Albatros D.Va, WNW 6/18 Completed

[wbill76]

Always impressed with how well you work with tiny exquisite details like this Marc, very nice...and the end of your antibiotics means you're restored to your full powers...even if they aren't all human!

[thug626]

A scratch built prop, wood work and metal work done on plastic! Then there's the spark plugs! By the way are they gapped to scale? Outstanding work you have here.

Dave

[wing_nut]

Hi Men. WOW... 7 days since posting

First, thnaks to all the commented alongthe way so far and sorry for not acknowledging sooner.

Sorry but not much time for the hobby lately. But I am building up a nice reserve to spend on the hobby down the road.[]
I have been lurking all along though.

A slight pause in the work load has allowed me at least a little bit of bench time.
The guns are ready to go. I used the Master set but replace toe front piece with the one from the kit PE fret. That has the sight and front as one piece. No way was the Master sight going to survive. Cockpit and engine bearers all inside and fuselage buttoned up. Holy crap that was tedious. The WNEW tolerances make for some tricky work. And I still needed a shim on the bottom. Not sure what the pipes under the guns are but I added some brass tube to the bottom of the fuselage where they exit and the panel lines rescribed.

[deafpanzer]

MGs look great!!! Glad we still can see the cockpit pretty much unlike most wingy kits that you can barely see inside.

Hope you are feeling 110% better so you will post an update every hour or something like that. Welcome back by the way! LOL

[doogsatx/]

This thing's looking great, Marc!

For future reference, I've got a contact at WNW and could probably help expedite replacements if it comes to it. Additionally, HGW is making some crazy-good microtextile belts for the Wingnut kits these days.

Love those spark plugs! Please tell me you're going to continue the tiny-bits-of-metal awesomeness with some Gaspatch turnbuckles!

[wing_nut]

Andy, I've been back to full health for a while. Just working my @$$ off. OK, that may be a bit of an exaggeration. Given the size of my butt, there just ain't that much work out there

Thanks Doogs... I have the RB Production turnbuckles to use. Got 'em before I heard about the gaspatch ones. I will say that folding the RB buckles is a real PITA. But when a drop of brass paint is added they don't look to be at all.

[wing_nut]

Just looked at the Gaspatch TB's again. Order placed

[doogsatx/]

Apr 29, 2013 12:50:29 GMT -5 wing_nut said:

Just looked at the Gaspatch TB's again. Order placed

Yeah, I've got some for my WIP Snipe and a planned 1/48 SPAD XIII. They're jewel-like...

[bbd468]

7 days was almost more than i could bear! Looking fine Marc...cant wait for paint!

Gary

[wbill76]

Sorry to hear that RL is slowing you down a bit Marc but it's what funds the hobby so we have to bear with it! Nice update though. Got to love the look of those guns.

[bullardino]

Great job on the fuselage. I particularly like the jig you're using for it, is it custom made for this plane or is it universal?

[wing_nut]

Thanks guys.


I know Gary, it was tough to get though the week

Bill, it does seem to get inthe way sometimes. The guns are up on a high shelf out of harm's way.

Luigi I made that for the 1st Albatros I did. I kept in just in case

[wing_nut]

HAHA...Made ya look!

After many color combos and application techniques I think I’ve got wood. Plywood actually. Pretty much the same as I did on my other Albatros (link below) just some color and pattern changes. What do you think?

wingnutmodels.com/DvaPaint.html

[bullardino]

Awesome. Can you explain how you got such a perfect wood finish?

[bbd468]

YEP, you got wood! That looks awesome Marc and thanks for the link! Lookin forward to more details....ive got an Eduard Albatros.

Gary

[wing_nut]

Thanks guys. Luigi, did you check the link in my post? I did bascially the same thing as that. I just think this one turned out better to look like the birch plywood typical on an Albatros.

[Leon]

Great update Marc,that is looking really sweet.

[bullardino]

Sorry, I had missed the link

[wbill76]

Looks like wood from here! Although if it lasts for more than 4 hours you may need to seek medical help...

[fightnjoe]

time for me to catch up. love the wood look.



joe

[Tojo72]

That is some really nice detail on this one.especially like the engine.

[wing_nut]

Dicky no worries. i don't even have time to get in here to acknowledge those that commented days ago.

So to Leon, Bill, Joe, Anthony…and yes… you too Dicky… Thanks so much.


And I love your new wordage. I’ll have to try that one out.



In the middle of the night… (nudge, nudge) “Honey… wake up… I have timberosity.”

[venom1]

Love yer werk Marc! Lookin' sweet so far brutha!!

Yes, Dicky is indeed a man of many words...... some of them even real ones!!

Cheers,

Sam

[wing_nut]

Managed to squeeze a little time at the bench. Got the fuselage tail end ready for some rigging with some tubes set into the side, The control horns for the elevator is ready for install and rigging. Even got some of the paint on.. All the blue is done and green uppers waiting for the mauve.







And this is a Gaspatch air speed indicator. The dial that comes with it need to be pouched out so I used the WNW decal and punched a piece of clear plastic for the dial face.

[wing_nut]

Jeez Dickey... Do oyu have a nanny cam in my room or something? You almost commented before I posted. And, of course, thanks for those comments too

[Leon]

That is looking super Marc.Air speed indicator looks top notch.

[wbill76]

Nice to see you getting in some bench time Marc, that airspeed indicator reminds you of just how primitive (yet effective) these machines were at the time. As for Dicky's uncanny abilities, we can't discuss those in the open you know.

[bullardino]

Darn, Dicky almost gave away his precog skills

Great job, Marc. I love the details

[wing_nut]

I got some paint on the wings. I tried to mimic the highlight the runs the length of the wing like in the drawing to accent the airfoil shape. then with selective taping of the ribs and some post-its I highlighted one side and used Tamiya smoke for shadow on the sides of each rib. I practiced on the lower wings 1st and there were a few lessons learned, like having to take off all the rib tape before i painted the mauve or the rib would have green stripes[:$], before getting to the upper. After doing all the to the green I had to it all over again for the mauve.

[fightnjoe]

that looks very sharp.




joe