Right, I told myself I wouldn't start this kit until I had cleared some backlog.
I didn't listen…..
So here we go, my first Bi Plane with, hopefully, full rigging. The Kit is one of the Eduard 'Duel Combo' range which means you get two kits for the price of one. It also means, if I mess up the first one, I can mess up the second just as easily.
The Aircraft is a WWI German Albatros D.V and I have markings for a choice of 4 different aircraft. The kit comes with two sets of photo etch, one for each aircraft, and it will be the first time I have used it so quite a learning curve to do.
The Box & Sprues.
Some of the Photo etch
The amazing Colour scheme and callouts, very nicely done. Notice the pink tyres? Three of the four options call for pink tyres….
Initial progress
The seat and wooden bulkhead, cockpit floor. Still some painting to do on this but hopefully you can see the photo etch mounts on the bulkhead for the shoulder straps. That seat looks comfy doesn't it… No wonder they often took a cushion.
The engine is now mounted and the ammo bins can be seen with the feeders for the twin machine guns to come. The cockpit wall are streaked to have a wood grain effect, not very good at it yet, using oils over a Tamiya desert Yellow. The wood framing was painted with Tamiya Clear Orange to give the frame a varnished look in the cockpit but I have to do some touching up as it ran more than I expected.
Not a lot of the engine will be seen when it is buttoned up, the exhaust manifold/pipe comes from the cylinders on this side.
This is going to be a masking nightmare when it comes to spraying the fuselage. Some of the pipework for the engine is outside and above the fuselage.
Bit of tidying up to do and the rest of the cockpit to install, some photo etch some plastic then it will be glue up and hope some of it can still be seen.
I didn't listen…..
So here we go, my first Bi Plane with, hopefully, full rigging. The Kit is one of the Eduard 'Duel Combo' range which means you get two kits for the price of one. It also means, if I mess up the first one, I can mess up the second just as easily.
The Aircraft is a WWI German Albatros D.V and I have markings for a choice of 4 different aircraft. The kit comes with two sets of photo etch, one for each aircraft, and it will be the first time I have used it so quite a learning curve to do.
The Box & Sprues.
Some of the Photo etch
The amazing Colour scheme and callouts, very nicely done. Notice the pink tyres? Three of the four options call for pink tyres….
Initial progress
The seat and wooden bulkhead, cockpit floor. Still some painting to do on this but hopefully you can see the photo etch mounts on the bulkhead for the shoulder straps. That seat looks comfy doesn't it… No wonder they often took a cushion.
The engine is now mounted and the ammo bins can be seen with the feeders for the twin machine guns to come. The cockpit wall are streaked to have a wood grain effect, not very good at it yet, using oils over a Tamiya desert Yellow. The wood framing was painted with Tamiya Clear Orange to give the frame a varnished look in the cockpit but I have to do some touching up as it ran more than I expected.
Not a lot of the engine will be seen when it is buttoned up, the exhaust manifold/pipe comes from the cylinders on this side.
This is going to be a masking nightmare when it comes to spraying the fuselage. Some of the pipework for the engine is outside and above the fuselage.
Bit of tidying up to do and the rest of the cockpit to install, some photo etch some plastic then it will be glue up and hope some of it can still be seen.
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