New member Steve Boutte proves small is beautiful with his immaculate 1:72 Albatros built from the Eduard kit.



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Wow, that is a stunning build. The detail in 72nd scale is just amazing.

Thanks for sharing.

Cheers, D

Amazing build Steve!Congratulation. Christos.

Great build Steve!

Simply amazing!

Truly excellent work! What did you use for the final clear coat?

Just kudos! Build, paint and rigging - fantastic work on the right scale!

Thanks so much for the kind words, I really appreciate them!

The clear coat was a combination of things: Future for the "metal" parts & Testor's Acryl semi-gloss clear for the "wood" & "cloth" surfaces. I used Tamiya clear on the prop & a few other things early on, but switched to Future because I found that it dried harder, making the possibility of fingerprints embedding in the clear less likely.

Steve

An impressive piece of work. Well done sir.

Lovely model - I almost thought it was Wingnut Wings.

Out standing model. Beautiful finish. What did you use for the rigging? And how did you attach it? It is really nice.
Captn Tommy

Thanks again! Tommy, I used Uschi van der Rosten super fine elastic thread for the rigging. I drilled blind holes on the underside of the top wing & holes through the bottom wing, as referenced in an article by John Seaman. I used thin CA glue to attach them. I had never done rigging before, & was not looking forward to attempting it. But, it went much smoother than I had feared. Here is a link for the thread. http://www.uschivdr.com/products-in-detail/rigging/

Very well done!

As already pointed out, beautiful rigging - especially in this scale.

Thanks for sharing

Absolutely beautiful. Your wood effects are perfect!

Absolutely stunning!