I said I'd post a picture or two when I finished these - I've been painting them off and on since Christmas....
Apologies for the photos, my cameraphone did the honours. Some info -
First off I have very poor eyesight and my hands aren't all that steady these days, so they're not as good as I'd once have managed, but I think they're okay for wargaming with and the models and the manoeuvre card making to go with them have kept me at the job for a while, putting in the odd hour or two at a stretch, then taking a few days for other things.
The models I prepped by coating them in a couple of coats of white PVA glue, basic glue from the local WH Smith's kids' art shelves. I then gave them a coat or two of matt varnish. Next came Acrylic paints, mainly Tamiya with the odd Humbrol thrown in - the DH2 and FB5 buff colour is a Humbrol yellowy/cream. markings are from 4pluspublications.com (German) and Bluerider (RAF) - both bought from Hannants hobby store online. Decalfix liberally applied to markings, then more matt varnish - which still seems to come out more of a satin finish for some reason on these models, which is fine as I like the slight sheen.
Pilots and gunners are Peter Pig models.
Bases are Litko, I marked them up with stats and gun arcs using fine tip Acrylic pens - I got a nice set of a dozen or so via Amazon.
Aircraft are :
DH2, FB5 Gunbus, Bristol Fighter, Albatros D1, Albatros C3, Fokker EIII.
Colour schemes are a bit cavalier to be truthful, I like the early war stuff and to be fair they were mostly plain fabric back then, but we all know for a fact that ALL German aircraft were either completely blood red or apparently painted by colour blind exhibitionists from randomised paint collections, so I let myself pick what I felt like - especially for the Albtroses (Albatri?) The Eindecker is probably the wrong shade but looks okay to me so there. DH2/FB5 give a nod to the early war fabric, and the Brisfit was a case of 'you can't go wrong with plain green'. Anybody doesn't like them then pick you own colours, I like them!
Dave
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