VincentM

Thanks a lot. I have more in store, I just need the time to make shots...

Capisco l'Italiano Vincenzo. Eric, that's right, tools carried by Airfix figures are usually out of scale. The mechanic is a newby, he just wonders where the hell is that damn part he was asked to tune up... I also noticed the spinner is a little too 'blunt' on the Italeri kit, but after the model was completed...While I was at it, I should have used a Hasegawa spinner too.

This model was built some 15 years ago starting from an Italeri kit, which is rather good regarding shapes but includes some mistakes. The fuselage has been rescribed and the whole engine area was rebuilt from copies of Hasegawa parts (taken on a Bf109G). Falcon vacuformed canopy, Verlinden engine with scratch built details. Airfix and Hasegawa figures. It is Günther Lützow's mount at JG51 in late 1941. Strangely this F2 features a later-type propeller, as well as a retrofitted armored windscreen.

I just discovered this gorgeous bird. Superb painting and detailing. By the way...would you have any time pictures of that very aircraft, or of Jasta 18's red and white Albatroses? (or would you know where I can find some) Edit: I have just found a pic showing this aircraft along with other Jasta 18 machines, including a Fokker D-VII in the foreground. Do you have information about this plane being one of Hans Müller's mounts?

Beautifully detailed and painted model! And the explanations on the 'surgical operations' is quite interesting.

Thanks. For the time being, the poor little Albatros feels a little bit lonely in my showcase. It sits next to a Me262 and is waiting for friends of the same generation. They'll be joining soon.

A very nice build of a rather unusual subject. In a beautiful blue dressing.

Thanks. I don't deserve much, the guys at Albatros made a beautiful bird (Robert Thelen to name him). One Forty-what?? don't know what the Hell this is...

Thanks for the information, Jean.

Great! I think I already saw it on another forum but I didn't notice the B&W pics. I first thought it was time pics of the real a/c. Really beautiful photos.

Beautiful Würger! Great painting and weathering. Would you have time pics of that very bird? I'm looking for information about Nowotny's mounts.

Thanks to you for your comments. The size of your fingers doesn't matter if you can get a hand on small enough tweezers and a good pair of magnifying glasses.

Thank you. The D-V is one of my favorites of the era, this is why I started with this one.

Thanks for your comments. A few months ago I only knew B&W pics of these machines, and now I realize how colorful they were. They're really worth the time you have to spend on building them.

Thank you all! I'm used to working at 1/72 but I realized you need a good magnifier and a fine pair of tweezers to work on WWI kits at this scale! Actually I already have some practice since I had to start the rigging over three times before I could get something I was reasonably happy with, LOL. The method I was taught with end buckles allows you to re-do the wiring as many times as necessary.