Wingnut Wings Albatros D.V
Testing oils and woodgrain on an old wing
Paints and oils used
Not much will be seen in the end!
Test fitting
3D printed spark plugs
Engine
Pre shade
Main colors
Decals
Painting acrylics over a base color to simulate wood grain.
Adding oils and starting the effect. I will be removing lot of the oils as i work with this.
Finished - my first propellers!
Stained them with Tamiya clear colors (orange, brown) and gave them a gloss varnish.
Stained them with Tamiya clear colors (orange, brown) and gave them a gloss varnish.
Weathering started. Just some base for now.
Preparing wings for rigging
Eyelets made and tubes cur / drilled.
Trying to get the wing on... Rubber bands to the rescue!
Sooo rigging....
Dropped glue... Damnit... Will be fixed later.
Needs a beer after all that rigging.
Final pictures.
With cowling on.
Cockpit.
Rigging up close.
Gluemark fixed... Soot stain above the exhaust now 🙂
Cockpit
Do love that engine!
Comentários
51 7 April 2023, 20:22
AngryJazzThank you! 😄
I just finished painting the propellers and about to start my most dreaded task... Turnbuckles, eyelets and rigging! All new things i need to figure out how to do 🙂
26 May 2023, 05:53
José PiresFantastic work and photography!
Can I ask what is you photo setup?
Thanks!
31 May 2023, 07:16
AngryJazzAgain thank you guys!
@José Pires - I have a Puluz photo box for pictures. However I add more light from an external source. I only have my iPhone for pictures unfortunately. I usually tweak the picture setting a bit with the inbuilt photo edit on iPhone. Mostly just exposure settings and shadow.
31 May 2023, 08:29
Slavo HazuchaFollowing you lot of seriously pro WW-I modelers is so captivating - it´s like "the same hobby" but in an alternate universe - to my "sweetspot" in building jets & "fast stuff" 🙂 Top work, fascinating 👍
31 May 2023, 11:43
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My first WW1 plane - the Wingnut Wings Albatros.
Learned so much! Pushed through the hard challenges and made a model im really happy with ?
There are ofc a few things that I would chance and its by no means perfect - but for my first WW1 plane i'm very satisfied ?
Ask away if you want to know more!
For rigging
Gaspatch 1/48 Turnbuckles
Eyelets made from 0,2mm copper wire
Tubes Albion NST05 cut to about 1 mm length and drilled to fit the line.
0,128mm Black monofilament fishing line.
