Gret work, comrade!
Gret work, comrade!
Voilà le soleil d'Austerlitz!
You guys are torturing me with your awesome J18 paint jobs
Another fine example of your hobby skills Tim.
Those of you who have made you own cards for your custom planes, do we have a template floating around here somewhere, or are you scanning in and modifying one of your cards?
I generally modify existing cards Bob.
I can do everything except major camo changes, which are done for me.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
The Valom kits were very fiddly and not particularly suitable for game-handling without massive blobs of epoxy. The quality was excellent but designed for display not gaming.
Well you certainly have a fine group of aircraft there Daniel for whatever purposes you intend to use them.
I must admit that I only use my Valom aircraft for solo games.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Nice little circus you've got there... you'll have the Entente seeing Richthofen everywhere!
Superb Dr1s, Daniel!
I look forward to building my own Valom Dr1s when I get the time.
These must be flown by Metallica then Dave.
Oh! Sorry. I should probably have posted this on the Music Poll thread.
They do look spectacular, however. Any specific reason for the finish?
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Me three! Whim away, David! When the Muses prod, great things happen...
All the best,
Matt
Well aren't those just the coolest...
Veerry nice Alex !
Sapiens qui vigilat... "He is wise who watches"
Beautiful Triplane!
Are the black/white/red stripes decals, or masked and painted?
Thanks for your comments, guys.
The b/w/r band around the fuselage is a 10-piece decal, made from an 2.5mm Allied fin flash (blue stripe cut off) and a .75mm black stripe.
The w/r wing stripes were made from a 3mm fin flash, with the blue stripe and half of the red stripe cut off.
(decals from 1/144 Direct)
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Wonderful looking Dr.I! The detail work is exquisite!
Very crisp work Alex. Surprisingly so with such subtle colours.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
There are so many beautiful DR-1s out there, that I had to try some repaints myself. Being one of the "Blue Max" minions I had to try a my hand at the Von Klugermann so I started with the Kirschstein since black and white were already incorporated. I "doctored" the crosses to Iron crosses with white paint then stippled in various grey and light green (Model Master "Sky") it a repeating pattern along the top wing. Being an Ares mini, I left the mid and bottom wings alone. The challenge for me was attempting the Von Klugermann crest. I have seen two variations and this one I thought I could accomplish. It's not perfect but was pleased with the result. It fills in with my Brother Bob's Stachel Pfalz DIII kit and his Stachel DR-1 repaint and my Heidemann D-VII repaint. For a nice little Jasta Heidemann!
Next I took a Red Baron Ares and did a repaint of cousin Wolfram Freiherr Von Richtholfen. Known mostly as a Luftwaffe Generalfeldmarshall in WWII he got into the air in a DR-1 encouraged by his cousins Manfred and Lothar and it was on his first mission with Manfred, April 21, 1918 that Capt. Brown was credited with downing the Red Baron. Undaunted, Wolfram scored 8 victories before wars end. Here is my version of the Wolfram DR-1.. It was factory issue. I had to mix up a silvery green to get the streakiness that I saw in art work of Wolfram's triplane.
A very well doctored Willi.
You have got a good eye for detail obviously.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Love your triplanes, William, particularly the Von Klugermann!
Great tripes William
Very nice work on the triplanes William.....nice detail.
Always nice to see another Jacobs repaint! Nice work Brian.
Well you have certainly done a fine job on those decals Brian.
You should have seen my first effort.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
That certainly looks the business!
Well done that man!
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
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