The Smythemeister's Albatros D.III

[Scratchbuilder]

Andy - wood painting... Bottle it and buy the decal....
Equipment-
Tamiya Buff
W&N Burnt Umber oil paint
Sponge from the wifes washing up sponge
Matt or Satin varnish.

Base coat is Tamiya Buff, then once dry I brush with W&N Burnt Umber, let it dry for about half an hour. The I tear of a piece of the sponge and wipe of as much of the W&N as required untill you get a wood grain finish you like. Let it dry and then varnish....

This is for my Gladiator, but you can obtain different styles for different propeller manufacturers...
HTH
Mike

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Splendid news, crack on old boy.

Cheers Colin,will do.

Good to see the Bert Ross going again Andy. Weird colours aren’t they

Thanks Tim,yep,the colour scheme is certainly "out there"!!

Move up please Andy, I'll sit next to you , who got the biscuits?

Welcome aboard John!.... not much in the way of biscuits until we go to Lidl..... Rach could rustle up some home made pasties if we ask her nicely though!

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Andy - wood painting... Bottle it and buy the decal....
Equipment-
Tamiya Buff
W&N Burnt Umber oil paint
Sponge from the wifes washing up sponge
Matt or Satin varnish.

Base coat is Tamiya Buff, then once dry I brush with W&N Burnt Umber, let it dry for about half an hour. The I tear of a piece of the sponge and wipe of as much of the W&N as required untill you get a wood grain finish you like. Let it dry and then varnish....
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This is for my Gladiator, but you can obtain different styles for different propeller manufacturers...
HTH
Mike

That looks excellent Mike
Thanks very much for taking the time to post that up,I was going to look up wood effect tips later,but I'll try your method first now... I have the "ingredients" that you mention .

 

[JR]

What may I ask is that KV turret doing in an unfinished state Andy
Yes please ask Rach to make some pasties, they will go like hot cakes .

 

[The Smythe Meister]

........they will go like hot cakes .

..... or Hot Pasties!!
The turret in that picture isn't mine John, it's from Mike's Gladiator prop pic

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Well, Eduard strike again!! ....the instructions call for Tailplane part no.B21.....

When I went to check out the decals for it..... it's a different shape!
So,looked at everything again,nope,no other decal and DEFINITELY part no.B21!!.....
Then, what's that on the other side of the sprue....

WTF?!!! Part no.B20,which has NO MENTION at all in the destructions
So, it's cut off the tail and try to get the proper one to go on straight
,not impressed at all

 

[Tim Marlow]

Don’t know what you are complaining about Andy, mine had a different set of instructions to the kit itself……I had to do some of it by eye…..

 

[Mickc1440]

Yep definitely nearly there buddy, keep going

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Andy - wood painting... Bottle it and buy the decal....
Equipment-
Tamiya Buff
W&N Burnt Umber oil paint
Sponge from the wifes washing up sponge
Matt or Satin varnish.

Base coat is Tamiya Buff, then once dry I brush with W&N Burnt Umber, let it dry for about half an hour. The I tear of a piece of the sponge and wipe of as much of the W&N as required untill you get a wood grain finish you like. Let it dry and then varnish....

Hi Mike,how long do you leave the burnt umber oils before applying the Varnish?

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Don’t know what you are complaining about Andy, mine had a different set of instructions to the kit itself……I had to do some of it by eye…..

Ha!! .... yep,this isn't the only issue I've had with this kit either!!

Yep definitely nearly there buddy, keep going

Thanks Mick, I'm getting there, slowly but surely

 

[papa 695]

Well this kit is putting up a good fight Andy, but it looks like you’re beating it into submission. Keep up the great work.

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Well this kit is putting up a good fight Andy, but it looks like you’re beating it into submission. Keep up the great work.

Thanks Ian,had several issues with this one,but I won't bang on about them..... Yet!!

 

[The Smythe Meister]

So, just to show that I haven't given up on this,some moderate,slow,progress....

The correct tail now fitted and decaled up,with basic wood attempted there.Then I did the top wing....

The vent type thing is yet to be painted along with some highlighting.Finally for now,did the metal covers around the engine with a base coat.


That's it for now,will get some more done later today
As always, thanks for looking in.....

 

[Mark1]

Getting there mate,looking good.

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Getting there mate,looking good.

Cheers Mark,for a tiny plane it's a long old slog!

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Put the Red stripe decals on the tail plane eventually,they need some Micro Sol to settle them down.Also tried the White and blue stripe on the fuselage..... But it completely disintegrated ,so,I had to mask it up and paint it on......




It needs touching up a bit,but all in all it's not too bad.Next up,some detail painting and adding the Crosses on the fuselage.,then a coat of gloss varnish in preparation for the Flory wash.
All very slow progress, but it's getting there, thanks for looking in, I'm hoping to get quite a bit done tomorrow, cheers for now .

 

[Mark1]

Keep up the good work mate, slow progress is still progress .

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Keep up the good work mate, slow progress is still progress .

Thanks Mark,slow indeed!!

 

[The Smythe Meister]

So,this has escaped the bin by a whisker a couple of times this week, for various reasons!
Anyway,decals on,varnished and a Flory wash applied,(I fancy it being a bit grubby ......

Then,wash cut back,wheels,prop,guns, exhaust and top wing all added....



So there you go, that's it up to now.
One thing I find strange.... Why are the crosses on the tail plane and fuselage so close together?.... I'd have expected the fuselage one further along,kind of below the cockpit .
Anyway,small potatoes,as always,thanks for looking in ,cheers for now......

 

[Mark1]

Looking good mate, as for the crosses i guess the tail wouldn't last long in a dogfight lol