Originally Posted by predhead
Last edited by OldGuy59; 01-27-2023 at 11:31.
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
Having recently finished some full-color Bristol Fighters and Salmson 2's, I'm circling back and hitting some requests and paint schemes that just caught my eye, like the two below. (One of which is a Belgian Pup, as requested.)
I'm still tossing around which new plane type to do in color, though. Sopwith Triplane? Snipe? Strutter? Albatros D.I and D.II? Halberstadt CL-planes? A.E.G. G.IV? Morane-Saulnier? Nieuport 24/27? Something else? Hard to decide.
How about Hanriot HD.3, Belgian Spad XI or Junkers D.I?
YES!!!!!Having recently finished some full-color Bristol Fighters and Salmson 2's, I'm circling back and hitting some requests and paint schemes that just caught my eye, like the two below. (One of which is a Belgian Pup, as requested.)
An interesting one would be Escadrille N152 for a Nieuport 27. Camo'd plane with an alligator on the fuselage sides!
Last edited by Teaticket; 03-02-2023 at 15:13.
Roland D.VI, Albatros D.II, or some Jasta 11 Fokker Dr.I.
Hansa-Brandenburg W-12 and/or W-29 in naval hex pattern. Trying to apply decals to the ones I have is PITA.
Seconded, along with W.19. I can send profiles if you like
Sop Triplanes would also be great.
I vote for Albatros D.II
Roland D.II/D.IIa - would give more planes to use in Macedonia (Jasta 25) and the Eastern Front.
Would definitely buy several of those!
Sopwith Baby to go with them would be icing on the cake.
Decided to treat myself for my birthday and get 4 Salmsons and another Pup
Nice, but isn't your birthday in October?Decided to treat myself for my birthday and get 4 Salmsons and another Pup
j/k j/k Happy birthday, Pete
Oh yes please!!
That is a lovely Jasta 11 Fokker Dr.I!!! Great job!
Dan's referring to this:
I've got a couple more in mind. I picked up Osprey's "Richthofen's Circus: Jagdgeschwader Nr 1" book, and it's got a lot of excellent and striking paint jobs inside.
That is one of my most looked through Osprey book. A lot of interesting profiles!
After adding a few Hansa-Brandenburg W.29 and Hanriot HD.2 seaplanes, I asked, "what's the biggest plane I can offer as a full color print?" Shapeways has a maximum print size of 130mm in full color Nylon 12, which translates to a wingspan of 18.7m at 1:144. That's a little over the wingspan of an A.E.G. G.IV. And that's a plane for which there are some fun, documented paint jobs. So... see below for the results. The project reminded me that hexagon paint over irregular fuselage shapes is really hard. (In 2D you can cheat and just project the hexagons onto the fuselage, but that doesn't work in 3D.) The sharkmouth plane has a dark lozenge hex on the fabric areas, but it's hard to see in this render.
Right now the internet is being a pain, though. Shapeways isn't rendering previews of the models (I've got a mail into their support), and miraheze.org, host of Wings of Linen, has a problem in their image-storage software that they're working hard to fix.
I had seen that you had added a header for A.E.G. but had yet to add anything there...good to see yet more of these preprints coming...and yes, keep them coming! Rolands, anyone? D.IIs and D.VIs?
Oh...oh...oh... I'm going to regret the price when this comes available, but yes pleaseAfter adding a few Hansa-Brandenburg W.29 and Hanriot HD.2 seaplanes, I asked, "what's the biggest plane I can offer as a full color print?" Shapeways has a maximum print size of 130mm in full color Nylon 12, which translates to a wingspan of 18.7m at 1:144. That's a little over the wingspan of an A.E.G. G.IV. And that's a plane for which there are some fun, documented paint jobs. So... see below for the results. The project reminded me that hexagon paint over irregular fuselage shapes is really hard. (In 2D you can cheat and just project the hexagons onto the fuselage, but that doesn't work in 3D.) The sharkmouth plane has a dark lozenge hex on the fabric areas, but it's hard to see in this render.
Right now the internet is being a pain, though. Shapeways isn't rendering previews of the models (I've got a mail into their support), and miraheze.org, host of Wings of Linen, has a problem in their image-storage software that they're working hard to fix.
Karl
It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus
And there I was, saying I wasn't going to buy any more pre-paints...
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
RAF's response must be "bwa ha ha ha."And there I was, saying I wasn't going to buy any more pre-paints...
...and then some!!!!!RAF's response must be "bwa ha ha ha."
I just had a look at Post # 1
Oh, My Giddy Aunt!!!!!
Anybody want to buy my car?
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
oooooooooh, AEGs. Looking forward to them.
Twist my rubber arm again, Daryl.After adding a few Hansa-Brandenburg W.29 and Hanriot HD.2 seaplanes, I asked, "what's the biggest plane I can offer as a full color print?" Shapeways has a maximum print size of 130mm in full color Nylon 12, which translates to a wingspan of 18.7m at 1:144. That's a little over the wingspan of an A.E.G. G.IV. And that's a plane for which there are some fun, documented paint jobs. So... see below for the results. The project reminded me that hexagon paint over irregular fuselage shapes is really hard. (In 2D you can cheat and just project the hexagons onto the fuselage, but that doesn't work in 3D.) The sharkmouth plane has a dark lozenge hex on the fabric areas, but it's hard to see in this render.
