Official Hansa Brandenburg seaplanes painting thread.

[The G Dog]

Thanks Peter!

I've tried to model each plane after photographs included in Dr. James Wilberg's excellent book - "Eagle of Trieste, Gottfried von Banfield and the Naval Air War Over the Northern Adriactic in WWI. Volume 2: Adriatic Air War." ISBN 9781935881612, published by Aeronaut Books. In addition to the hull numbers you can identify the variations in markings on the upper and lower wings. It does help to create a set of unique models that while similar are still each unique.

Best regards,

Ray

[The G Dog]

Nice work Bob!

Do you remember what color you used on the floats?

[ReducedAirFact]

Wow, Ray & Bob, both sets of planes look sharp! I have always suspected that the fights over the seas deserve a lot more attention, but the navies lacked the front-page allure of the "aces" and didn't get the headlines.

[The G Dog]

While it does pale in comparison to the scale of the air war on the western front, the naval actions in the North Sea and the Adriatic didn't get a lot of attention. Aeronaut books has some superb books covering aspects of the Adriatic battles both from the Italian - A-H perspective as well as the RNAS/RFC efforts.

I have to credit whoever did the original 'North Sea stew' scenario for Wings of Glory with inspiring me to start buying flying boats and float planes.

BTW - If you are looking for more projects - I found a scenario that requires a US Navy Curtiss R-9 on floats as well as an HS-1L armed with a Davis gun in the nose.

Ray

[Walarik]

Hello here is my little naval duo.

[Jager]

Looking sharp, Georg.
Karl

[Flying Helmut]

Superb duo, Georg!

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[malachi]

Fantastic HB W-29s, Georg!

[Hu Rhu]

They look gorgeous.

[Baz]

Very sharp. Would be nice to have some detail how you created them?

[Vagabond]

That's a fantastic pair of planes, they look great.

[CrashCraig]

Kaiserliche Marine Hansa-Brandenburg W-19

This Brandenburg W-19 is by Columbia Aerodrome by jbmacek. Painting was based on several sources including the drawing of Brandenburg W.19 #2207 found on the www.flyingmachines.ru website. This website seems to have taken over for the wpalette.com.ru website taken down since February 2022.













Upper surface of wings & horizontal stalizers, top of fuselage and top of float surfaces: Geman Naval Camo by Reverisco Hansa Brandenburg W.29 Decals
Bottom surface of wings, horizontal stablizers: Humbrol Linen Matte #103
Wing struts: Vallejo Pale Grey Blue Acrylic (70.907)
Fuselage sides & bottom: Vallejo Pale Grey Blue Acrylic (70.907)
Float undercarriage and float surfaces: Vallejo Blue Grey Pale Acrylic (70.905)
Propellor: Testors Leather Enamel Matte
Engine: Citadel Leadbelcher
Engine Cowling: Vallejo Pale Grey Blue Acrylic (70.907)
Rudder: Vallejo Pale Grey Blue Acrylic (70.907)
Pilot & Observer: Reduced Aircraft Factory painted with Humbrol Dark Grey Satin #125
Touch up paints around German Naval Camo gaps: Humbrol Prussian Blue Matte #109 & Vallejo Pale Grey Blue Acrylic (70.905)
German Balken Cruz Decals: Reverisco Hansa Brandenburg W.29 Decals
Rudder Balken Cruz Decal: Miscellanous Miniatures
Sealant: Windsor & Newton Satin Varnish

[Baron Rolf]

Kaiserliche Marine Hansa-Brandenburg W-19
This Brandenburg W-19 is by Columbia Aerodrome by jbmacek. Painting was based on several sources including the drawing of Brandenburg W.19 #2207 found on the www.flyingmachines.ru website. This website seems to have taken over for the wpalette.com.ru website taken done since February 2022.

Wow that looks amazing Craig

[Teaticket]

Really nice Craig. Love those float planes.

[malachi]

Great W19, Craig! I'll look forward to its scouting missions

[milcoll73]

great work craig!!!

[Hu Rhu]

Lovely work on the Seaplane.

[CrashCraig]

Thanks fellow pilots for your kind words.

[CrashCraig]

Following up on my W-19 floatplane, I succumbed and bought this W-29 from Reduced Airplane Factory in the white finish to have a good surface for applying the decals. One subtle difference is that I ordered more W-29 decals sets from Reverisco directly for use on this model. I purchased the same decal set for the W-19 earlier but from a hobby site. The W-29 decals are much brighter, probably more recently produced. A pic of both planes is below.













Upper surface of wings & horizontal stalizers, top of fuselage and top of float surfaces: Geman Naval Camo by Reverisco Hansa-Brandenburg W.29 Decals
Bottom surface of wings, horizontal stablizers: Humbrol Linen Matte #103
Fuselage sides & bottom: Vallejo Pale Grey Blue Acrylic (70.907)
Float undercarriage and float surfaces: Vallejo Blue Grey Pale Acrylic (70.905)
Propellor: Testors Leather Enamel Matte
Engine: Citadel Leadbelcher
Engine Cowling: Pale Grey Blue Acrylic (70.907)
Rudder: Testors White Enamel Matte
Pilot & Observer: Humbrol Dark Grey Satin #125
Touch up paints around German Naval Camo gaps: Humbrol Prussian Blue Matte #109 & Vallejo Pale Grey Blue Acrylic (70.905)
German Balkenkruz Decals: Reverisco Hansa-Brandenburg W.29 Decals
Sealant: Windsor & Newton Satin Varnish

[Hu Rhu]

Wonderful work on that Hansa.

[Larry R.]

Very impressive, Craig. Excellent work applying the decals!

[malachi]

Great W.29, Craig

[flash]

Good job, Craig

[RJG173]

Craig, the next time we use seaplanes, the Allies will be in lots of trouble. Very nice looking model.

[milcoll73]

nice work craig!