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Thread: Official Albatros D.Va painting thread.

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    Chris, nice looking plane!!!! Great job!

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    Chris, that is some great work. I really like the color blending you did on the fuselage. I’ll also need a photography lesson from you some time.

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    It's funny, but as soon as I buy a book, photos of finished WoG aircraft start appearing from said book! Nice one Chris.

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    Thanks, guys! I'm enjoying doing Seefrosta's planes -- I think yet another plane type will be on deck

    I'm super happy with the colors, less than happy with the finish, and that's after sanding lol. The camera is quite unforgiving but he looks good from playing distance, kind of like me in a dimly lit bar. 30 years ago.

    Dave, I tried 3 different methods on the fuselage and finally settled on clipping an old brush down short and stippling with very little paint on it. For photography I'm afraid the credit goes to my Google Pixel 4XL lol. It has some nice zoom options and a "focus on a spot" option that is like a target lock, and I believe "portrait" mode blurs the background, but I think most of the newer smartphones have good cameras. I slap the plane on a mat, good lighting, and use this cheap photo backdrop (idea stolen shamelessly from Tim).

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    Here are a couple new pics of Karl Meyer's Seefrosta Alb D.V, with Karl at the controls. Much has happened after my last upload

    When taking it off the stand the plane crashed out of control from the soaring height of 3" whereupon one side of the prop snapped off. An extensive grid search over land and sea (including the Spider's Web) of the vistaprint mat and surrounding confines produced nothing. I held my nose and clipped the spinner & prop off an MvR then proceeded to repaint much of the plane moving away from the flash gitz yellow. I also had to reapply several decals since some rookie had failed to protect them and some tore. The fuselage ribbon is now a homemade decal, most of the rest are digidecals.

    Then my 14 month old phone became a paperweight. I mean, beyond a factory reset... corrupted operating system that couldn't be fixed. So they got me with an LG Wing, the aviation theme was appealing but they only laughed when I asked if it could fly.

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    Great work Chris. I really like the color blending and decals.

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    Very nice Chris. The Seefrosta lives!

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    This whole thread is awesome

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    The mottling effect is most impressive!

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    Here are a handful of Albatros D.Va that I have built, painted or re-painted. They are all machines from Jasta 5. Two are Nexus/Ares and one a Valom Kit.

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    First up is a Vfw Otto Konnecke. Aircraft is a Valom kit with the supplied decals.

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    Next is Vfw Josef Mai. Aircraft is a re-painted Ares/Nexus with decals from Miscmini.

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    Finally we have Uffz Paul Baumer. Aircraft is an original Ares/Nexus with a few highlights added such as the red edging on the rudder and tailplane, which the original was missing.

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    Paints are from Foundry. The fourth aircraft in this flight will be Von Hippel's aircraft but I am waiting on wing decals to finish him off.

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    Those are very competently painted models Gary and your Valom built kit is even more impressive.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    Excellent re/paint job, Gary.
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    "We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."

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    Beautiful planes Gary!

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    Very nice!
    Run for your life - there are stupid people everywhere!

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    Very well done by all.

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    Lovely job Gary ! Sorry, rep gun jammed right now

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    Good job, Gary!

    Those 'Valoms' are tricky little beasts - yours is very well done.

    Rep guns Jammed!
    I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!

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    Here is the final(?) aircraft of my Jasta 5 - Albatros D.Va - Von Hippel

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    Model - Valom Albatros D.Va

    Fuselage - GW Runefang Steel
    Engine - GW Lead Belcher, black wash and highlighted with GW Runefang Steel
    Upper wings - Misterkit - Albatros Mauve and mix of Foundry Bright Bottle Green 41c and Bright Green 25a.
    Wing stripes - Foundry Canvas 8c
    Lower Wings - Misterkit Albatros Pale Blue
    Tail and Rudder - Mix of Foundry Bright Bottle Green 41c and Bright Green 25a.
    Nose cone and Rudder edge - Foundry Scarlet 38b.
    Propeller - Foundry Chestnut 53a
    Tyres - Foundry Equipment Black 101a
    Spars and Landing gear - Misterkit Albatros Pale Blue.

    Decals - Valom
    Last edited by Hu Rhu; 05-31-2022 at 07:28.

