Another neat conversion Carl.
Now I'm going to have to check out my duplicates and make a change or two myself.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Already have a card for that one: WWI Central Powers Fighters
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Mike
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You have been busy.....really like this one Carl.
After locating the photograph below I decided to repaint a spare Kurt Jentsch Albatros D.Va in that scheme. This Albatros D.Va serial number D.7183/17 was photographed in a line up of Marinefliegerkorps (German Naval Aviation) aircraft in Belgium, early 1918.
My first problem was to interpret the black and white photo to identify the colours required for the repaint. In addition to my own research I turned to the forum here - http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sho...-Albatros-D-Va and my questions were substantially answered by some very REP worthy responses. I learned quite a bit about how colours appear in B&W orthochromatic photographs of the Great War period.
The finished repaint is quite striking. Research indicated the blue and red fuselage band likely represents a decoration awarded to the pilot, in this case the Friedrich-August-Kreuz (military order). The medal was instituted on 24 September 1914 by Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg for "all persons of military or civilian status, who have shown outstanding service during the war". The Cross was for all ranks and the military version was the Grand Duchy’s equivalent of the Prussian Iron Cross for bravery in the field. Oldenburg is a north German city located near the great ports of Wilhelmshaven and Bremerhaven, and many of the recipients were navy men.
The tail section and spinner were painted bright yellow in the fashion of the Marinefliegerkorps.
The blue and red fuselage band and the serial number D.7183 were home printed decals, both on Testors white paper (copy below).
Here D.7183/17 is lined up with another of my Marineflieger repaints - Theo Osterkamp's 'bumblebee' Albatros D.Va.
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Excellent and relatively easy repaints, I shall have to check if
I got any let to follow suit. Well done Carl
They both came out "Tops" Carl!
I especially like the Red/Blue bands with the Yellow Tail.
Would give Rep but have to spread the "love" around first!
Another excellent conversion Carl.
That is really striking for such a small change.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Your 'Oldenburg' DVa turned out wonderfully, Carl! That blue and red band really pops against the natural wood fuselage - I may have to try that one myself
I happen to have one of those crosses in my collection of WWI Iron Cross 2nd class equivalents - learning that many of them were awarded to naval men is a tasty bit of info!
Keep up the great work
All the best,
Matt
Very nice repaints, Carl!
I'll add them to my ever-lengthening list to-do!
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
My last 'spare' official Albatros D.Va was a Paul Baumer from a Dual Pack. I decided to use this one to fill a gaping hole in my German ORBAT and repaint her in the colours of an aircraft flown by Rittmeister Freiherr Manfred von Richthofen - because you know you can never get enough 'Red Barons'!! Seriously though even with the upcoming Albatros D.III the lack of an Albatros D.V or D.Va for Richthofen denies those who may enjoy re-flying his well documented career seven months of aerial action from June to November 1917.
It was a fairly straight forward conversion, repaint fuselage to reflect the light coloured varnished timber, repaint tail section red top and bottom except for the cross insignias then cover those with a red wash, and finally paint the struts and forward band around the cowl red.
Initially I applied new fuselage decals purchased from Reviresco, however despite appearances on the paper they did not include the white outline. Also whilst appearing fine online are actually oversized for 1/144 scale aircraft. In the end I made my own fuselage decals using Testors clear paper.
I selected this scheme it substantially matches two Albatros D.V scouts flown by the Rittmeister in 1917. Between 24 June and 2 July 1917 the newly promoted commander of Jagdgeschwader 1 scored four victories in Albatros D.V serial number D.1177/17 (SPAD VII, DH.4 and two RE.8s). The Rittmeister was also flying this aircraft when he was shot down on 6 July 1917.
The scheme also substantially matches that of Albatros D.V serial number D.4693/17 flown by von Richthofen in November 1917. He scored his last two Albatros kills in this aircraft on 23 November (DH.5) and 30 November (SE.5a).
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Nice repaints, Carl.
The naval Albatros with the blue/red band is my favourite,
haven't seen it before.
Did you print the decal straight (as a rectangle).
I always have problems getting a rectangular decal around a tapered fuselage.
Man, those are all very inspiring. Nice work.
This was originally an Udet D.Va (I had acquired a second as a trade with the intention of doing ...something with it.)
Modifications: Removal of landing gear, prop, struts, upper wing. Removal of inboard struts (replacements being fabricated, but it was too nice a day not to take pics), Cut down and reversed factory landing gear, fabricated "tires" out of stretched sprue, reshaping and reattachment of propeller.
As I like the look of the Bavarian flag and I had figured out how to get my printer to print on Testors decal paper, I adapted a set of decals to 1/144 scale to portray Jasta 5's colorful Kurt Wolf aircraft. National Insignia by 1/144 Direct.
Posed with my stock Ares Jasta 5 D.Va's
And here with the Jasta 16b D.VII
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That really is superb!
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
Lovely Albatros there Bob.
Great job Bob. it's a shame all the great DVas released have those tiny wheels. You did a great job fixing that. I have thought about doing similar but have been too lazy to start.
Once I started tearing it apart, it was hard to stop. I needed a clean surface for the decals, I just couldn't put it back as it was.
Good on you for doing this. Seeing it with correct wheels next to the released version you see how bad it is. Did you make the wheels from scratch?
Those are the factory wheel sanded round and smooth with tire added by stretching some sprue, wrapping it around a rod smaller in diameter than the wheel, and cutting a pair of loops off the coil, trim to fit and glue on as tires. Fill any gap with squadron putty. Voila! Now they're a tad oversized but less jarring to the eye. I also took about 1/16 in. off all four legs and reversed it back to front. The geometry looked better that way.
Was it a Nexus "Udet", or an Ares "Udet"?
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
Once again Bro, great work. And the wheel issue is quite glaring in that triple photo-makes me wonder what the manufacturer was thinking! I will attempt an official REP, but must spread love first
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A lot of time and effort.....end result is superb. Nice work Bob!
WOW!! Those are really AWESOME!! Very nice work indeed.
Outstanding work on those. What more can be said.
great piece of work!
Looks beautiful, William, but I must say, I'm quite annoyed at you for pointing out the deficiencies in the Ares D.V - now I have some work to do...
Nice job William.
I have over a dozen of those birds so please excuse me if I do not follow your fine example.
Well done that man.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Very Nice!! I too will not duplicate your worklol
This thread is five years old and the info and wxamples are amazing all the way through. I have been wanting to do this kind of thing for a while. The D Va is one of my favorites. So maybe just maybe.
The Bavarian Albatros is a real beauty.
I guess it was rather difficult to apply the decal(s) to the fuselage.
Here are two DVas done up as Seefrosta birds - finished up for a scenario at Origins this past weekend. Pretty complete repaints, with the red stripe (pilot unknown) and hatching chick-and-egg (Gerhard Hubrich) painted on.
I really like the Seefrosta planes and plan to do a couple more of 'em...
As always, thanks for looking!
All the best,
Matt
I admired them at Origins, Matt. very nice indeed!
Karl
It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus
Great job with the hand painted Hubrich marking.......and on both birds in general.
Since I am a poor freehand painter, I have to rely on decals.
Great work Matt. What colours and technique did you use for the fuselage?
Very nice, Matt!
Rep sent on the Origins thread!
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
Wow, very nice! Thanks for sharing.
Wowsa - stunning.
I wish I could do such a good job!
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