Here is my Eduard Albatros...OOB with Eduard Fig

Very nice build Jim ! like the weathering you did . Some more pic's would be great ..........

Heres some more pics

Thanks Jim , the pic's are fantastic .

Thank-you for sharing your build . When did you do this one ?

I think you have captured the essence of albatros quite well. You did a fantastic job.

Thank you Terri,Carl..
I did this one last winter...its my favorite German WWI aircraft and paintjob..It took Gold at Exeter last fall. Its OOB except for the seat being a ( Copperstate I think) resin AM product that I stole from my eternal Albatros III project.

Beautiful Build. I like the rigging and the treatment on the fuselage. Thanks for the pictures.

Matt

Very decent build. My only comment for anyone not sure about this is. The control horns and shroud we seen on the D.V type. The aileron cables behind the outer wing struts are a mark of the D.Va. The serial in this case puts it squarely in the D.V category. The scheme is well done and the weathering is subtle. Always a good thing. The figure is toned down as well and goes well with the overall display.

Here are some colour notes on kit #8110.
A .D.7161/17 'Stropp' of Jasta 46 **'post capture version', late 1918-1919 with lozenge wings
recommend by kit instructions. The complicated tail unit markings are impressively simplified
for application.
B. D.2263/17 of Jasta 23b mid 1917.
C. D.2299/17 of Jasta 26 mid-late 1917. Mis-marked as '1918'. Another version is also
offered with lozenge camouflage suggested for the wings and extended black colouring.
D. Ltn. Mendel of Jasta 15 late 1917. Mis-marked as von Hantlemann's machine, 1918. The
instructions say fuselage is red & blue. Respected authorities in WWI aviation research tell us
that this is *** 'pre-Berthold' and the fuselage is probably all-black with Skull-n-Bones insignia
lozenge camouflage flying & control surfaces.

Jim,

Excellent work indeed! What material did you use for the rigging and what method did you use to install it?

Dwayne

Many thanks Dwayne. I build em cause I love em, and Im not too caught up in rivet counting..life is too short in my opinion...
I used my lovely wifes hair. I have a "darning needle" I rigged up using a toothpick and a length of florist wire. I tie the hair to the base of a strut as close to the wing s possible to hide the knot effectively, and I run from strut-to strut tying as I go. Crazy glue sets the knots in place. I have a variation on this method Ill be trying soon that includes very good looking and CHEAP turnbuckles ...we shall see..