Right now the internet is being a pain, though. Shapeways isn't rendering previews of the models (I've got a mail into their support), and miraheze.org, host of Wings of Linen, has a problem in their image-storage software that they're working hard to fix.
Ordered 2 of the 3.
Yeah, Teaticket and camelbeagle, I know I said I wasn't going to last night ....
Hmmm... perhaps an intervention is warranted?Twist my rubber arm again, Daryl.
Ordered 2 of the 3.
Yeah, Teaticket and camelbeagle, I know I said I wasn't going to last night ....
They are nice planes...
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
Or maybe a bank loan
Karl
It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus
You are the epitome of all-in, PeteTwist my rubber arm again, Daryl.
Ordered 2 of the 3.
Yeah, Teaticket and camelbeagle, I know I said I wasn't going to last night ....
Yes pleaseSopwith Baby to go with them would be icing on the cake.
Having just bought two of the Hansa Brandenburg W29s (Along with a couple of the Hanriot H.D2s and an AEG, of course) I would also love to see the Sopwith Baby on the list
damn. wish i wouldve held off on getting a reviresco aeg! the build was a pain in the posterior and pieces were malformed or missing.
I got some, but never built them.
Now I doubt I ever will!
Sopwith Baby should be next after I stop doing Albatros D.I/D.II paint schemes.
Shapeways informed me that designs would be shipped in a sintered "cage" to help protect them during shipping. And at no extra cost. Now, does that mean all of them or just the big ones? Full color only, or paintable too? Dunno, they weren't specific. I've seen two planes released from their cages so far.. one looked great and the other had some color anomalies near the cage-bars. (Thanks for the heads-up from Pete.) We're working with Shapeways to figure that out.
Oh, and there's a new single-color high-detail plastic available from Shapeways. I've ordered a test plane in that material to see how it looks, paints, and whether it's brittle. I'll let you know when that arrives whether it's a good hobby material.
Daryl, we really appreciate your energy and creativity! Great designs!
Thank you so much for moving forward with offering new products! I know that I have personally poked for the Belgian Pups, and bought a couple when you added that to the preprinted Pup line. The Albatros D.I/D.IIs will be some of the next planes I buy, and I am still hoping for some Roland D.IIs in Jasta 25 scheme! Regardless of my personal longings for odd planes, again, thank you for keeping Wings alive. As Ares cannot seem to produce planes, new or old, what you do provides us with continued growth!
So say we all.
Any plans to expand to WWII aircraft? I would love to see some Wildcats and Zero's in the mix.
I have my hands full with WWI. I'll leave the WWII planes to someone else.Any plans to expand to WWII aircraft? I would love to see some Wildcats and Zero's in the mix.
And thanks all! I wish there were something we could do about making maneuver card decks easier to acquire. But that one is clearly owned by Ares.
Gary, not sure if you've tried these but a good source for WWII planes is: armaments in miniatureAny plans to expand to WWII aircraft? I would love to see some Wildcats and Zero's in the mix.
Thank youf for your oncoming hard work on new planes Daryl, you are the best. Few new pieces ordered and coming my way soon. Now I can concentrate on big bombers with my paper modeling effort, because I believe all the small planes will be sooner or later in your shapeways collection.
Daryl/RAF - as Darryl/predhead said in posting #434 above, thank you for "keeping Wings alive"
Just when you thought it was safe to have a look at Daryl's RAF page againOrder will be on its way. Keep up the great work Daryl
Oh boy, i have bad luck with Shapeways. They messed up my order again. This time the print quality and color is OK. But I ordered 5 models and two of them are totaly different models from what I ordered. Complaint sent to Shapeways. They reprinted everything bad so far, so there is good chance they will solve this too.
Shapeways customer service is great. Every time I have has a bad print they have replaced it.
Perhaps because they get such a lot of practice??
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
Did anyone recently receive full-color prints in "cages", other than the AEGs? If so, did you see any effect on the color of the plane?
Yes, I did. Salmson 2 and D.W.F C.V had cages. Colors are OK compared to colored prins I have from the past. Planes seem to be bit dusty from printing powder, some dust was in the bags planes were on. I did not have this in the past orders. It is more comlicated for them to clean it properly in the cage I suppose. But no problem to clen it after cage removal. On one plane there was cage pattern slightly visible (little different colour hue) on upper wing. But I have this in the past too. Did they print the cages earlier too, only remove them?
The last three orders have all had errors, from a less than ideal print, to sending the replacement for that, but it was the wrong plane! But, they do seem to correct in the end.
Well batted!Perhaps because they get such a lot of practice??
Daryl, you're a star
The following arrived today, in a form of excellent packaging I haven't seen before, although others may have done so already. Each model in its own little cage, which is easily snipped with scissors for removal.
The aircraft models are superb and i can find no fault with them. Thank you so much. I'm really delighted with them and am looking forward to flying each and every one of them
Just have to find a use for the cages now
The AEG especially looks fantastic!
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