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    Roden Albatros D.I

    in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress

    Posted

    On 5/14/2021 at 8:44 AM, Peterpools said:

    Gaz

    Looking so good ..

    Keep 'em comin

    Peter

    Thank you very much, my friends!

     

    Today's effort was with oils...  almost all day long. This crappy phone shot shows the beginning of the technique.  I laid oil paints, lightly thinned, between the raised ribs of the flying surfaces. 

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    Now...  I have tried to get this effect with pre-shading, and I've never been happy with it.  Maybe I just lack the knack.  Anyway....

    And I had to mix a separate color for each of the colors on the fabric surfaces.

    And now we can jump to the results:

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    I wanted the effects to be subtle, yet not too even.  In pics, you can barely see what I've done with the rudder.  The large pattee cross gives little room for messing around.  I still have to attack the area of the wing crosses.

     

    Happy modelling!

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    Roden Albatros D.I

    in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress

    Posted

    19 hours ago, Peterpools said:

    Gaz

    Awesome, simply awesome work and what a collection: museum quality.

    Keep 'em comin

    Peter

     

    9 hours ago, GusMac said:

    Looks great Gaz :unworthy:

     

    9 hours ago, harv said:

    Don't know how, but this dropped off my radar. Gazz , it looks amazing sir !!.....harv

    Thank you, my friends!

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    Roden Albatros D.I

    in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress

    Posted

    19 hours ago, Kaireckstadt said:

    I can only underline what Rob already stated:

    The details and your work make a real stunner out of it! 
    Great looking model Gaz! I personally love the prop with the skull on the spinner! 

    Thank you, Kai.  I'm still unsure about what to do with the spinner.  It just seems silly to have the skull on a rectangular background.  And I have seen no real pictures of it.  It would be far easier to have the skull on a circular background, and must have been difficult to do IRL. 

    Here is another modellers take on it.

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    Apparently, it was known in the unit as "Der Grun Maus".

    A new photo I just discovered, but it doesn't help with the prop:

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    Perhaps my skull is too large and or on the wrong background....

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    Of course there is speculation about the wings, whether they were left in factory standard as I have painted them, or all-green as others have.

     

    So...  whatever happens...  

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    Roden Albatros D.I

    in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress

    Posted

    35 minutes ago, DocRob said:

    And what a nice addition this is. All the detail work combined with the interesting and not often seen paint scheme, make her a real stunner.

    Cheers Rob

    Thank you, Rob!  The monochrome fuselage is demanding some better effort than a pin wash.  I'm hoping I can find the right colors in my head to get it right.

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    Roden Albatros D.I

    in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress

    Posted

    23 hours ago, Peterpools said:

    Gaz

    Looking simply fantastic - paint and masking is perfectly done.

    Keep ‘em comin

    Peter

    Thank you, Peter!  If you don;t mind, I'll use your quote to segue into another update.

     

    Hello friends, although I keep preparing to start weathering with the oils, I find more and more stuff I need to get done first.  Hopefully this update will put in the no-more-excuses/delays position.

     

    Whilst I'd attached the guns last weekend, there were still things to take care of...  most of which were partially weathered, like the exhaust pipe.P1013607.thumb.JPG.e6f75896e83d016c8eba833e4aaba279.JPG

    You can see from this front shot that it's a crowded area under the A-frame.

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    The ear radiators are a feature unique to the type but were quickly replaced by the Teeves und Braun wing radiator.

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    Atop the engine is a strange triangular contraption that is also common to the Roland C.II that I can only guess is the filler cap and coolant reserve/steam expansion area.

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    Finally the tail skid.

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    I think that puts me out-of-parts.  Soon, it will join my small Jasta.

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    Happy modelling!

     

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    Roden Albatros D.I

    in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress

    Posted

    5 hours ago, Clunkmeister said:

    I’m joining this watch party a bit late, so I’m way, way up in the nosebleed section where the air is rare. Got my oxygen mask on though, so I’m good. 
     

    Stunning build so far, Gazz, especially the strengthening of the struts. My one Roden Albatros D.l resulted in me scratching struts from brass and aluminum tubes and wire.  It worked well, especially after bracing with mono line. 
     

    I’m going to try your method though. It looks much less tedious. 

    Thanks for coming by, Ern.  I've noticed you seem rather busy lately.  No big deal.

     

    The wing struts are relatively thick and lacking in details.  So I used .5mm rod.   But I think it will be tougher on thinner struts.   For instance, I don't think the cabanes on the D.II-D.Va would be thick enough to even mess with.  I do have some .2mm copper wire which can be straightened by twisting.  So, I'll try it on my other Roden kits when I can.  I have a Roden D.III OAW built kit in the stash, and I'm going to save the D.III struts included in this kit for spares.

     

    Re:  The prop...   this was probably the quickest one I had ever done if you subtract the time I spent mixing the Tamiya clears.

     

    Full scratch is cool...  but like you I don't want to spend too much time on it.

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