WWI : Albatros D.II Markings

[Zoe Brain]

With the release of the Shapeways Albatros II, this might be handy:

http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/ai...-aircraft.html






Albatros D.II (LVG), D.1072/16, Jasta 22, Ltn.d.R. Josef Jakobs "Kobes"

[Flying Officer Kyte]

Yes thanks Zoe. Very handy indeed.
Rob.

[Guntruck]

Extremely useful

[Burt]

Very useful, will help a lot when I get some DII's.
I presume that the planes that look yellow are in the natural wood colour.
Don

[Zoe Brain]

Very useful, will help a lot when I get some DII's.
I presume that the planes that look yellow are in the natural wood colour.
Don

With the dope over the top, they've been described as a "warm yellow" colour. So anywhere from natural plywood to a deep yellow, as shown by the variation in the illustrations. Photos of the period show significant variation, almost a mottling effect too. Sometimes a clear shellac was used, sometimes the same yellow-tinted version used on Halberstadts and D1s to match the colour of doped canvas.

D.I




You'll find a detailed explanation in http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/ai...-aircraft.html including which wing 3-colour markings came from which factory and batch number.

And for those who have to have a red (OK, red-brown) one...


From Jasta 9

Max Boehme's aircraft

[Hunter]

Much appreciated and timely, Zoe!

[Bruce]

Beautiful models. Well done Zoe.
Also, thanks for the colour information and the side views.
So far, my "early" war collection is: 4 Eindekkers (scratch-built), 4 SS D1s (scratch) and 4 Halberstadt D.II/IIIs (scratch) facing 4 DH-2s (scratch), 6 Nieuport 17s (store-bought) and 4 BE-2c's (scratch).
Next building season (Spring and Summer) I think I'll add the Albatros D.II.

[grumpybear]

Did you build the models , very nice

[Watchdog]

This link may also be useful: http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww1/f/415/59/0#15

It contains a hundred different variants of Albatros D.I/D.II/D.III/D.V/Dr.I as used by various countries.

[gully_raker]

Great Profiles Zoe. Thank You!

[Zoe Brain]

Did you build the models , very nice

Not me - but I intend to take delivery of a Shapeways one. Most of those models are 1/48, the rest 1/72

[Shiraz68]

Great info Zoe - ideal for future paint jobs.

[Von Schlepp]

Great thread, looking forward to starting research again. I bet the shapeways D II is a nice model.