Jose Pedro

Stunning work out of a monogram kit!

That´s a very nice model!!!

Very nice build!

Olá Camarada!!!! Já sabes o que acho deste modelo!!!! Hello! Grat build as ususal!!!!

Great build!!!

Thanks all for the comments!! Hello Marv! There´s more azoreans out of the archipelago than on the islands, and in fact, the community in California is huge, as the influence on their family members that stayed behind... billybookcase, yes it´s viable, but a lot better on the summer! right now the weather is very unstable...

Hello! The last days i was committed to finish some projects that have been lurking around on the bench for some time now... This one is special... One day i was with my wife in the hobby room, and asked her to pick a model from the stash for me to build. In the middle of 100+ WWII and post WWII models, she went straight towards the few biplanes that i had and chose Eduard´s Albatros D.III and asked me to build it in Werner Voss´s markings!!! :jaw-dropping: :jaw-dropping: :jaw-dropping: Never before had i constructed such a model... and immediately started thinking about rigging, struts and two wing allignemt... :bandhead2: Bottom line, i really enjoyed this project and surely it will not be the last one! :nanner: My wife loved it and i also did!!!! Here are some pics taken outside to take advantage of the very nice light in Azorean Afternoon... i´ll open up with a pic taken from my balcony framing my island with São Jorge and Pico islands on the background!!! My best regards!! José Pedro

WoW!

Nice work!

Like it very much!!!

i like it a lot!

great work! i especially like the cockpit!

I´m following this one!!!

Hello John! I´ve been staring at your build for quite a long time... What an excelent work you`re doing!!!

Great work Manu!

I take my hat off to you Sir!

Great work Sir!

Fantastic work! I really like the wood grain you achieved!

Hello! That´s a stunnig job you´re doing!

Great work!

Hello all! here´s the latest update. Phase one of painting is ready! After talking with a great friend that knows a lot about painting, i´m beggining phase two... Goal: Achieve a sun bleached, humidity eaten black scheme of this indian bird... As you know, feedback and criticism most welcomed!!!

Hello all, and many thanks for the feedback!!! Althoug the kopro instructions advise you to paint all of the "front" in yelllow, i found a couple of pics that show a black "stripe" on top of the fuselage, before the canopy. I masked it and gave it a layer of gloss, to increase the performance of the masks: And then i proceeded to pre-shading with XF-1 My best regards! José Pedro

Thanks everyone for the kind words!!! Here a small update, but an important one, because it´s time for painting :yahoo: Black on the canopy, and instalation of the pitot tube, wich seems a medieval weapon , a lot of putty, filing and sanding was needed in order to achieve an acceptable fit... Then it was forward for a green session on the radar radome Finally, i started with the main painting scheme, and sprayed the yellow on, over several coats of white, or else, as you know, it´s extremelly dificult to achieve the desired density on the color... I hope you like it as much as i do!!! It´s not perfect, but it´s proving itself a hard challenge, and an opportunity to develop my skills My best regards!!! José Pedro

Hello! thanks for the feedback!! Here goes another small update, still fresh from the paintbooth... Hope you like it!!!! José Pedro

Hello guys, and thanks for the support! Here is a little more progress! My best regrads!!!