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    Whole lot of great looking aircraft in this showcase. Brilliant work folks.

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    Your 'Jasta Tiger' scheme is quite eye-catching, Peter - no difficulties identifying that pilot from the ground, to be sure!

    Apropos that your lovely bride vanquished you so quickly - you're a smart man to keep her interested in the game that way!

    All the best,
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    Those are really COOL!!

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    The tiger looks fantastic!

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    Nice one Phil. I thought I recognized that smile.


    thanks! you know what they say. if youve got it, flaunt it!

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    Lovely paint job Peter. Tiger (Crouching?) v Dragon (Hidden?) huh? No contest I reckon

    Sorry, rep gun jammed, but worthy

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    Finished painting my scratch build D.VII yesterday, went with Harald Auffarth of Jasta 29.

    Before final assembly (to show off the lozenge camo):

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    Quote Originally Posted by mrinku View Post
    Finished painting my scratch build D.VII yesterday, went with Harald Auffarth of Jasta 29.

    Before final assembly (to show off the lozenge camo)

    And all put together:
    Great job Mark
    Last edited by flash; 07-19-2018 at 06:26.

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    Looks very stylish Mark, and a nice change from the usual more regular pilots aircraft.
    Rob.
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    I second your notion, Rob! That green and yellow with the white comet is very refreshing - great job on this scratch-build all 'round, Mark!

    All the best,
    Matt

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    Thanks for the kind words. I went with the green upper wing rather than camo based on the well-known photo of him standing next to it that is on Wikipedia. You can't see the top of the wing, but the leading edge is clearly a solid colour.

    It was fun working out a way to do lozenge camo freehand. But I don't think I'll do too much more of that (and anyway, it's time to work on some Entente birds). I might have had more to show this long weekend if I hadn't run out of 0.5mm polystyrene card...

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    Super job!
    I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!

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    Great scratch build and I love the paint job.


    Here's to them what are like us. Damn few and they're all dead.

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    Hello,

    I'm currently working on a Valom Rudolf Berthold. There are different paint schemes out there and I was wondering which is the correct one? Maybe there are an early and a late version?

    Body: red/blue or red/green/blue or red/green/blue with semi-transparent german insignias?
    Struts: black, red, or blue?
    Undercarriage wing: blue/lozenge or green?

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    Nice looking aircraft. Well done.

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    I've now finished the second Valom kit in the Rudolf Berthold paint scheme:

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    Attaching the upper wing and the inner strutts was a painful mess, but the overall impression seems acceptable.

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    Very smart they look too Florian.
    Rob.
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    I REALLY like the yellow/white one - very nice indeed

    Never Knowingly Undergunned !!

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    Fantastic paint job. The yellow and white one is a eye catcher.


    Here's to them what are like us. Damn few and they're all dead.

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    Great work, Florian. It seems much more than "acceptable" as you write

    It would be nice to see them live in the action.
    Will you consider to join us for Wings of Prague in april?

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    Great work, Florian.
    I actually prefer your blue one over the yellow, but I would be glad to have either in my hangar.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kubajs View Post
    Great work, Florian. It seems much more than "acceptable" as you write

    It would be nice to see them live in the action.
    Will you consider to join us for Wings of Prague in april?
    Thank you for your nice words!

    I would love to. In fact, I've considered to visit Prague, already. But I start a new job in November and can't predict the possibility for holidays in the first six month.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stumptonian View Post
    Great work, Florian.
    I actually prefer your blue one over the yellow, but I would be glad to have either in my hangar.
    I like the blue one over the yellow one, too. There is some nostaligica involved, as my first WWI model kit as a teenager was a Revell Rudolf Berthold Fokker D.VII 1/72. There even wasn't a decal for the Lozenge, so I had to do it freehand.

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    The blue one is a nice neat colour scheme, did you use decals for the black diagonals on the yellow plane or are they hand painted?

    Both planes are very good though.

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    Saubere Arbeit!
    Voilŕ le soleil d'Austerlitz!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vagabond View Post
    The blue one is a nice neat colour scheme, did you use decals for the black diagonals on the yellow plane or are they hand painted?

    Both planes are very good though.
    The black diagonals with the grey cross is a single decal. The black stripes on the elevator is a decal, too.

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    The decals make a very neat job, I think it is very difficult to match it with hand painting.
    Who's decals did you use? I was going to try and hand paint something like this but I will use decals if I can get them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vagabond View Post
    The decals make a very neat job, I think it is very difficult to match it with hand painting.
    Who's decals did you use? I was going to try and hand paint something like this but I will use decals if I can get them.
    I made my own ones with Coreldraw and a sheet of inkjet decal paper.

    Here are some images of my D.VII from the last contest:





    Last edited by Karo7; 10-07-2018 at 04:25.

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    Magnificent!
    I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!

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    Lovely work, indeed, Florian! I have always like the MJ 3 Fokker DVII but have been daunted to try painting the stripes on the fuselage - looks like a decal is definitely the way to go

    All the best,
    Matt

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    Florian that is very fine workmanship indeed, I am loth to put my planes on here but I have spent a lot longer on them than you would think from the finished work and I also wanted to thank Tim (Flying Helmet) in public for sending me the decals so I could complete these, I also stole his idea for the backgrounds, because I think they look great.

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    Great job, John. I have the decals and some spare Goerings.
    Hope mine look even half as good as yours when I finally get around to tackling them.

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    Very nice John. One day I will to do a flight of J18.

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    They do look very fine John, and I have always liked that paint scheme.
    Rob.
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    Cheers guys, it's a relatively easy colour scheme to do, but very colourful and dramatic.

    Pete I'm impressed you have a few spare Goering's to paint up. You can't get those for love or money now. I'd be inclined to sell them and pay my mortgage off.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vagabond View Post
    Pete I'm impressed you have a few spare Goering's to paint up. You can't get those for love or money now. I'd be inclined to sell them and pay my mortgage off.
    Well that's planning, innit?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stumptonian View Post
    Well that's planning, innit?
    Too true, well done for that

    I've another two almost done, I've finished the easy Wolff one from the Valom kit and I want to do the Franz Büchner one but I'm baulking at painting the werewolf head.

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    Lovely work, John! Like Rob, I've always liked the scheme - it's a striking color and paint job that shows well on the game board/mat.

    All the best,
    Matt

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    Great work John. Beautiful paint jobs Thanks for sharing.

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    Thanks guys, simple and striking is good in my book. The background helps to show them off well and this is the one that Flying Helmet and FO Kyte use so there has to be some kudos there as well. Following in the footsteps so to speak. Just a long way behind.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Womble View Post
    Jasta 12.


    Shapeways kits.

    Ian
    Great painting, does the planes come with pilots?

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    Floria and John: Very nice job both of you. I wish I had such success with homemade decals.

    Quote Originally Posted by Vagabond View Post
    Cheers guys, it's a relatively easy colour scheme to do, but very colourful and dramatic.

    Pete I'm impressed you have a few spare Goering's to paint up. You can't get those for love or money now. I'd be inclined to sell them and pay my mortgage off.
    So Goering's are back up in price?

    Karl
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    Quote Originally Posted by andron234 View Post
    Great painting, does the planes come with pilots?
    No, the pilots are from Peter Pig.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Womble View Post
    No, the pilots are from Peter Pig.
    Forgive my lack of knowledge, thanks for the info

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    Quote Originally Posted by andron234 View Post
    Forgive my lack of knowledge, thanks for the info
    Drew: there are a few threads about adding crew to your planes. Another option is the tiny figures for RR layouts. (Can't remember the scale right now).
    Karl
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    thanks for the info

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