Chris, nice looking plane!!!! Great job!
Chris, nice looking plane!!!! Great job!
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.
It's funny, but as soon as I buy a book, photos of finished WoG aircraft start appearing from said book! Nice one Chris.
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).
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.
Great work Chris. I really like the color blending and decals.
Very nice Chris. The Seefrosta lives!
This whole thread is awesome
The mottling effect is most impressive!
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.
First up is a Vfw Otto Konnecke. Aircraft is a Valom kit with the supplied decals.
Next is Vfw Josef Mai. Aircraft is a re-painted Ares/Nexus with decals from Miscmini.
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.
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.
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."
Nice job Gary!
Excellent re/paint job, Gary.
"We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."
Nice ones, Gary!
Nicely done Gary!
Beautiful planes Gary!
Very nice!
Run for your life - there are stupid people everywhere!
Very well done by all.
Lovely job Gary ! Sorry, rep gun jammed right now
Wonderful Jasta 5! Great job!
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!
Here is the final(?) aircraft of my Jasta 5 - Albatros D.Va - Von Hippel
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
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There's been a spate of superb work on the painting threads, and this is right up there with them!
That's a beauty Gary.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
That's a beautiful von Hippel, Gary!
REP
Another top notch job Gary!
That is gorgeous! Really wonderful job! The GW Runefang steel looks really good.
Very nice von Hippel, Gary!
Rep gun jammed!
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
Very nicely done.
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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Nice job Peter!
Excellent work, Peter, especially that freehand arrow
Beautiful work, Peter.
Amazing detail.
Really nice work
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."
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)
NIce one Pete, lovely Albatros
Excellent paintjob, especially the freehand arrow.
Excellent work all. I can only hope that my upcoming repaints look as good as many of these. Really well done
A trio of Albatros DV.a from Jasta 12
Albatros DV.a Ltn Ulrich Neckel Jasta 12
Albatros DV.a Ltn Viktor Schobinger Jasta 12
Albatros DV.a Ltn Karl Meierdirks Jasta 12
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
Upper wings
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