Albatross DV - 1/32

[Ted]

This was a pure pleasure from start to finish. I used the recent MVR boxing for this build and one of the schemes from the kit. It's rigged with ezline without turnbuckles.

 

The plywood was my favourite part, I sprayed the panels three different acrylic colours, then used thinned oil paints to wiggle the grain on. It's the first ww1 airplane model I've done that I haven't been embarrassed to show the underside.

 

I'll post more pictures of the figure in the Figure modelling section.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Michael Taylor]

Nice work with the wood-very convincing

[John Masters]

Quite perfect!

[Harold55]

I have never seen better wood grain, you did a remarkable job on.  The entire plane looks fantastic, you can be very proud displaying this masterpiece.

[jeaton01]

Outstanding!

[Mig88]

Spectacular!!

 

Miguel

[redcap]

Super wood effects! Gary

[Epeeman]

Hello, Ted 

 

Your DV is brilliant, but the wood ply effect is truly outstanding and looks extremely realistic

 

Regards

 

Dave

[kiwitrogg]

Yeah, I have to agree with what's already been said; lovely build with your woodgrain effect being a standout feature for me.

Cheers

Gaz

[Darwinism]

Great work!  I’m just about to start the Wingnut Wings DV - if I can get a finish even half as good as yours I’ll be pleased.

[RMCS]

Lovley 

[Bear Paw]

Great build, and I think ezline with out turnbuckles is the way to go.  

[Ted]

Thanks a lot everyone, I was very happy with how the plywood turned out. the oil paints were really forgiving, getting the right amount of thinner involved when I scribbled the grain and then when I cleaned the brush and pushed the paint around a bit took some experimenting but had a long open time, so took some patience but it was easy to fix mistakes.

 

Between my eyes and motor control I could not do turnbuckles, even if I wanted to. They look cool on the super-detailed builds but not what I consider fun.

[Viking]

An absolute stunner, the woodgrain is fantastic. A total beauty and one of the best WnW Albatros builds I've seen,.

 

Cheers

 

John

[Jeddahbill]

Such a beauty!

 

Bill

[melvyn hiscock]

That is a good one Ted

[Unfinished project]

Great looking Albatross very realistic 👏👏👏

[pheonix]

Brilliant! Thay is a superb model in every way. The wood finish is really good.

 

P

[russ c]

Great looking Build and finish, the wood looks esp` good

[Meatbox8]

Your plywood affect is superb.  Utterly convincing. 

[Todders]

Entire build is fantastic but that wood grain really rolled my socks down.