JohnHaa Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 Dear Modellers, Sometimes you have a lucky day. Years ago I found in an outlet bookstore two books: “Aircraft Archive Aircraft of World War One Vol.1 and 2 “ by Argus Books. In them were very nice 3-view drawings, just what I was looking for. There was a german aircraft that untill then I never saw before, the Albatros J.I I was impressed that it had armour all round the crew positions. So I decided to build this model in scratch. Here are the results, I build it about the same time as the Airco DH-9A. I still have plans to build the next version -JII , only problem is to find that precious goodie....time🙄 Somehow I like the many two-seaters that flew in WWI , so I build several which I will show in future. I hope you like the photographs of this one, With greetings, JohnHaa 55 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 Amazing work John! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 Stunning modelling, Mr. Scratch Maestro! Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig88 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 Simply superb!! Fantastic job and finish. Miguel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandsaw Steve Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 Your scratch-building skills are just fabulous John. Very nice finish, too, particularly on the woodwork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 A beautiful model of an elegant looking aircraft. Superb modelling! Cheers Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matti64 Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 Wonderful, as ever. Thank you for posting John. Di you take any in-progress photos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonners Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 Outstanding. The wood effect, engine and radiator are especially good. Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cellarfrog Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 very nice!! thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnHaa Posted September 13, 2019 Author Share Posted September 13, 2019 Everybody thanks for the compliments ! 😀 Pity, when I started building scratch models I did not think of making Wip pictures, that came later, when I opened my builders- account at Modelbrouwers.nl But the way I build scratch models has not changed much. For most of the recent build models have a Wip, for which I will include a link. Kind greetings, JohnHaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 Amazing skill! My one and only scratch build was a Liberator made out of plasticine ( for a Cub Scout badge) I’m going back to plasticine! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pheonix Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 Another of your scratch built gems. This is a truly fantastic model with a super finish. I too like the less well known types - tis one I know little about except that they were flown! P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnHaa Posted September 17, 2019 Author Share Posted September 17, 2019 Thanks you for your comments for both models ! Indeed, one of the reasons I turned to scratch building is, you can build more odd and lesser known aircraft. Another reason, I like most of the old Fokkers of the thirties. There are hardly any models in 1/48. With kind greetings, JohnHaa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain goat Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Quite simply amazing; I like the (truly sublime) end result a lot. Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Fantastic work! AW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Step Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 (edited) so beautiful, you cannot buy models like that Edited September 20, 2019 by 2Step Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnHaa Posted September 20, 2019 Author Share Posted September 20, 2019 Thanks for the nice comments ! It gives me much pleasure that you like my scratch work. Fortunately I have some more in my collection, so stay tuned......😀 Cheers JohnHaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 That's very nicely done John. A great little (ok, not little as it's 1:48) model! Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobs_Buckles Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 I'm in scratchy heaven! Well done!! von Buckle KFC & Bar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithy Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 (edited) I have enough problems with a kit so scratch built models and especially of this quality leave me in awe. I'd give you a 100 likes for this if I could! Edited October 1, 2019 by Smithy Typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnHaa Posted October 1, 2019 Author Share Posted October 1, 2019 Thank you for your kind comments ! More to come like this model, so stay tuned....:-)😉 Cheers, JohnHaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_ Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Oh my, now that’s amazing. You are very gifted- well done and thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Lancaster Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 That's an amazing bit of scratchbuilding there, I like the colour scheme too, nice work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Getting Old Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Wow, very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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