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Hey Stephen - I know that this is one of your builds:


What is the story behind this particular Albatros? I am quite intrigued as I am looking at finishing my current albatros DV project in a late war scheme and this one has perked up my interest - What references did you use? Is this the same aircraft as that on page 36 of the Albatros in Action book? If so, what did you base the colour choices on (including lozenge)? Thanks! BC
Wow Brad you really picked an old one. I discussed this briefly on the
WWI pilot and mechanic figure thread about page 3. Summarily, when the members of Bogohl 4 ( a bombing unit) moved to a new airfield they found a derelict Alb. D.V on the outer borders of the runway. They used 150 cigarettes to barter parts from a nearby Jasta and flew the machine as a unit hack in the summer months of 1918. I have two images of this machine during June - July 1918. The fellow that discussed the "hack" was a Vzfw or unteroffizier at the time. Herr Bartels gave his interview in an older Cross & Cockade USA issue. New components were landing gear and lower wing and one set of interplane "wing" struts. They evidently attempted to "black out" the previous owner's personal markings and early "Balken cross" on the fuselage. Why they painted two more successive "Balken crosses" where they did is beyond me but they did.
Sorry folks I misspelled Balken and had to go back and fix it...AMS
This is the The early 1998 issue Eduard kit and Jaguar figure again with slight modifications. The lozenge on the lower right wing, both ailerons and elevator were OOB from the Eduard kit. The lower left wing is AeroMaster 5 colour. I had if memory serves wanted to show a patchwork of repair. The left side of the lower wing being the newer component compared to the lower right. Even the rib tapes were to represent different manufacturers. If done today I would go with the Salmon Pink and lt blue variation.
This was when the Aeromaster lozenge was unavailable and Eagle Strike had not brought out their version. (They were just talking about it to me and several others.)