dcaponeII Posted November 29, 2008 Report Share Posted November 29, 2008 This Eduard 1/48 Albatros D-V took 7 1/2 weekends to complete by the time my AMS kicked in. I hope you enjoy. Comments are welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David M. Knights Posted November 29, 2008 Report Share Posted November 29, 2008 Really nice looking. Would never know it is 72nd scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcaponeII Posted November 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2008 Really nice looking. Would never know it is 72nd scale. It took 7 1/2 weekends to build. It's the 1/48 scale Eduard kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghodges Posted November 30, 2008 Report Share Posted November 30, 2008 That's a pretty Albatross! I've heard great things about those Eduard biplanes, but have yet to tackle one. Is that the kit lozenge decals, or did you use aftermarket decals? Your rigging looks good too. What method/material did you use? Thanks for posting! GIL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcaponeII Posted November 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2008 That's a pretty Albatross! I've heard great things about those Eduard biplanes, but have yet to tackle one. Is that the kit lozenge decals, or did you use aftermarket decals? Your rigging looks good too. What method/material did you use? Thanks for posting! GIL It's the weekend edition kit which means no PE and only decals for one version that did not include lozenge. So I had some Eduard 5-color decals for the top surface and some Aeromaster lozenge for the lower surfaces. I also used some Aeromaster ribbing tapes. Finally I had some wood grain decal also from Aeromaster that I cut to match the panel lines on the kit. The rigging is 0.004" stainless steel wires cut to length and glued into place. I use a divider to measure the length I need and then use Testor's cement for clear parts to secure the ends. No holes anywhere just the small droplets to hold the ends in place. A little bit of flat black paint at each end gives the impression of turnbuckles. The stainless steel is nice because it doesn't sag under its own weight. Glad you like it. The plastic goes together beautifully just like most Eduard kits. I saved the styrene cockpit from the Eduard kit to use in a Glencoe Albatros that I've got on the shelf since I had a PE set for this build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomordie Posted November 30, 2008 Report Share Posted November 30, 2008 Nice contrasting color schemes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Lindsey Posted November 30, 2008 Report Share Posted November 30, 2008 Very very nice! Thanks for sharing the images. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bun E. Carlos Posted November 30, 2008 Report Share Posted November 30, 2008 OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghodges Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 Thanks for the explainations. Where did you get the .004 stainless steel wire from, and what do you cut it with? Sounds like a great item to have on hand! GIL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Pruitt Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 Reeeeeeeeeeeeeelly nice work...awesome build!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcaponeII Posted December 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 I got the wire from my father in law back in 1980's. The manufacturing date on the wire spool is 1966. It's resistor wire for winding reostat coils and is 0.004" diameter and about 48 ohms per foot. I'm afraid I don't know where to get the wire now. Perhpas from Grainger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamsof51 Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 Wow! that looks really cool. These kits are kind of fun. I avoided biplanes for years because of the top wing install and the rigging. The Flyboys Neuport 17 fixed that. It helped to have a great movie for inspration. Even my son wanted to built a DR1 (he always likes the bad guys,) as a result of that movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcaponeII Posted December 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 I've heard of them. Good tip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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