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    There's been a spate of superb work on the painting threads, and this is right up there with them!

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    That's a beauty Gary.
    Rob.
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    That's a beautiful von Hippel, Gary!
    REP

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    I think that the Albatros D.Va is tied with the Fokker D.VII for having the sexiest color schemes out of all the planes used in the war.

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    This whole thread is awesome

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    That is gorgeous! Really wonderful job! The GW Runefang steel looks really good.

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    Very nice von Hippel, Gary!

    Rep gun jammed!
    I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!

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    Nice one, Gary, maybe needs a gloss finish ?
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    Got this from Yeovilton in the 90's - the plane's in the US now I believe.

    "He is wise who watches"

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    Quote Originally Posted by flash View Post
    Nice one, Gary, maybe needs a gloss finish ?
    Ok. How about this?

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    Winsor & Newton Galeria Gloss Varnish

    However viewing the photo it doesn't come out as glossy as in real life.

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    Very nicely done.

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    Here's another von Hipple. This one is the next in the line with the camo'd wings. It is an ARES repaint. I started this one a few years ago when I lived in Maine. The original was a von Hipple with the red dragon sent to me by Flash in a trade. Sorry it took so long to get this one done Dave, better late than never? Wing camo is home made decals. Wiggley arrow is hand painted. I added larger wheels as I am not a fan of the ones on the original DVas.

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    Last edited by Teaticket; 12-22-2022 at 07:44.

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    Excellent work, Peter, especially that freehand arrow

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    Beautiful work, Peter.
    Amazing detail.

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    Really nice work

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    Yet another aircraft well worthy of the Ace who flew it Peter.
    Rob..
    "Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."

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    super job Peter
    cheers,
    Guus
    "zet 'm op ... witte muizen !" (strijdkreet van 1e JaVa, Luchtvaart Afdeling, Nederland 1940)
    "let's go get them ... white mice !" (battlecry of the 1st Fighter Group, Army Air Force, Netherlands 1940)

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    NIce one Pete, lovely Albatros

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teaticket View Post
    ... I started this one a few years ago when I lived in Maine. The original was a von Hipple with the red dragon sent to me by Flash in a trade. Sorry it took so long to get this one done Dave, better late than never? Wing camo is home made decals. Wiggley arow is hand painted. I added larger wheels as I am not a fan of the ones on the original D.Va's...
    I wondered what happened to that one, Peter - good to see it re-purposed at last. I agree about the undercart, horrible, yet I seem to have ended up with another one !

    "He is wise who watches"

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    Thanks guys for all the kind words.

    Quote Originally Posted by flash View Post
    I wondered what happened to that one, Peter - good to see it re-purposed at last. I agree about the undercart, horrible, yet I seem to have ended up with another one !
    Yes, that undercart is terrible. I have some of the correct ones from Shapeways but they are packed away at the moment. Maybe this winter I'll find them again and put them on this kite.

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    Excellent paintjob, especially the freehand arrow.

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    Excellent work all. I can only hope that my upcoming repaints look as good as many of these. Really well done

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    A trio of Albatros DV.a from Jasta 12

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    Albatros DV.a Ltn Ulrich Neckel Jasta 12

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    Albatros DV.a Ltn Viktor Schobinger Jasta 12

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    Albatros DV.a Ltn Karl Meierdirks Jasta 12

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    Models - Ares Albatros DV.a Udet

    Fuselage and Tail - Vallejo Black 950 and Vallejo Natural Wood Grain 834
    Upper Wings - Misterkit Albatros Dark Green, Albatros Green, Albatros Red Brown and Albatros Mauve
    Lower wings and Schobinger's Lozenge - Misterkit Albatros Light Blue
    Engine - GW Leadbelcher, Nuln Oil wash and highlighted with Runefang Steel
    Spars, engine cowling and undercarriage - GW Runegang Steel
    Propeller - Vallejo Chocolate Brown 872
    Propellor boss - Vallejo White 951
    Tyres - Vallejo Black Grey 862

    Decals - Aviation Wings

    Neckel and Meierdirks

    Fuselage - Vallejo Natural Wood Grain 834
    Tail - Vallejo Black950

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