Official Friedrichshafen painting thread. [Archive]

Baldrick62

08-19-2012, 11:29

Bravo: nicely played, particularly the G.IIIa in echelon right, though I would have though Balkenkreuz rather than Eisernekreuz would have been more typical. Shapeways?

pflanzer

08-19-2012, 11:46

Bravo: nicely played, particularly the G.IIIa in echelon right, though I would have though Balkenkreuz rather than Eisernekreuz would have been more typical. Shapeways?
You are quite correct. I did find some photos of G.IIIa with a combination of both cross styles. I just opted for the earlier for continunity. It is a shapeways but with heavy mods. Took wing off and installed new struts thickened the fuselage. Did find that you must deal with the fuzz even if you do a complete decal job.
Tony

Boney10

08-19-2012, 11:49

My one

http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=50954&d=1340538926

http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=50953&d=1340538905

http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=50952&d=1340538887

pflanzer

08-19-2012, 12:03

Chris,
I like it! Where are the decals from?
Tony

Flying Officer Kyte

08-19-2012, 14:32

Very nice Chris.
I must get my bases from the Oberst up and running for this one.
Rob.

Boney10

08-19-2012, 15:29

Chris,
I like it! Where are the decals from?
Tony

Hi Tony, decals are from eBay shop is 1/144 direct

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/1-144-Direct?_trksid=p4340.l2563

Try this link

144sram

08-26-2012, 15:24

Friedrichshafen FF 33e:
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SRAM resin kit

Flying Officer Kyte

08-28-2012, 12:23

That one makes a nice change Michal.
Rob.

pflanzer

08-28-2012, 18:51

Michal,
That is a very nice piece of workmanship. A real beauty!!!
Tony

Fat Wally

12-22-2012, 07:42

My latest Shapeways completion.

http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff498/KLowth/IMG_4445_zps05dbe728.jpg

http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff498/KLowth/IMG_4444_zpsc01a28e2.jpg

http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff498/KLowth/IMG_4448_zps62e61d13.jpg

http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff498/KLowth/IMG_4447_zps2e4bd1b6.jpg

Flying Officer Kyte

12-22-2012, 08:14

Very nice too.
What scale is that ship, and who makes it?
Rob.

Fat Wally

12-22-2012, 08:49

Thanks.

Its a 1/1800th scale Axis and Allies War at Sea range prepainted large merhchantman 'Kinai Maru'.

Flying Officer Kyte

12-22-2012, 11:19

Thanks Kev.

I will have a look at that range.
Rob.

grumpybear

11-06-2014, 19:27

Friedrichshafen FF33E Repaint. My first attempt at a seaplane.
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Flying Officer Kyte

11-07-2014, 00:06

That does it for me Darell.
Beautiful!
Rob.:hatsoff:

Flying Helmut

11-07-2014, 12:35

liking that!

matt56

11-07-2014, 14:50

Awesome models, guys! Very inspirational stuff - I find myself strangely attracted to the larger Shapeways models...:p

All the best,
Matt Materne

Barkmann

11-07-2014, 19:59

Great models guys!!:D I must say im quite impressed with the models 144sram shows to us. They look so good! I may have to spend some money on that.:p:)
Thanks

Nick

Teach59

11-15-2015, 04:24

A Friedrichshafen FF49c in late war naval hex camouflage (which is very fiddly on the lower wings).
I didn't add the hex pattern to the tops of the floats, as was the case in the few pictures that I could find online (I'd had enough). The aircraft number is also fictitious, but roughly in the range of numbers seen on the pictures and photos (I only had 1, 2 and 3 in that size).
Apologies for some of the photos being blurred, I it appears I had the shakes :-(
However the blurring of the hexes does illustrate how effective the camouflage was :-)

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Hope I'm not uploading too many pics at once, but I've found some good examples of aircraft to use as painting guides, here, so felt I should reciprocate :-)

Teaticket

11-15-2015, 08:24

Very nice! I have one I have to get to doing one of these days.

Flying Helmut

11-15-2015, 11:13

Nice job!

Rusty Tin

01-11-2016, 05:13

Here is a Freidrichshafen FF33 just ready for use. I'm not sure about the varnish coat though it seems to be going opaque as I write.
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Rusty (Tim)

Teaticket

01-11-2016, 07:07

Thats a beauty Tim! :thumbsup:

Rusty Tin

01-11-2016, 07:53

Thanks Peter,
It's my first floatplane.

Tim

Teaticket

01-11-2016, 08:05

I have a Shapeways one like yours to paint up. I may have to copy you color scheme as it looks so good!

Flying Officer Kyte

01-11-2016, 08:51

Great looking bird Tim.
The bloom you mention may be because of the damp weather. Try an overspray in a warm dry environment.
Rob.

Flying Helmut

01-11-2016, 14:37

Super floatplane Tim!

