Glencoe 1/48 Oeffag Albatross

[stikpusher]

This was my first WWI biplane build in probably close to 40 years. It’s the Glencoe release of one of the ancient Aurora boxings. The only improvement that Glencoe made to those molds was to remove the molded on decal locator lines. And the kits did come with a very nice decal sheet.













aside from rigging with .010” music wire, and adding some reinforcement wire inside as a spar for the lower wing, this kit was built with what came in the box.

I had to pose it with my Camel when I completed that one more recently

[jeaton01]

Why have you been hiding this one, Carlos? Very nice looking. Was there actually an Albatros in that scheme? If not there should have been.

[stikpusher]

John, I finished this one up on New Year's Eve, 2015. So it has been awhile. Where have I been keeping it? in the usual places.
And yes, there was a real Albatross in this scheme... Austro Hungarian Air Force, IIRC.




 

[garydavis]

WOW...great job all around, stik. That paint scheme is killer for sure.

[jeaton01]

So I looked in one of my books and found the same photo, Carlos, with an interesting caption. The book is"Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World War One".

[406 Silverado]

OMG!!! What a frickin' scheme!! That looks so dang cool it should be a crime!! WOW!! VERY impressive Carlos!!

[brentprice]

Really nice job. Looks like a nice clean build, thanks for sharing your work.

[Prop Duster]

Interesting the way life (of model building) goes. You get a Glencoe (known for stick and tissue kits) and They acquire and release and old plastic kit of a real stick and tissue (well linen) air o plane.
It all causes the dust motes in front of my eyes to spin now.

p.s. great job of building and painting the old kit.

[ogrejohn]

What a cool looking paint job! Nice indeed.

[buddho]

Gorgeous work...beautiful build.

[stikpusher]

Many thanks guys! It’s a challenging kit, but fun in its own twisted way. Thanks for looking in and your kind feedback.