olgerd83 Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 (edited) Here is the time for new project, on my Youtube channel subscribers voted for this model as my next project. And to be honest Albatros D.III is one of my favorite planes. I found very few information about the prototype and pilot Windsock also says that colors could be white/red or white/black, I prefer to have white and red stripes, bottom side of wings will be light blue. I decided to start build from cockpit, painted inside parts in Mr.Hobby Radome as base, after using oil paints made a wood effect Edited May 16, 2021 by olgerd83 BradG, MDuv, Gazzas and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olgerd83 Posted April 3, 2021 Author Share Posted April 3, 2021 After oil paints dried i covered model with layer of Future -on the left side put magneto and starter also painted seat and other fuselage elements, gas tank with brass and ammo box - steel To be continued... MikeMaben, MDuv, BradG and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 Awesome work! I have the OAW kit, too. Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olgerd83 Posted April 13, 2021 Author Share Posted April 13, 2021 Next step is engine: -I decided to remove plastic spark plugs and cut 0.5mm diameter medical needles in small pieces, drilled holes and glued them - after added copper wires - also removed plastic springs - and made springs using copper wire, cut it into 12 small springs - made ignition wires to new spark plugs - painted the whole engine in black - masked cylinders and painted bottom in aluminium Landrotten Highlander, BradG, Gazzas and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olgerd83 Posted April 13, 2021 Author Share Posted April 13, 2021 - ignition wires were painted in yellow, also I glued wires to ignition box - here are photos of completed engine themongoose, Dpgsbody55, Out2gtcha and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olgerd83 Posted April 13, 2021 Author Share Posted April 13, 2021 I also completed a video about the engine build Out2gtcha, Martinnfb and Gazzas 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 Coming up a treat there. Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
europapete Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 (edited) Looking great, nice woodwork. If I may, the ignition wires don't change colour. They would be either all black or all yellow. Otherwise, you have done a very nice engine. Regards, Pete in RI Edited April 21, 2021 by europapete Martinnfb and KiwiZac 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olgerd83 Posted April 23, 2021 Author Share Posted April 23, 2021 On 4/20/2021 at 10:57 PM, europapete said: Looking great, nice woodwork. If I may, the ignition wires don't change colour. They would be either all black or all yellow. Otherwise, you have done a very nice engine. Regards, Pete in RI Thank you, I didn't know about that, it's a good reference for future builds, will not change for this one because the engine is already inside the fuselage - I covered model with primer - made stripes from Tamiya masking tape only on the bottom sides of wings - painted all model in white next step - is masking for the red lolly-pop stripes Landrotten Highlander, MikeMaben, BradG and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dpgsbody55 Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 Great looking model so far. I like your wood painting and engine. Very well done. Cheers, Michael Martinnfb and olgerd83 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmthamade Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 (edited) Woodwork paint really well done!! Looking forward to the candy cane color scheme. Don Edited April 26, 2021 by dmthamade olgerd83 and Martinnfb 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olgerd83 Posted April 26, 2021 Author Share Posted April 26, 2021 you can watch a new video about a cockpit build on my channel themongoose, Gazzas, BradG and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olgerd83 Posted April 28, 2021 Author Share Posted April 28, 2021 lolly pop painting part: - I used Tamiya 6mm masking tape and placed 2 stripes to make a one 12mm stripe - put additional layer in between, just to prevent any overspray - and covered all upper wings and fuselage with red color BradG and LSP_Kevin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olgerd83 Posted April 28, 2021 Author Share Posted April 28, 2021 masks were removed I really like the result, it's very bright and very small amount of red overspray, that I easily fixed However, only after removing masks, I realized that my paint job was not correct :-( There should be 7 white stripes on the fuselage and I have only 6, also stripes are not even and not every stripe is parallel... Any way, I decided to leave as is, because a) I just do not want to repaint it, b) I do not have a lot of white paint left, and this will take some time to order a new one, c) only some experts can notice a mistake. I think, if I didn't tell you about it, you wouldn't notice ;-) to be continued... Martinnfb, Cheetah11, Landrotten Highlander and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmthamade Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Have to say, i would never have known the stripes are incorrect. All i see is a great colorful build!! Reminds me of a JV44 bird. Don Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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