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DB Draft	23 Mar 2013 3:31 a.m. PST
Here are some pics of my 1/144 scale aircraft (I hope the title wasn't too misleading!) Mostly Reviresco and Skytrex. I used wire filaments for the Eindeckers bracing. The last one used 4 identical Nieuport 11 models, the two in the foreground were given modified engine cowlings (with green stuff) to convert to Nieuport 17s.
Doms Decals	23 Mar 2013 4:23 a.m. PST
Very nice collection; the fuselage on that Walfisch is particularly impressive – must've been a joy to freehand….
Oddball	23 Mar 2013 5:26 a.m. PST
Beautiful collection. Wonderful paint job.
Texas Jack	23 Mar 2013 5:29 a.m. PST
Wow, they are gorgeous! I really like those Nieuports, and the colors you chose for all of them looks perfect. Nice work!
Timmo uk	23 Mar 2013 7:07 a.m. PST
What a fantastic collection. All your models look beautifully made and painted and you have an eye for colour. Superb!
David Manley	23 Mar 2013 8:33 a.m. PST
Lovely :)
Great War Ace	23 Mar 2013 9:12 a.m. PST
Nungesser, that was probably a bitch to paint, unless his "heart" is a transfer?…
jony663	23 Mar 2013 11:58 a.m. PST
They look great. I love the Eindeckers.
DB Draft	23 Mar 2013 1:58 p.m. PST
Thanks everyone. I used decals for the national insignia (Dom's Decals are excellent… good to see the banana made a full recovery!) and some Reviresco ones for the Fokker DVII and Halberstadt CL. I painted the Nungesser heart and Sopwith Triplane letters. The Walfisch is one of my favourite models and brings a new meaning to "scale painting". The Albatrosses are based on Jasta 12. I used Vallejo paints mainly and mixed up my own concoction for PC10 (or whatever it was called) for the RFC. Cheers
The Young Guard	23 Mar 2013 3:44 p.m. PST
They are lovely DB.. inspiring in fact. What colour did you use of the Neiuports?
BlackWidowPilot	23 Mar 2013 7:17 p.m. PST
That is one impressive aerial mob! Leland R. Erickson Metal Express metal-express.net
Chuckaroobob	23 Mar 2013 9:31 p.m. PST
Great looking collection!
DB Draft	24 Mar 2013 1:44 a.m. PST
The Nieuports were in fact painted with Tamiya Flat Aluminium (the only good Tamiya paint for brush painting). Then a wash with Badab Black (GW). The same technique was used on the yellow nosed Pfalz.