sillymodeler Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 (edited) Hello everyone I reproduced the picture of Richthofen with his comrades and the Albatros D.II, which is one of my favorite pictures of Richthofen. I found the Model Cellar created a wonderful figure from the picture so I decided to build Albatros D.II (Encore models) as well. According to the notes by his brother Lothar von Richthofen, it seems that the aircraft was painted brown during the period of this photo (November 1916), so I used oil paints to paint over the brown color. Actually, this is my first post here. I hope you guys enjoy it. Edited May 23 by sillymodeler Fixed image addresses coogrfan, MDuv, LSP_Kevin and 23 others 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 Very nice work! Kev MARU5137 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
europapete Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 Sorry, no pictures just grey bar circles. MARU5137 and ivanmoe 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sillymodeler Posted May 23 Author Share Posted May 23 @europapete Thank you very much for letting me know this. I fixed the image addresses. I hope everyone can see it now. LSP_Kevin and MARU5137 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobs Buckles Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 Excellent build, SM! Thanks for sharing. Bob MARU5137 and sillymodeler 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Very nice! MARU5137 and sillymodeler 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobster Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Very nice work. Manfred even has the smile! Impressive and clean build. I noticed that the separation lines of wing colors are not sprayed. How was this done? Thanks for sharing your your work. MARU5137 and sillymodeler 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 eWelcome to the forums and excellent work! Your rigging and the paint work is first rate, as is the painting of the figure. Ernest MARU5137 and sillymodeler 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sillymodeler Posted May 30 Author Share Posted May 30 On 5/27/2022 at 7:29 AM, bobster said: Very nice work. Manfred even has the smile! Impressive and clean build. I noticed that the separation lines of wing colors are not sprayed. How was this done? Thanks for sharing your your work. Hi @bobster. Thank you for your comment! I attached a torn paper template on the wing with small spaces between them and airbrushed over it. Then I slightly mixed colors on the boundaries with a brush. I have read that they mixed the colors of the boundaries back then, so I tried to imitate it. By the way, I am now working on a counterpart to this plane, Lanoe Hawker's Airco DH.2 (WNW). I will share it here when it is completed. I hope you will enjoy it too. MARU5137 and bobster 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARU5137 Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 Hello Sillymodeler, That is a SUPERB model and your figure together with the base is simply IMPECCABLE !! you did a FANTASTIC job. Outstanding workmanship. Thank you. sillymodeler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobster Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 On 5/30/2022 at 7:56 AM, sillymodeler said: Hi @bobster. Thank you for your comment! I attached a torn paper template on the wing with small spaces between them and airbrushed over it. Then I slightly mixed colors on the boundaries with a brush. I have read that they mixed the colors of the boundaries back then, so I tried to imitate it. By the way, I am now working on a counterpart to this plane, Lanoe Hawker's Airco DH.2 (WNW). I will share it here when it is completed. I hope you will enjoy it too. That is one technique I would like to file in my memory banks for future use. Thanks for sharing! MARU5137 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARU5137 Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 On 5/30/2022 at 3:56 PM, sillymodeler said: Hi @bobster. I am now working on a counterpart to this plane, Lanoe Hawker's Airco DH.2 (WNW). I will share it here when it is completed. I hope you will enjoy it too. Is there a WIP on here that I may go peek at ? Thank you. MARU5137 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Barry Posted October 17 Share Posted October 17 History comes alive! Love it! sillymodeler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sillymodeler Posted October 20 Author Share Posted October 20 Quote Is there a WIP on here that I may go peek at ? @MARU5137Thank you. I did not post my WIP to largescaleplanes.com. But you can see my WIP in instagram. I'm grateful if you like it. https://www.instagram.com/sillymodeler/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicciuzzo Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 Bellissimo sillymodeler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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