Dean Whiston Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 Not posted for a while but quite pleased with this so here goes …… I found this kit while clearing a cupboard that hadn’t been accessible until recently for some years, I started it back in 2002 got fed up trying to do the wood effect so gave up. I decided to give it another go stripped the bodged wood effect to give the oil paint method a try don’t think it’s come out too bad. First go at rigging as well, it’s too fine but I’m not redoing it !!! I think I may have to try another one now, possibly an old Toko Hansa Brandenberg DI I’ve got in the stash somewhere. Albatros DII Jasta 24 Western Front March 1917 flown by the Austro-Hungarian ace Godwin Brumowski during his training on the Albatros Roden 1/72 kit: Reddog base : aerobonus figure 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray S Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 Great work on that one! I have it in my stash too so I now know it can turn out very well indeed. As for the rigging, in my opinion it looks spot on. All the best, Ray 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 Beautiful job... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodmin Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 Looks great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyO Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 Cracking job Dean 👏 Got one of these on the bench at the moment (although I've not got much further than joining the top wing pieces together) Great to see how it might look when finished Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Lovely build and presentation ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
593jones Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Nice work, especially the rigging. I respect anyone who can rig a 1/72 biplane, quite beyond my skills. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obdl3945 Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 Great work, Dean... well worth the 20 year wait. Your wood-effect fuselage came up very good. Keep up the good work. Regards, Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putty Animal Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 Worth the wait - its gorgeous! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epeeman Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 Asolutely nothing wrong with that - your DII looks wonderful to me Regards Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyO Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 Meant to say that the rigging is spot on (doesn't look too fine IMO. What did you use?)👍 How did you get on with the decals; I've read several reports of them breaking up and being difficult? Cheers Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACALAIN Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 On 18/06/2022 at 17:53, Dean Whiston said: Not posted for a while but quite pleased with this so here goes …… I found this kit while clearing a cupboard that hadn’t been accessible until recently for some years, I started it back in 2002 got fed up trying to do the wood effect so gave up. I decided to give it another go stripped the bodged wood effect to give the oil paint method a try don’t think it’s come out too bad. First go at rigging as well, it’s too fine but I’m not redoing it !!! I think I may have to try another one now, possibly an old Toko Hansa Brandenberg DI I’ve got in the stash somewhere. Albatros DII Jasta 24 Western Front March 1917 flown by the Austro-Hungarian ace Godwin Brumowski during his training on the Albatros Roden 1/72 kit: Reddog base : aerobonus figure Well done. Alain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Whiston Posted June 20, 2022 Author Share Posted June 20, 2022 9 minutes ago, DaddyO said: Meant to say that the rigging is spot on (doesn't look too fine IMO. What did you use?)👍 How did you get on with the decals; I've read several reports of them breaking up and being difficult? Cheers Paul The rigging is Uschi 0.01 mm; it almost invisible without the white background; scale wise 0.03 would be closer so will try that on the next one the decals were bad (they were 20 years old I suppose) - I had one break up which i replaced from another newer set I’ve got but my main issue was they would just not settle even with copious amounts of micro sol/set - the white areas also seemed translucent when dry so I had to overpaint them with white paint 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddyO Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 2 hours ago, Dean Whiston said: The rigging is Uschi 0.01 mm; it almost invisible without the white background; scale wise 0.03 would be closer so will try that on the next one the decals were bad (they were 20 years old I suppose) - I had one break up which i replaced from another newer set I’ve got but my main issue was they would just not settle even with copious amounts of micro sol/set - the white areas also seemed translucent when dry so I had to overpaint them with white paint Thanks Dean - I might try some of that on the next one (and I'll make sure I've got some alternative decals standing by as well) 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 Are you sure it's that thin? I use .06mm fishing line which is scale in 1:72 and it looks pretty much the same! Uschi's Superfine is good for 1:72 and that's his smallest! Lovely work anyway, she looks great! Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Whiston Posted June 20, 2022 Author Share Posted June 20, 2022 (edited) 53 minutes ago, Brandy said: Are you sure it's that thin? I use .06mm fishing line which is scale in 1:72 and it looks pretty much the same! Uschi's Superfine is good for 1:72 and that's his smallest! It is superfine has 0.01 on it which the place I brought it from advertised as mm ….. perhaps it’s not and it is right after all edit: just found a site which says superfine is 0.01 mm but is correct for 1/72 rigging 😊 Edited June 20, 2022 by Dean Whiston Update 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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