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This makes LSM website the first one to house the two best albatros builds on the web (IMHO) - this one and Bertl's Welcome Bo!

Well if you want something really dimesionally big, I think you should get a WnW Gotha GIV! Its really a beast and looks better than the skeleton Camel imho Best regards, Sasho

I received a free sample lozenge decal from Aviattic and it is just wonderful. It was packed for shipping as good as possible, the product itself surprised me with two A4 decal sheets, A4 instruction, something that looks like a postcard and a booklet with some historical facts. Everything is really top quality and gives the same feeling as a WnW kit - when this is in your hands you just feel that someone thinked deeply for every little detail and the result is just great! I can't speak for the accuracy of the colours as I just don't have the knowledge to do it, but they seem legit! I'm 90% ready with the wings and the lozenge decals now. I have the faded 4 colour version, it is little transparent (unlike the WnW decal) and if you like to preshade it is good to do it. I sprayed the wings with Mr. Surfacer 1500 grey, then preshade the ribs with black, but it was too contrasting so I loaded the airbrush with Tamiya's "deck tan" colour and sprayed a thin layer to smooth the contrast until I was satisfied with the result. I polished it with Tamiya polishing compound on the next day and sprayed Alclad's gloss varnish on top of it (future is not available in my country and this is the thinnest gloss I'm aware of). One day later I started laying the decals. I used Tamiya tape for making a template (as described on Uschi Van Der Rosten's website for the wood grain decals), just put the tape 10-15 times on my pants to make it less sticky before sticking it to the decal. The decaling process itself went smoothly and with absolutely no problems but the ones that I created due to my mistakes. I started with lower surface of the upped wing -> upper surface of the lower ling -> lower surface of lower wing -> upper surface of upper wing as I wanted to gain some experience before going to the most visible area . Finally last night I started putting the tapes on the ribs and this is quite annoying so I was able to do just the lower wing. It is little dark and was wondering if it looks good or not, so your opinion on this will be highly appreciated. best regards, Sasho

Very usefull, thank you very much!

I thought you already finished this one Bertl :-/ Its always a pleasure to see such a masterpiece!

any Taube would be awesome! and it is approximately 100 years since those birds flew in the sky

Hello guys, I will be doing the plane of Max Immelmann for the Eindecker GB. The inspiration is found in the photo bellow of Max Immelmann and Tzar Boris III. I will be adding figures to the plane and will start working on this build in January (hopefully), when I finish my Roland DVIa. I'm quite slow builder so I may not finish it on time, but I'll do my best to produce a nice model - better finish late than on time and get a crappy result! And yes there will be a lot of swirls.... Best regards, Sasho

wonderfull book! The only problem is that it is SOLD OUT! Please tell us that they are going to reprint it

yup I did I'm the guy from Sofia

Hello, I have finished the cockpit structure so far and will wait for a PE fret and hopefully an Aviatic lozenge sheet (free sample from the FB contest) before continuing forward. At first I got the cables of the control column wrong (as shown in the pic), but got it fixed before I installed it. Here are the pictures of the progress so far. Any comments, questions or recommendations are more than welcomed! Best regards, Sasho

I waited for this realease for some time and now this will be my christmass gift from me for me Here is the picture that will be my inspiration for the build - Max Immelman and Tzar Boris III of Bulgaria (still a prince during this time):

from the top of my head not in any particular order after #1 1). to finish WnW Roland DVIa 2). WnW RE.8 for the Great War GB 3). 1:24 Revell Mercedes-Benz Uhlenhaut Coupe 4). 1:72 Roden Felixstowne F2A 5). 1:48 Eduard P-38j Lighting some armor projects, some figures but they are not planned in will be done spountaneously

Stunning, absolutely gorgeous! What kind of toolbox you use for completing the base? PE ones? link please if possible Best regards, Sasho

I built the albie ( finished it approx. month ago) and I'm having the Roland DVI in my hands at the moment, I can definately reccomend you the Roland over the albie! For the after market - ushi's or HGW decals (unless you want to do the woodgrain in some other way), HGW belts + radiator PE + surface details PE (the rest of the superdetails set is really waste of money) and last but not least the Taurus parts for the engine - this is probably the AM that will add more details to your build than anything else! Also if you go with lozenge colour scheme the wood and wire's(personal experience) or aviatic's (just from reviews, but its pretty new so I wasn't able to see it myself yet) lozenge decals are both way better than the WnW's lozenge. Whatever your choice is - albie or roland or any other WnW model, with or without AM, I'm absolutely sure that yyou willl enjoy it greatly. Good luck, Sasho

oh boy, this another one of those treads that makes me want to start building something immediately <--- getting popcorn and seating on the first row to watch with the action Good luck, Sasho

Hi Dagovee, all the kits you have chosen are with reptty simple rigging and are more or less with similar dimensions. Just decide on the camo scheme and pull the trigger. You will love it Best regards, Sasho