Excellent, excellent work Rick!! Love that woodgrain and polkadots!

Mark

Rick the old Loz is easy to see, the dot pattern (dont know the teknikle term) used to print it is really quite visible, on the new its a lot subtler. On the Roland, I thought the colours a little bright for scale so faded them a considerable amount by overspraying with a buff colour to dull them.

Hope this helps

Keith.

Perfect timing this thread being revived just now as I start my D.Va. Knowing basically nothing about WWI aircraft, the brightness of the WNW lozenge decals was going to be a question. In my armor builds i usually don't mix paint for scale effect but will lighten with a filter as was just described. Nice to be able to use a technique i am comfortable with.

Beautiful work Rick. Look forward to the finish.

Same as the rib tapes.

HI Rick,

Great to read that you're back at this beautiful DV of yours. Looking forward to seeing your application of the WNW Loz.

Mikael

Don't panic, both are indeed correct as Mikael pointed out. If Rowan at Pheon has shown blue then I would accept it as correct. He does thoroughly research his subjects.

Keith

The first Alb. D.V -the prototype was built by OAW. But all subsequent production Alb. D.V types were bult by the parent company at Johannistahl. These production models from the factory on 5 colour printed fabric carried either lozenge or the pink rib tapes according to evidence we have. (Or had the two toned upper sprayed camouflage).

Now don't let that resrict you too much. Some flying surface components were changed out in the field due to repair concerns.

As a means of getting a quick thumbnail search done check out my Albatros Portfolio (#2) Click here.

Note: some firewalls reading the portfolios will drop all images to the bottom of the text. But scroll down and putting your cursor on the image will bring up the image name and you can match that to the text. If you have any questions on my builds I'll be glad to answer them.

Albatros D.V serials
D.1000/17 - 1199/17, 200 airframes ordered April 1917, Johannistahl.
D.1962/17 - 2361/17, 400 airframes ordered May 1917, Johannistahl.
D.4403/17 - 4702/17, 300 airframes ordered in July 1917, Johannistahl.
Total = 900 airframes.

See also;
WNW Alb. D.V kit review

Rick,

Ive been staring at the pics from WNWs website, I dont have the book in question to compare so what I say is based entirely on the pics in the archive.

I tend to agree with Richard, the main reasons being even if the pic isnt the clearest in the world for the following reasons.

1 The underside of the upper wing (polkadot) is somewhat glossier than the lozenged wing of the A/c in front *note the sheen where the fuselage reflects on it & I see no real pattern you would expect with lozenge.

2 The lower wing cross, one the foremost aircraft has a distinctive white edge, Polkadot does not... A known practice not to whiteline the national marking on some blue undersides. that and no evidence of contrasting ribtapes like on the first A/c.

These and the fact most other shots of A/c in Jasta 4 seem to indicate two tone cammo leads me to believe this. But like I say I have no access to Greg's book and it's only my opinion, whichever you choose I know your build will be outstanding anyway.

Keith