RC Boater Bill Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 (edited) Earlier this year, I posted my collection of Colorful Fokker Triplanes here in RFI. (Link to Triplanes post ) Since then, I’ve started a “Colorful Albatros Fighters” collection to go with the Triplanes. I’ve completed five 1/72 Albatros Fighters, so far: One Roden D.III (Oeffag S.153) and Four Eduard D.V Weekend Editions. All five builds are basically OOB, with the addition of some rigging. (And eventually pilots.) The D.III was finished using the PrintScale decals for in Godwin Brumowski, the top-scoring ace in the Austria-Hungary Air Service. For the D.V builds: The blue one used the Eduard kit markings for Alfred Lenz of Jasta 22. The red one features the kit markings for Max Ritter von Muller of Jasta 28. (Boxtop scheme.) The green and white one was flown by Helmut Dilthy, the CO of Jasta 40. I used the Eduard decals for the lozenge, and made masks to paint the rest. Dilthey used the colors of the Saxon flag on his plane- it must have really stood out, as the Jasta 40 colors were all black fuselages with all white tails. The last one was flown by Michael Sigmann of Jasta 78b. This one used the Eduard kit decals for the lozenge. Finding 1/72 decals for this plane was a challenge- Eduard’s initial Profipack release of the kit in 2000 is the only source. I found a guy on Hyperscale who had that kit, and traded one of my extra WE kit decal sheets for them. That’s it for WW1 builds for a while! (I still have four more Dr.1s and seven more Albatrosses to do, but I’m taking a break for a while so I can work on my ships.) Edited January 25, 2022 by RC Boater Bill Fixed old typos, added new ones. 35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tunguska Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Brilliant! 👏 ...models AND colours. I had to get out my sunglasses and I'm indoors! 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epeeman Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Excellent work, Bill - The German WW1 aircraft are always popular because of thier colourful markings. I've got the 1/72 Eduard weekend edition recent release of the Albatros DV because of these lovely marking options. Regards Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Can't beat a colourful selection of Albatri! Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 EXQUISITE collection. Very RESPLENDENT in those colors. Awesome work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luka Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Love those colourful liveries. Truly like 'knights of the sky'! But I wonder, did you get wafers with them..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Uehlinger Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Absolutely Beautiful Work. I have some Albatros in the Works....But Don't Think they will be quite as perfect as yours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC Boater Bill Posted December 19, 2021 Author Share Posted December 19, 2021 (edited) On 12/19/2021 at 5:02 AM, Epeeman said: Excellent work, Bill - The German WW1 aircraft are always popular because of thier colourful markings. I've got the 1/72 Eduard weekend edition recent release of the Albatros DV because of these lovely marking options. Regards Dave Dave, Me too! The latest Weekend Edition of the kit has that huge decal sheet, with 3 of the four options not done before in other releases! They give you that big sheet of lozenge, too, and only one of the kit options uses it. One tip: the decals in this kit stick ferociously. Even on a glossy surface, they resist sliding into place, making fine tuning the positioning a challenge. You need to put lots of water under them, and float them into place. The upside is they are opaque, and really settle down well. -Bill Edited December 27, 2021 by RC Boater Bill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinChipmunkfan Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Beautiful collection of colourful albatri, I bet the complete collection look amazing together. Thanks for posting Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC Boater Bill Posted October 20, 2023 Author Share Posted October 20, 2023 On 12/19/2021 at 2:15 PM, ColinChipmunkfan said: Beautiful collection of colourful albatri, I bet the complete collection look amazing together. Thanks for posting Colin Colin, They do! Here’s a shot of the collection as it existed in March of 2022… 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC Boater Bill Posted October 20, 2023 Author Share Posted October 20, 2023 (edited) Added a new member added to the collection last month: Another 1/72 Eduard D.V, this one with the special markings in the E-Day 2006 release: Olivier Freiherr von Beaulieu-Marconnay, Jasta 19. I built this one to try out the AK Interactive German WW1 colors. Over the course of the collection builds, I have tried a variety of paints for the mauve and lilac colors. I am really happy with the AK results- I think that will be the one to use going forward! Edited October 21, 2023 by RC Boater Bill Fixed typos 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Ooo nice! they are like little jewels and are so sharp in detail that they could be almost any scale. Outstanding project! And temping me back to aircraft… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Oddy Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 I’ve not been brave enough to attempt a biplane since I was around 13 and that was a bit of a mess! These all look stunning in their colour schemes, great builds well executed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redcap Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 What a fantastic collection - great work - and thanks for sharing them. Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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