Dave J Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 (edited) Its been a while since I have ready posted anything... Life is busy with work and family, as I am sure most of you are familiar with. I have been working on WNW's Jasta 5 Albatros over the last 2 weeks, when I get a spare moment in the evenings. I also raided another kit for another set of sprues as there are 4 schemes that I am waiting to do out of the 11 provided in the kit. Schemes that I am doing are - Albatros D.V 2065~17, Richard Flashar (2 victories) July 1917 & Hans Joachim von Hippel (2 victories), February 1918, Jasta 5 (Red Dragon) Albatros D.V Stallion Jasta 5, July 1917 Albatros D.V, Ltn Wolf, Jasta 5, July 1917 (2 victories) (Blue & White Diamonds) Albatros D.V Gauntlet, Richard Flashar, Jasta 5, April-May 1918 (2 victories) Currently this is where I am, post I have a lot of other parts cleaned up ready for primer and paint, hopefully that will be done tomorrow morning when I have a few hours to myself. by David Johnson, on Flickr Edited September 24, 2017 by Dave J MikeMaben, Uncarina, Seversky and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 Awesome stuff, Dave! What a great collection of schemes. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 Erm, Wow!!! This should be something extra special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 Impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fooesboy Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Hi Dave, This is the aproach I have thought about, one point that had concerned me was keeping track of each airframe. Is there much difference between each marking options in build steps / colour call outs etc? And how are your organising your builds? Aside from that I'm super excited to watch these come together!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave J Posted August 27, 2017 Author Share Posted August 27, 2017 Hi Dave, This is the aproach I have thought about, one point that had concerned me was keeping track of each airframe. Is there much difference between each marking options in build steps / colour call outs etc? And how are your organising your builds? Aside from that I'm super excited to watch these come together!!!! Keeping track is pretty easy for this one. Its not the first time I have tackled multiple builds at the same time. All of them are pretty much the same up till schemes really. Wings are the same, a part from one being covered in Lozenge. There will be some small things like windscreens that will be different, but they will be fitted towards the end. If they were quite different I would wrap tape around the tail and then write on the scheme letter on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave J Posted August 27, 2017 Author Share Posted August 27, 2017 Managed to get in front of an airbrush this afternoon. It didn't start off well with the airbrush nozzle snapping off after I dismantled it for a clean. Lucky I own a couple of other airbrushes! All the small items are mostly painted, just need hand paint the straps and brackets on some parts. I have been using Mr Paint and Mr Color for everything so far, bar the interior green which is Tamiya. I should be able to find some time this week to start getting everything into sub assemblies. But man there are a lot of parts! by David Johnson, on Flickr Uncarina, Fooesboy, LSP_Kevin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Looking forward to seeing the quartet............would take me around 3 years........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seiran01 Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Jeez Dave, slow down mate! My final three Trio boxes (... six total...) will land by Tuesday but I want to try and finish some other shelf-of-doom wnw kits before jumping headfirst into building a metric crap-ton of Albatrosse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanKB Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Very cool project indeed. I can see the attraction, with so many great schemes available and a superb model to boot. Coming along nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave J Posted September 10, 2017 Author Share Posted September 10, 2017 Time for another small update... Most of the interior is complete. Only need to sort the harness out, but somehow my lighter has gone walking. I guessing it wasn't put back after someone grabbed it for to light candles for a B'day cake a while ago. So I can't anneal the harness at the moment, so that is my only delay. Mr Paint Ochre & Red Wood colours were used with AK Interactive Mud washes for the wood grains, and Tamiya XF-76 for interior green. I am hoping to hit the four engines this week, and picking up a couple of lighters today so I can start closing up the fuselages in the weekend. Would be really nice if I can start getting some paint on the exterior soon. Jim Barry, PDH, Seversky and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karimb Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Superb progress, And a bold choice to start on 4 albies at the same time!! The woodgraining looks top and i am looking forward to progress on the engines! Karim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Your woodgrain looks great! Amazed you're doing four at once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimW Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 That's quite an assembly line. Very inspiring! Tim W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Very nice! This is the exact plan of attack Im going to use on my Trilogy kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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