guy

Thanks Guy!
RAGIII


I have added the other bands since the last photos. The outer black bands are a bit too wide but will be narrowed when I mask off the band to paint the base for the wood fuselage.

RAGIII

[dr 1 ace]

Progress looking good Amigo !

Ed

[jeroen_R90S]

Starting to look great, both the stripes in the D.III and the wood on the D.V!

[RAGIII]

Progress looking good Amigo !

Ed

Thanks Amigo. Another small update. I have painted the base acrylic coat for the wood fuselage narrowing the outer black bands in the process. I am good with the front band but need to re do the rear.

RAGIII

[jeroen_R90S]

Just like that -looks nice, nonetheless! Can't wait to see it with wood grain and varnish on it

[RAGIII]

Just like that -looks nice, nonetheless! Can't wait to see it with wood grain and varnish on it

Thanks for looking in and the positive comment!
RAGII

[RAGIII]

A teaser taken hastily. Better photos soon.

RAGIII

[Softscience]

lovely wooden effect! I really like that.

[lcarroll]

lovely wooden effect! I really like that.

Spectacular "woodwork" in fact Rick, it jumps right out as a very natural look. Great job, I'm going to try to duplicate the very light blonde effect you've created here however I suspect duplicating your quality of finish will be far out of reach. As you can tell, I'm most impressed. Well done!
Cheers,
Lance

[Juan]

Rick, you are turning this Roden kit to WnW standards, a testament to your skills. Truly lovely.

[RAGIII]

lovely wooden effect! I really like that.

Thanks for looking in and commenting.
RAGIII

lovely wooden effect! I really like that.

Spectacular "woodwork" in fact Rick, it jumps right out as a very natural look. Great job, I'm going to try to duplicate the very light blonde effect you've created here however I suspect duplicating your quality of finish will be far out of reach. As you can tell, I'm most impressed. Well done!
Cheers,
Lance

Thanks for the very generous comment Lance. I have always tried to give an "Impression" of wood vs doing a lot of grain. In this case I used Acrylic Oils, raw sienna. I actually ended up not liking the acrylic oils in this use. It took a few hours to dry but began to be difficult to blend in just a few minutes. My DV will have traditional oils used for this purpose. I am certain that you will attain even better esults when you get to the point of doing one of these!

RAGIII

Rick, you are turning this Roden kit to WnW standards, a testament to your skills. Truly lovely.

Thanks Juan, as always I appreciate your comments!
RAGIII

PS: I am pleased with how the bands turned out 

[mgunns]

Good recovery Rick on those stripes.  I like the wood affect you have achieved  on this model.  As mentioned and to belabor the point, but Roden kits build into decent models and their DIII is the only game in town.  You are doing an outstanding job on this and I look forward to following along as you progress.

[Des]

Good recovery Rick on those stripes.  I like the wood affect you have achieved  on this model.  As mentioned and to belabor the point, but Roden kits build into decent models and their DIII is the only game in town.  You are doing an outstanding job on this and I look forward to following along as you progress.

I agree wholeheartedly with what Mark has said here, you are doing a superb job Rick.

Des.