This is the Eduard 1/48 Albatros D.III in the markings of 2225/16, Jasta 5 in 1917. This is the Weekend Edition kit which didn't take me a weekend :-) . An inbox review can be found here .
Built completely OOB and is my first attempt at a W.W.1 bi-plane.
I really enjoyed building this and will definitely attempt another. I also learnt a great deal in different techniques, which i wouldn't normally apply to my usual sphere of interest, when building this kit.
Comments welcome, thanks for looking.
Andy

Beautiful build mate, top notch!!

hi andy! i've just been raving over this over on ipms-uk, did'nt realise this is your first go at a ww1 machine, well done! thats a really nice job on the wooden fusalage, and that chequered tail can't have too easy. on the subject of you having a go at anothe ww1 subject, have you seen rodens zeppelin staaken kit..... :-)

VERY NICE ANDY!
I know less than nothing about WW1 subjects but that looks the business in my eyes.
Great wood effect and the rigging (my own favourite part,,,lol) looks spot on!
Well done mate
Nige

Andy. Great looking build there mate. well done. And for a first WWI effort it's outstanding...

Very nice Andy. Like the different shades of green. Nice clean build, good job, Wingman out.

Andy, Very nicely done sir. You can certainly be proud of this effort. It took me years to get those kind of results and you did it your first time out! Nicely done sir!

Thanks for the comments guys.
I really did enjoy building this rickety old thing :-) and i have already planned another for the future. I can see where i can improve in places but for my first W.W.1 plane I'm rather proud of her.


That has some serious rigging on it, don't think I'll go there :-) .
Andy

Very nice ! Love it !

Lovely
I have always liked those clear doped wooden schemes. It’s not the easiest to get that wooden feeling. Very good work there Andy. The DIII is a real favourite.
Lars Q

Thanks guys .


I used Rowans superb tutorial on Easy Wood Grain Effects , with a little practice it is very easy and turns out a very convincing look.
Andy

Hi Andy
Yes, I have read that tutorial and it’s similar to that technique I´ve use. Here’s the way I do it.
http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2003/03/stuff_eng_tech_wood_grain.htm
Lars Q

Greetings all;

Just a bit of a heads-up concerning the Weekend build discussed here. Since this is a place for constructive critic its probably the best place to address this. I have spoken with Andy and this is in no way a critic of his work.

As you can see from the images Andy posted and the Eduard generated image I post that the fin / rudder crosses are fix on the tail decals and are the wrong size. As much as I like Eduard products this is a problem they seems to continually get wrong. Of the crosses the ones for the the fuselage should be the ones on the vertical tail. The ones on the vertical tail should be the ones for the fuselage. While they are still unused cut the crosses from the decal sheet and then after applying the diamond hatch apply the right crosses in the correct locations.

Eduard kit decals are bad thing about their kits Roden kits when the D7's first came were kind of stretchie but got better eduard just kept the same, even the new D8 is kind of suspect and not a lot of options I have a 1/32 battle axe kit I'm scratch building in Osterkamps yellow and black other wise id use that scheme.

Wonderfull. What did you use for thr rigging ?

Hi Carlos,
I used 4lb ( i think) breaking strain fishing line.
I have now made a note concerning Eduards crosses being in the wrong place regarding the size. Unfortunately i had already applied the decals when Stephen alerted me to the problem.
Andy