How To Painting FLIK 41J

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03-12-2019, 16:50
rhodie80

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How To Painting FLIK 41J

Several people commented on how nice my Flik 41J came out and I thought I would share what I did. It was very easy and it would be a great first conversion for someone to try.

I started by buying 5 Albatros D.III Gruber. They are available on the Aerodrome.

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Great plane but I do not like the wing edge and edge of the tail that are yellow. I started by painting over these using Vallejo 099 Ger. Ext. Dark Green and 084 Uniform Green mixed 50/50. This covered a multitude of sins.

To paint over the decal on the wooed I used Vallejo 125 Desert Yellow. It was a perfect match and when I hit it with a gloss coat it blended in perfectly.

For decal I went to Miscmini and ordered their Albatross D.III FLIK.41J 1/144 Scale Decals. They are gorgeous.

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These went on with very little effort.

The one good thing is if you don't have a Brumowski and don't want to pay what they are going for on PayPal you can paint one of the Grubers red and use the Brumowski decals on the sheet.

Lastly I hit them with a coat of Lusterless Flat Lacquer Clear Coat Testors to finish them off.

I think the results speak for themselves.

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03-12-2019, 16:55
Baxter

Nice work there. How did you manage to paint those edges without the paint getting on the underside of the wings?
03-12-2019, 16:57
rhodie80

I did get a few spots underneath and used 007 Pale Sand to touch it up.
03-13-2019, 01:13
Shiraz68

Lovely work. Thanks for passing on what you did.
03-13-2019, 02:17
flash

Nice work Jim, very helpful.
If people don't have a Brumowski they could simply re-work MvR's D.III with the same decals (adding the yellow swirls first if bothered)
03-13-2019, 03:19
matt56

Gorgeous in pictures, Jim - even moreso gaming with them on the table this past Saturday:)

Keep 'em coming!

All the best,
Matt
03-13-2019, 05:54
Flying Helmut

Excellent tips, there, Jim!
Particularly the colour matching.

I'll do mine to your formula, at some point in the distant future!
03-13-2019, 06:01
Teaticket

Great info Jim. I have the same decal set to do likewise. Nice not to have to reinvent the wheel myself with the color matching.
03-27-2019, 03:11
Flying Officer Kyte

I have placed this work on the "How to painting" forum Jim, so this has earned you a medal which is now up. Congrats.:salute:
Rob.
03-27-2019, 17:43
grumpybear

super job
05-31-2023, 13:46
predhead

I've seen FLIK 41J in person...great looking birds!