SUB-SAM Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Finished Valom Albatros. This is my first build of a Valom kit, I don't think this is as good as the others available after studying parts, the kit engine was massively oversized like a church organ. Lots of adjustments had to be made. I will add this to a base but I want to learn static grass to make a good base. 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Great looking Albatross 👍 ... That must be very small in 1/144th ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Really attractive Albatros and kudos for rigging it in 1/144, you must have excellent eyesight and a very steady hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 That must be incredibly small...wonderful rigging and colouring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUB-SAM Posted May 23, 2018 Author Share Posted May 23, 2018 It's quite small. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Unbelievable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Rigging a 1/144th Great War biplane must be the quintessential definition of masochism… And I thought that it looked quite OK for a 1/72nd! I doff my hat to your amazing feat. Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipthepilot Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Stunning work especially at that scale. I had also assumed it was 1/72nd, incredible for 1/44th. I love the colours of great war aircraft, especially German. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUB-SAM Posted May 23, 2018 Author Share Posted May 23, 2018 Thank you for the encouraging words everyone, much appreciated. Regarding the rigging, I find at this scale any flexible rigging would be impossible to fix correctly (I.e thread or elastic types) so I used very stiff molybdenum wire (0.1mm) you can cut pieces to length and glued at either end they look fairly taught. Molybdenum wire is naturally a gold colour so I pull it through some polyurethane primer in order to colour it. This model was somewhat of a trial-run to test out new techniques so I hope to build to a higher standard for my next build. I am likely to build a Fokker E.III next. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 3 hours ago, SUB-SAM said: I am likely to build a Fokker E.III next. Very much looking forward to it! Regarding the molybdenum wire...I am a big fan of Ethicon stainless steel 'thread'. It is used to sew up open chests after cardiac surgery. measure and snip. I glue it on using white glue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev The Modeller Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 Very nice mate, some lovely detail and so small Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pauls9cb Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 Incredible! Old fumble fingers here can't rise to the challenge if 1/72 scale so much admiration for your patience and skills. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Pete Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 144? A WW1 bipe in 144? You should be in a home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 I honestly thought it was 1/72 and a decent effort at that! 1/144, you have my respect sir for producing an amazing model. Duncan B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUB-SAM Posted June 2, 2018 Author Share Posted June 2, 2018 I based the Albatros up this evening. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 I always admire modellers of biplanes but in this scale it blows my mind, excellent work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waylandsmithy Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 Good grief, that's so small! It must have been really tough to work on: my eyes go squiffy on a 1/72 Albatros. Amazing work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 Amazing modelling! I have a bit of a passion for 1/144 myself, but not sure I could ever produce a rigged biplane. Brilliant. Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajmm Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 Amazing. I’m doing their Se5a at the moment and have no expectation it will turn out half as good as this. Beautifully painted and finished - such a clean finish given all the refinements you made. A triumph. Thanks for showing us. Ps I did rig a Gladiator in elastic thread in 144 once. It very nearly did kill me off. Might have to look up some of this rod stuff... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Cornes Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 OMG.I'm saying no more.....OMG !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 Excellent and impressive work! Cheers Jaime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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