Great job on these, Peter
These Boelcke Jasta tripes look splendid! I really do like the way you're doing your streaked pattern on the green surfaces - it looks great in 1/144 scale...
All the best,
Matt
Superb as usaual Peter.
What a trio
Thanks guys. Just remembered to add that there are nice profiles of these in the Osprey book, Jagstaffel '2' Boelcke.
Great looking bird Dave
As always great job by all in the repaints.
Hello,
Here are a few more repaints I've been having fun with from Jasta 11...
First up, here's Weiss - this was previously a MVR model from the Dual Pack. A fairly easy repaint, I painted the white, touched up the wing edges, wing skids, etc, and applied decals.
Next is the unknown pilot - this was a MVR model, the decals are from the aviationwings.com DR1 set. The fuselage decal seems a bit too big so the X on the sides aren't centered very well, but I like how it turned out:
And finally here's Eberhardt Mohnicke - this one has just had the decals applied and still needs a coat of satin varnish to tone down the shine. Decals are also from the aviationwings.com set. I really like how this one turned out:
And here's Jasta 11 flying together: Not sure if/when I'll do the other two from the famous photo. I think I'll do a few others and maybe come back to them later.
See also my other recent repaints in the Sopwith Pup thread and RAF F.E. 8 thread.
You have made a very nice job of those Brian.
That unknown pilot is well known to us in Notts as it is regularly flown by my arch nemisis Christophe von Rogerstein. Chris Rogers.
I am hoping that together with the help of Captain Kiwi, I will be able to disconcert him in our next encounter.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Nice aircraft all and thanks for sharing.
Rats! Can't give you the rep you deserve, they look great! I will have to do the Weiss one for my collection right away before I forget about it, it looks very clean and awesome! Thanks for sharing your efforts!
Great Jasta 11 there!
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
Good Job, Brian.
Those Jasta Boys look great!
Voilŕ le soleil d'Austerlitz!
Nice work Brian! They all look great. I especially like Weiss. Some of the easiest ones to repaint are the best looking ones.
Thanks everyone, much appreciated!
Good to see that Snoopy is on his case Dave.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Okay - here's the repaint I discussed in October's hobby room...
New kit in the box.
With a couple of photos of it out of the box...
It looks a lot better as a mini than in the photos - I'm quite disappointed that I
just can't seem to get shots of the mini without the varnish showing up as white
patches.
Man - i tell you though - that Red Baron red is a hard colour to quash by over-painting!
Cheers all - hope you like it.
Very nice Philip
Sapiens qui vigilat... "He is wise who watches"
On my first repaint (Joseph Jacobs in this thread) I didn't use a primer and the red was difficult to cover, even with black paint. Since then I've had good success using the Tamiya primer - I give the model a couple of coats of primer before painting - it covers up the red nicely and seems to give a good new base coat to start the repaint from.
Great work on that black & yellow one, it looks great!
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Hi all,
I played around with a Dr.I to see how much detail in the models can be brought out with a few painting techniques.
The dragon was passant, but it looked a bit too Welsh for the Central Powers.
Joints and depressions between ribs were shaded with inks, and edges highlighted with the edge of a brush.
Missing details were painted on, such as on the engine.
The decals are made with laser decal paper. I checked with a German mate about the correct noun conjugation.
A dullcoat spray was used at the end to even out the paint job.
The paint scheme is completely fictitious, but I quite like it and might use it on a few more. (Next up is a Gotha, for which I printed kraken decals.) It's really nice how much the models can be polished!
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Very nicely done, sir!
Have a shot of REP!
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
Nice job! REP also.
Run for your life - there are stupid people everywhere!
Good job Muerto, very nice!
OK, NOW YOU'VE GONE AND DONE IT..... Those are all very inspirational!!! Now I HAVE to go and get MY squadron!! LOL
Great job Muerto....everyone should have a non historical plane...incoming rep.
Hello
Is it possible to use decals in order to change some WOG-WOW airplanes and avoid repainting them ?
I have 2 Fokker DR1 with MvR and would like to make a change for one of them ?
Dito for 2 Spad XIII Luke and 2 Albatros D.VA (Baumer).
I just love the DR.I for repainting. All these photos show amazing work. The Dragon is top-notch, just top-notch!
Thanks all. You are very kind.
Bastien, it's certainly possible. I don't know of any pre-made decals with historical 1/144 markings, but decal paper to print your own is great. This is especially so if you have access to a laser printer. (Note: laser and inkjet paper are different! Using inkjet paper in a laser can fill the machine with melted plastic!)
Hi Bastien the following sell commertially printed decals for 1/144 models, I have used all and all are recommended
Doms Decals, he has a few sets for Nieuports, Albatross, Snipes and DR1 from UK
1/144 Direct on ebay ( Mehulsa) a large range of decals for all sides of the war, Uk
The Aerodrome Accessories may still have some decals for Dr1 and Albatross uS
The Tin Soldier also from US has a range of decals for markings try here http://tin-soldier.com/centralpowersdecals.html
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A nice bit of work by all of you
Great trio there!
Rep!
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
There are a few people doing cards, and Steve [Guntruck] was doing card backs well before me. Steve was also doing WGF versions when he started, IIRC, so he has many more of them than me. This could be one of his, but it isn't one of mine. BTW: going forward, all of my cards should have the Areodrome logo on them, to identify them as 'non-Ares' or 'non-Nexus' cards
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Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
Great paintjobs on your triplanes, Brian, especially with the streaked Fokker camo.
Fokker Dr.I's are always fun to paint.....Very nicely done Brian.....Rep!
Those are some REALLY NICE planes. I noticed some painters say they use Testors clear decal paper, how does that work?
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