Teach59

01-12-2016, 01:58

That is beautifully done :-)

Rusty Tin

01-12-2016, 02:49

Thanks guys.
The varnish seems to be getting more transparent now but Bob you are right. I'll use the overvarnishing trick and keep my fingers crossed.
I stopped using acrylic varnish on wargames figures because of a bad case of blooming and now I use solvent based varnish for those. However aircraft have transfers that may disolve depending on the type of inks. Mixing and matching transfer types can be the cause of disaster with solvents.
I really should get consistent about what I do and write it down.
Too much 'flying by the seat of my pants' for my own good.

Rusty (Tim)

ShadowDragon

07-05-2019, 17:43

Reduced Air Factory (Sculpteo) Friedrichshafen GIII - plane 6 of Bogohl V, Staffel 4 (based on artwork in Aeronaut book)

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Teaticket

07-05-2019, 18:48

Sweet GIII Paul.

ShadowDragon

07-05-2019, 19:42

Sweet GIII Paul.

Lozenge decals on the underside too. That was tricky as I had 2 of the 1/144 direct sheets and thought I had enough. So I’m mix and matching bits thinking I’m okay until I realize I under estimated and there’s a whole section in the middle of each side of the upper wing without a lozenge decal. Fortunately mehusia had just one sheet left. I got the 3rd sheet Friday.

Stumptonian

07-05-2019, 20:15

Amazing work, Paul
:thumbsup:

Naharaht

07-06-2019, 16:51

Great work, eveeryone! :thumbsup:

Flying Officer Kyte

07-07-2019, 00:14

That certainly is a paint job and a half Paul.
Rob.

Hedeby

07-07-2019, 01:19

Blimey, two very different but equally excellent paint jobs. Well done Tim and Paul

ShadowDragon

07-07-2019, 08:13

That certainly is a paint job and a half Paul.
Rob.

Thanks, Rob.

Nice to have a reason to bump up the Friedrichshafen thread. Hmmmm…..now that I have the Jack Herris Friedrichshafen book, I should try to get my value out of it with a couple of float planes or even a land version. FF37 for a German pusher type airplane?

ReducedAirFact

07-07-2019, 08:53

Nice! Great job on the crew, too.

malachi

10-08-2021, 20:55

FF33e #729

Shapeways RAF PA12 model
Homemade decals
card adapted from one I downloaded from the forum
custom 68 x 66 base from 1/8" plexiglass (would like to do more of these for planes between 16 - 22 meters wingspan). Ignore the nick on the corner, at least it wasn't my finger. :p
airbrushed 2:1 mix of Vallejo model color light gray and pale grey blue
underside - Vallejo model color dark sand
radiator - P3 galvanized steel
engine - Secret Weapon Miniatures dark iron with engine grime and Nuln Oil
prop - Secret Weapon Miniatures handle wood overpainted with Vallejo Wood and Army Painter Strong Tone wash
bottom of floats - Vallejo Orange Ochre, Army Painter Soft Tone wash

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Teaticket

10-08-2021, 21:35

Very nice Chris. I have a feeling we will see this soon in an AAR.

Stumptonian

10-08-2021, 21:37

Really nice job, Chris.
:thumbsup:

malachi

10-08-2021, 21:59

Thanks, fellas. It optimistically has the observer along for the ride ;)

Baz

10-09-2021, 01:41

Looks good

flash

10-09-2021, 03:01

Great job Chris :thumbsup:

Flying Officer Kyte

10-09-2021, 04:05

Very impressive in your understated colour scheme Chris.
Rob.

Bishop33

10-09-2021, 05:27

Outstanding work! All the aircraft looking excellent! No wonder I’m hooked on WW1 aircraft! Thinking of painting my cycle helmet in lozenge scheme…

Flying Officer Kyte

10-09-2021, 07:05

Now that I have to see Billy!
Rob.:D

Vagabond

10-09-2021, 12:30

That's not half bad Chris, I see you went for the slimline floats to cut down on the drag. ;) but I'm not sure they will have the same amount of buoyancy as my balsa floats. :thumbsup:

Hope you don't sink on landing.
Cheers

Flying Helmut

10-09-2021, 12:40

Very nice work, Chris! :clap::clap:

malachi

10-09-2021, 13:15

Thanks for the kind comments, all. Happy with this one :)

That's not half bad Chris, I see you went for the slimline floats to cut down on the drag. ;) but I'm not sure they will have the same amount of buoyancy as my balsa floats. :thumbsup:

Hope you don't sink on landing.
Cheers

On the water at night, what could go wrong? :p The pilot will be eating plenty of donuts in an effort to stay afloat.

camelbeagle

10-09-2021, 15:40

Wonderful job Chris!

CrashCraig

10-10-2021, 06:00

Where did you gat the Gotha maneuver & aircraft cards?

malachi

10-10-2021, 09:25

Gotha is XD deck, but thanks for mentioning that -- I noticed the maneuver deck is wrong on my card and base image from the unofficial stats I quoted.:smack: Should be an XC deck, although most of the card images I found show XB. The Handley-Page bomber pack comes with the XB deck.

I store my cards separately but keep an inventory list. Unfortunately, I have no idea where my XC decks came from.

malachi

10-11-2021, 13:49

Made a new card (adapted from a Guntruck card) and base using the XC deck.

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68 x 44mm version:
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68 x 66 version:
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card back 68x66:
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