Jan,
Great work my friend.The weathering on the fuselage is very subtle and affective.
Regards,
Gregory Jouette

Thanks, I am quite happy with the result so far.

Last chance to see - last shot before adding the upper wing. The instructions are a bit unclear on this point, but apparently the green shield was not fitted to the Udet craft but instead it had a kind of scope - so the plate aint present any longer.

Sadly not much will be visible when the wing goes on.



Prepared the wing for rigging, easier to fit the wires before putting the wing on - what a mess:



Closeup of the simulated turnbuckles - could be more detailed but lazyness got the better of me.



And the port side with full rigging:



Cheers/Jan

What a nice treat to have another WNW D.V almost done ! She looks very nice Jan and nothing wrong with the rigging either . Looking foward to the finishing touches

Looking Good Jan:

Your use of shading and shades of grey really make for an eye catching scheme and add interest to what would normally be thought of as a boring scheme. I like it.

Best
Mark

Looking good...

Hi Jan

Lovely work! The extra plumbing on the fuel tank looks great, as does the rigging! It looks like we're going to have an other Albatros that should go on the Frontpage - perhaps we can do a Wingnut's Special one weekend!

All the best

Rowan

well she is looking just beautiful Jan.

Keith

Thanks - I´m quite happy with the result so far, even if theres a bunch of things I could/should have done differently - well its a learning curve




Thats not entirely impossible, but lets wait until its done, and I have done a decent batch of pictures - in fact you can just lift the pictures from my gallery when we get there - I do hope we are going to see one big feature with all the contributions when the builds over ?

Cheers/Jan

Allmost there, did some oil-spill here and there on the engine area and some chipping on the metal parts - painted the turnbuckles on the rigging steel as I don´t think brass is the right color - so whats still to do ?

Need to wash and dirty up the undercarriage
soot from the exhaust and some dripping on the wing
the rear carriage need some washes and a clear finish on the wooden part
And maybe a little more dirt and grime around the engine and on the windscreen

Heres some pics of the current state:










Cheers/Jan

Looking very , very nice Jan . So far the weathering is super on cowl with the paint chipping . Looking forward to see the final results .

How did you do the chipping ?

Oh Wow, you can almost hear the cylinders poping as they cool!

This one is looking very nice! I too like the subtle shading and the paint chipping. Would be interested in how you did the chipping as this is something that I am not too good at.



BC

Thanks alot - I did the chipping using one of those hard plastic spoonges used in cleaning and dishwashing.

Cut a little piece aprox 1x1 cm. Mine included a hard and a soft side. I used the hard side as its easier to control.

Dip gently in a appropiate color and dapple most of on e piece of paper. Then apply to the areas where the risk of chippings occur - edges, assemblys, where bolts and screws are and at hatches.

Take care to alternate the direction of the spoonge so you dont get a to repeated pattern.

Start out gently - judge the results - and go over the area again until you are happy with the result.

Theres a tucturial on the WNW site for applying mottled camouflage where they use the spoonge technique - but with chipping you have to be carefull not to get a repeated pattern, whereas replicating a spoongeapplied camouflage you will see the original being a pattern from the guy applying the stuff.

Cheers/Jan

One nice looking aircraft.

Thanks Keith - well, I think I will call it done, it was/is a truly enjoyable build - more or less out of the box - and for sure not the last time I am going to do a WNW kit.

Cheers/Jan

Beeeeeeeeeeeautiful

I have to say that she is a honey! Great job on the simulated silbergraü. Udet would have been proud.

Super sweet build!
I love the choise of painting scheme, very elegant and clean. weathering is also top notch, proof that armour painting techniques carry over to aviation very well!

Great looking bird! Very well done indeed!!
RAGIII

Thanks guys, Im happy with the result myself even if some of the steps in the construction and painting was quite intimidating from the beginning - especially the rigging gave me some headache along the way - until I got the inspiration from another build - I´m sorry to say that I cant remember which, but thanks !

I have some other projects on schedule, but I think I will return at some point with either a "Hisso" or a Pup.

Regarding pictures, Im not happy with the last batch, so I will to take another set some other day.

Cheers/Jan