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Mike Grant (Migrant)
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Airfix Albatros D.Va

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12 10 June 2015, 13:08
Alex
Amazing work! The model looks much more expensive than an old airfix one with a bit of work. Modeling done right!😉
10 June 2015, 13:46
Gary
Looks as good as the bigger Wingnut kits. Very nice. Gary
10 June 2015, 14:36
Christian Meyerhoff
Simply great!
10 June 2015, 14:48
Hanno Kleinecke
Fabulous result, love the little scratchbuilt details on the hull.The "plywood " looks like the real stuff. Again, masterly !
10 June 2015, 16:11
Ricardo Gonzalez Ramos
Great masterpiece
10 June 2015, 17:07
Martien Lourens
What you create out of this old airfix kit, Mike.Is magnificent.
Very great and convincing work. 👍👍👍
11 June 2015, 06:41
Łukasz Gliński
Impressive work, hard to believe it's an old Airfix
11 June 2015, 07:51
Glenn
Damn fine model!
11 June 2015, 08:42
Dave Flitton
Excellent!!! I have a few of these in my stash. Glad to see this can be updated.
11 June 2015, 19:44
Mike Grant
Thanks for the nice comments guys 🙂 👍
12 June 2015, 00:35
Ulf Petersen
Accurate or not, you created a real beauty, Mike! 👍
12 June 2015, 04:15
Cristian Bordina
Ok Mike, now it's time you do a "coming out" and tell all us the truth. I would be able also to make small masterpieces as yours departing from old kit if I had the MAGIC WAND that uses you. 😄 😄 😄
12 June 2015, 06:34
Predrag Ivanovic
No way... Airfix....1/72....NO WAY .... great work
12 June 2015, 18:18
Rob van Dodewaard
Another cool model Mike Thanks for sharing.
All the best
Rob
12 June 2015, 18:28
KlausH
Wow. A masterpiece! 👍 👍 👍
12 June 2015, 18:49
Ken Judt
Glad to see your shrink-ray gun is still working! Awesome work on this one.
12 June 2015, 19:05
John E
Wow, just beautiful, Mike!
13 June 2015, 00:53
Choppa Nutta
very cool !
13 June 2015, 01:00
Clifford Keesler
Nice Albatros.
13 June 2015, 01:16
FlyingCircus
Airfix? Wau very good 👍
13 June 2015, 10:43
Sven Schönyan
1/72 ??? Unbelievable! What a masterpiece!
13 June 2015, 13:25
Jan Bissinger
Love the wood effect, stunning
2 April 2020, 09:32
Slavo Hazucha
This is really awesome in 72-scale! 👍
2 April 2020, 11:03
Neuling
I agree with Jan and Slavo. Sehr schön!
2 April 2020, 15:37
Urban Gardini
You've done it again, it's a gem!
2 April 2020, 17:19
Andrea Brenco
I still cannot believe it is the venerable Airfix kit. Stunned!!!
2 April 2020, 17:26
Bill Gilman
Absolutely superb, Mike. Just like all of your models! I love seeing these old kits turned into masterpieces.
2 April 2020, 17:33
Mike Kryza
Really a gem, Mike 👍
2 April 2020, 17:41
Marco Preto
👍

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2 April 2020, 18:20
Daniel Klink
Wonderful Albatros... Unbelievvable you managed this with that old Airfix kit wow
2 April 2020, 18:31
Lochsa River
Beautiful work, Mike....amazing at this scale.
3 April 2020, 01:21
bughunter
The overall impression is fantastic, especially in your small scale! The wooden finish support that 👍
3 April 2020, 20:04
R VG
Bloody Hell! When I saw this photo going by when scrolling, my immediate reaction was this is 1/48 for sure! But it isn't! I would be so glad to get this result in 1/48 scale.
I suppose you use Tamiya acrylic paint? Now my question is do you use their alcoholic thinner with it or their laquer thinner? It seems you can use both with their acrylic paint. I still use Humbrol and Revell enamel paint mainly, and I would like to try out Tamiya acrilics for once, so I'm trying to get info on them.
It is all more complicated then just using enamels it seems.
But again outstanding model of a very tiny plane in 1/72 scale!
3 April 2020, 20:20
Clifford Keesler
I have kind of fallen in love with Tamiya paints, I still use Model Master Acrylics also. I thin my Tamiya paints with their X-20A thinner when I can get it, I have also thinned them with alacohol with success, and I thinned the silver X-11 I believe it is that I used on my Meteor with Laquer thinner.
5 April 2020, 00:51
Mirko Römer
Congratulations! What an incredible finish!!
5 April 2020, 07:27
KollHBM
An outstanding model out of such a old kit - congratulation
5 April 2020, 10:50
Mike Grant
Thanks for your comments guys, and to Slavo for resurrecting this older thread 🙂

@R VG I use Tamiya paints and Gunze Mr Color lacquers (when I can get them). Both are thinned with Gunze self-leveling thinner, but Tamiya's own-brand lacquer thinner also works great with Tamiya paints. It goes on smooth and dries quickly, but I'd recommend a primer first. Tamiya White Fine Surface Primer, decanted from the aerosol can and airbrushed, works really well.
5 April 2020, 12:15
R VG
Thanks everybody for all the valuable information on painting. I'm surely going to try out Tamiya on a future project and see what kind of results I can achieve with it. But I will need a gas mask because I'm asthmatic and strangely, the fumes of White Spirit don't effect me as much as other fumes do. But I will try it out in a well ventilated place.
7 April 2020, 13:12
Glauco Antunes
Awesome work!!!!
14 September 2020, 09:26
Clifford Keesler
Awesome job.
14 September 2020, 21:04
Chris Church
Wow, I thought it was 1/48 scale. Really impressive. Well done.
14 September 2020, 23:45
Skyhiker
Ok, that you got this crap kit to look like that blows my mind. Top notch work!
15 September 2020, 01:55

Album info

Originally tooled in 1957(!), this kit is still being marketed by Airfix in their new red boxings. It's been totally superseded by several newer kits (notably Eduard). I upgraded this old model as part of SAMI's 'Circuits and Bumps' series a few years ago. It involved a lot of work, and it's still far from being accurate. I did revise the wing profile/cut-out, radiators, rudder, re-scribed it, added PE Spandaus, a complete cockpit interior, and home-made decals.

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1:72 Albatros DV 1917 (Airfix 01078)1:72 Spandau Guns WWI (Eduard 72422)

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