Albatros D.Va, WNW 6/18 Completed

[bbd468]

Hiya Marc, Man shes lookin a pretty bird indeed, Love the colors! More pweeezz!!!

[deafpanzer]

Looking great! Great tip using the tapes... thanks buddy!

[Deleted]

very nice job like it

[wbill76]

Making good progress on this one Marc, nice paint work.

[bullardino]

Great start on the paint job, Marc

[venom1]

Looks great Marc!

Very effective method mate, the "shadows" are very convincing!

Cheers,

Sam

[thug626]

Marc, you are doing some great work here. Keep it up!
Dave

[wing_nut]

Thanks for all the comments guys. They are much appreciated.

With bench time being as scarce as it has been lately the last thing I needed was to have to the regulator for the AB go and die. Maybe it’s just me but I was really expecting to get more than 42 years out that thing. Harbor Freight to the rescue… temporarily.

I finished doing all the masking, shading, re-masking then highlighting on the wings and tail plane. A copy of filter coats of deck tan thinned 5/95 to pull it all together and start the toning down process. That was the 1st look at the over all effect and I and I was real happy with the results. The part I liked best it the elevator. That is a dead flat piece of plastic.

Then came the dot filter, a technique used by armor guys on a regular basis but leaves a lot of aircraft scratching their heads when you mention the name. Like I had to tell you guys that The 1st 2 pics are of the left lower wing with the dots then side by side with the right to see the effect. The amount of tonal variation really doesn't show in the photo. The bottom pic is an in progress look the process and the final result.

[bigjohn]

Now that looks sharp man!!!!!

[Leon]

Marc,that is some fine work.

[wbill76]

Nice filter work on the wings Marc! RIP your airbrush but sounds like it gave many years of loyal service.

[deafpanzer]

Fantastic dot filtering job!!! I think I am in love...

[bullardino]

I agree with the guys, dot filtering is perfect and adds a lot to the depth of the paintjob

[fightnjoe]

looking good. love the way the dot method was used. gives it subtle life.




joe

[wing_nut]

Thanks for the comments guys. No doubt about it... this is a great technique that can span many subjects. This would look great on the hull of a ship or sub.


I started the wood grain process last night. The steps in order…

-Tape off the panel to be “grained”

-Cut a piece of the paper plywood that’s a bit bigger, coat the back with MIG Natural Wood pigment (no pic) and make a tape hinge.

-The hinge allows the paper to be flipped up to check progress

-Go over each line with a pen. Any color but black ink so you can see where ya been

-Some brown flecks added for contrast added with an art pencil. These will be muted a bit with a rubber blending tool.



Seeya in a year when I am done with this whole process

[bullardino]

Interesting technique, Marc I'm curious to see the overall result.

[bbd468]

Hiya Marc, excellent works buddy! Your oil fading was very effective, looks nice!

[Leon]

Agree with the guys on the oil dot work Marc.Looking awesome so far.

[fightnjoe]

cool process. simple and effective.




joe

[wing_nut]

Thanks for the comments guys. Yeah Dicky, just trying to keep ya on yer toes.


It's official... this is one of the most tedious tasks I have undertaken.[:S] It is slow going for sure. Lots of taping and masking. The learning curve is finally getting flatter... but you can see how long took. And the other side is at about the same stage as this. When rubbing the MIG into the paper there are occasionally these little brown bit that change the color so that had to be dealt with too. At the moment there are 2 things I am thinking... 1st that there is potential for this technique just maybe not in this application A flat side fuselage with a more "traditional" wood pattern would be good for this. 2nd is that once this is done, as in decals on, faded and weathered it will tone down and look kinda cool.

[bullardino]

I like the way you're heading

[wbill76]

Very interesting approach to the wood grain effect Marc, looking forward to seeing it progress!

[venom1]

Certainly looks like a painful process Marc! But isn't that the way with some of the best and most effective methods?

I have no doubt though that with your talent, you will make something special of it, especially if those lovely wings are anything to go by!!

Keep up the good work mate, looking forward to the next installment!

Cheers,

Sam

[dupes]

Wingy...did you say you have MORE WOOD?

Question for you with aircraft and oil dots. Do you always go in the direction of airflow? Or gravity? On armor it's easy to figure out which way the streaks should "run". Aircraft not so much. If you oil-dot the vertical side of a fuselage, which way do you drag the oils? Back? Or down?

[Leon]

Awesome looking work Marc.Sitting by waiting for more updates.

[thug626]

Hello Marc,
Your graining of the wood panels will pay off handsomely. Keep at it!
Dave

[wing_nut]

Can't thank you guys enough for all the compliments.

Dupes, my opinion... and don't ask me to type out that whole disclaimer BS about "Won’t be held responsible, blah blah blah.." Wings always back. Because of air flow and even when on the ground they naturally slope back and down. Which leaves the fuselage. There are really 2 things goings on. The slipstream stain that will, like the wings, go back with the air flow. But, and here's where the opinion part comes in, the plane spends more time on the ground than it does in the air. May be many days of rain so those stains will be more down than back. Trike LG some straight down stuff won't not be out of the question. Tail draggers slight angle back (when looking at it in level flight would seems right. Then there is the boundary layer. But that might be thread by itself



DONE... with the wood anyway. The process sped up as I went but it was still 3 sessions at the bench to complete. I am pretty happy with the outcome.

[bullardino]

Wow, it looks like real plywood. Congrats, Marc

[dupes]

May 25, 2013 11:21:22 GMT -5 wing_nut said:

Dupes, my opinion... and don't ask me to type out that whole disclaimer BS about "Won’t be held responsible, blah blah blah.." Wings always back. Because of air flow and even when on the ground they naturally slope back and down. Which leaves the fuselage. There are really 2 things goings on. The slipstream stain that will, like the wings, go back with the air flow. But, and here's where the opinion part comes in, the plane spends more time on the ground than it does in the air. May be many days of rain so those stains will be more down than back. Trike LG some straight down stuff won't not be out of the question. Tail draggers slight angle back (when looking at it in level flight would seems right. Then there is the boundary layer. But that might be thread by itself

I'd be interested to read that "thread in itself"! I'd actually like to compare pics both ways, preferably with the same aircraft. Down SOUNDS right on the fuselage (for reasons you listed above) but I think it would look weird (from a modeling standpoint)?

Oh - in your earlier pics, I had my doubts about the wood pattern. Now? Holy smokes! 100% convincing! So much so, in fact, that when I showed your latest batch to Mia, she asked why you were building out of wood now. :0

[`Boots`]

That is stunning stuff Marc..........the wood effects are out of this world, well done buddy coz you certainly nailed that