kkarlsen Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 "Werner Voss was a World War I German flying ace credited with 48 aerial victories. A dyer’s son from Krefeld, he was a patriotic young man even while still in school. He began his military career in November 1914 as a 17‑year‑old Hussar. After turning to aviation, he proved to be a natural pilot. After flight school and six months in a bomber unit, he joined a newly formed fighter squadron, Jagdstaffel 2 on 21 November 1916. There he befriended Manfred von Richthofen. By 6 April 1917, Voss had scored 24 victories and awarded Germany’s highest award, the Pour le Mérite. The medal’s mandatory month’s leave removed Voss from the battlefield during Bloody April; in his absence, Richthofen scored 13 victories. Nevertheless, Richthofen regarded Voss as his only possible rival as top scoring ace of the war. Soon after Voss returned from leave, he was at odds with his squadron commander. He was detailed from his squadron to evaluate new fighter aircraft and became enthusiastic about the Fokker Triplane. After transferring through three temporary squadron commands in two months, Voss was given command of Jagdstaffel 10 on 30 July 1917 at Richthofen’s request. By now, his victory total was 34. His last stand came on 23 September 1917, just hours after his 48th victory. After he fell in solo opposition to eight British aces, he was described by his preeminent foe, James McCudden, as “the bravest German airman” (Wikipedia) The main purpose of this build was to experiment with the fabrication of custom made wooden decal's. The build developed from there, and soon became an exercise to add as much detail to the Albatros D.III Roden kit. (Ltn. Werner Voss Marking Decals - Pheon Decals No. 32074 1:32) Printed 'plywood' decals and preshading. Experiments with 'nail's' Aluminium tape as rib tape... It was awarded the 1. Prize at the AROS Open contest, in the category 'Planes 1/35 and larger'. The finished vignette at AROS Open 2021 - 12. September 2021. (Little did I know...) Cheers: Kent kensar, blackbetty, ivanmoe and 35 others 35 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miloslav1956 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Excellent! kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kensar Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 The wood decals look very realistic. Did you trim the decal for each panel before or after you applied them to the fuselage? If before, did you make a pattern of the panel and trim the decal to the pattern before applying? I have a D.III coming to the top of the stash and wanted to try wood grain decals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 WOW Kent! Another Masterpiece. Barry kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc65 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Wonderful! I did the very same project, just the version with the third earth on the upper fuselage, but I didn't achieve a so beautiful rendition of it! kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael931080 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Stellar Job! kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted November 13, 2021 Author Share Posted November 13, 2021 3 hours ago, kensar said: The wood decals look very realistic. Did you trim the decal for each panel before or after you applied them to the fuselage? If before, did you make a pattern of the panel and trim the decal to the pattern before applying? I have a D.III coming to the top of the stash and wanted to try wood grain decals. I did trim the decal approx. 1 mm to the finished size, panel by panel. They were then cut to the final size, carefully taking care of the trim, not to cut too much off the decals! They were very 'delicate' and a very sharp knife was needed. Patience!!! Cheers: Kent levier 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 WOW nice...I wish I had your skills, that's stunning! Love those decals! kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaro Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Really nice! The fuselage wood grain looks very convincing. Thanks for sharing! BTW: Of all WWI subjects Albatros ones are my favourite kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TankBuster Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Beautiful work. Cheers. kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Another beauty. Love your attention to detail. Thank you, Kent. Did you design the custom decals? If so, how? Thank you. Sincerely, Mark kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 WOW, very nice job kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Texan Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Absolutely stunning!!!! Wonderful job!!!! kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted November 18, 2021 Author Share Posted November 18, 2021 20 hours ago, dodgem37 said: Another beauty. Love your attention to detail. Thank you, Kent. Did you design the custom decals? If so, how? Thank you. Sincerely, Mark Some photos of Plywood of different grain types, has been 'processed' through Photoshop. This means paying attention to variations of color and scaling. I just wanted to experiment with how I'm used to what plywood looks like. (I'm originally a trained carpenter) As I mentioned, it was an experiment and there is still room for improvement. All was then printet on a sheet of clear decal paper. Cheers: Kent Trak-Tor, Lightpainter, adameliclem and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 Superb result, Kent! Kev kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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