Jasta 18 "Der Raben" -- Re-painting
Cheers!
So my goal is forming a small Squadron of four Albatros D.Va, a captured Airco DH.4, and a leader's Fokker Dr.I, all belongin to Jasta 18 "Der Raben"
These are my four J18's Albatros D.Va:
re-paintings will be done all on new Udet's Albatros D.Va re-printed by Ares
Aditionally, I'm re-painting an old Albatross (that was already re-painted and cant recall what was originally) after Rudolf Wendelmuth (Jasta 20) Albatros D.Va
STEP 1:
a) Unansabled minis as much as possible
b) airbrush all minis with white
c) masking
d) aurbrush all minis with red
e) take tape out!
Last edited by Gallo Rojo; 11-04-2014 at 08:11.
Some hand painting and getting them ready for decals
Rudolf Wendelmuth Albatros D.Va's fuselage
STEP 2:
Appying first decals
looking good !
Sapiens qui vigilat... "He is wise who watches"
What a nice work, Gallo Rojo!
"We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."
Excellent job
That's a plum job Gallo!
Bravo!!
Great looking project. Are they done yet? Are they done yet? Are they done yet?
this one isOriginally Posted by Teaticket
pretty!
Very nice!
Nice paint jobs
Run for your life - there are stupid people everywhere!
They look incredible Ezekiel!!Good job sir!
Rep for you!
What about this for the Dr.I? Or it has to be the Red one?
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Thanks
Nick
Obrigado Nicolas!
The Triplane will be red...
... I'm not totally sure but I think I recall have read somewhere that the blue version was a mistake: I mean, that there wasn't a blue Raben's triplane; it was just a legend, like someone thought it was blue because of the black'nd white pics of that time, but it was actually red
Do anyone knows about that?
Great job, they are looking great
Man, you really strip those minis down...
I also really like Bruno Lozer's Albatros back there. How did you do those thin fuselage stripes, msking, or decals?
Yes, we discussed the veracity (is that the word?) of this scheme in other threads. But one thing cant be denied: its very cool!
Thanks
Nick
They look good so far, Ezekiel.
sidewinder missile
Masking
Great work, Ezekiel!
Just a little German lesson:
the raven (1x) = Der Rabe
the ravens (2x and more) = Die Raben
Voilŕ le soleil d'Austerlitz!
Danke Sven!
(will edit)
Great work, Ezekiel!
Just a little German lesson:
the raven (1x) = Der Rabe
the ravens (2x and more) = Die Raben
Wendelmuth's Albatros was also completelly disansembled before painting (only way to do the proper re-painting process)
Here is the 'cigarrish' fuselage. It took a lot of work. Firstly, I airbrushed the fuselage with matt-white. Then airbrushed red-strips by taping one by one -- I mean: tape the whole fuselage except for the spot where the first strip was going to be, then air-brush... repeat with each single red-strip. Wendelmuth's plane has a total of eight strips, four white, four red.
"#1" numeral is a home made decal
Tail was also masked and painted. Here is a three ways view with tail national markings already applyed
Wendelmuth's Albatros DV with all fuselage and tail decals applied
Wings too... something interesting I've found: 1/72 scale German crosses for fuselage are just the right size for 1/144 wings. That's good because it's much easier to find 1/72 decals than 1/144
Thanks, thats good to know for decal size.Wendelmuth's Albatros DV with all fuselage and tail decals applied
Wings too... something interesting I've found: 1/72 scale German crosses for fuselage are just the right size for 1/144 wings. That's good because it's much easier to find 1/72 decals than 1/144
I love the J18 Raben colours. I have his Dr.I plus a D.VII.
Have you got the Osprey J18 book?
Last edited by gully_raker; 11-06-2014 at 17:39.
The last one look marvelous Ezekiel! Great work!
Great job.
Cannot wait to see the DH.4 hack machine finished! :-)
Greg VanWyngarden, in his Jasta 18 - The Red Noses supported by a few photos, states that the DH.4 uppersurfaces were painted in vermillion and white, even including the white radiator marking.
It is VanWyngarden belief that the wings lower surfaces, both upper and lower wings, were left in CDL.
Late war Balkenkreutz insigna were applied to the white rudder as well as on upper and lower wings surfaces.
There are no photographic evidences that the black raven was applied on the DH.4.
All of the above for History sake.
Mau
These all look incredibly good chaps, and now that I have my new white Gorings there is no excuse for me not finishing off my own Jasta Raban.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
I have done some late 1918 Jasta 18 planes too - just haven't got around to putting photos into albums yet.
I really like all this work you're doing, Ezekiel! Your Raben are really turning out nicely. Great inspiration for us who may want to do similar things (whether it's with Jasta 18 or other units).
Thanks for posting all the pictures of work in progress.
All the best,
Matt Materne
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Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Albatros Fly almost done! First preliminary line up
So, you stripped them down to component parts... without damaging the original decals?
In a word, yes
I used the freese&heat technique
Unansembled them with all its decals on
masked the ones I wanted to keep (underwing lossenge)
airbrushed all the rest
I don't think I've ever safely removed more than the top wing with that method...
Amazing work! Nicely done!
DONE! Raben's Ravens flying on formation!
Superb work, Ezekeil!
Karl'
It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus
They certainly look very smart in their red and white livery Ezekiel.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
These look gorgeous! Great work!
Mau
Last post of the series: each finished plane landed. Glad you guys liked them
I'm moving to another project: Jasta 11 Triplanes and then some SPADs
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