| Abwehrschlacht | 30 Aug 2014 5:03 a.m. PST |
I finished one of the two Albatros I have been building, there are more pictures on my blog: link Thanks for looking!
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| Rrobbyrobot | 30 Aug 2014 5:12 a.m. PST |
Looks good to me. Some of those Germans sure were flamboyant. Colorful, too.
"Look at me! I'm Fritz Von Frankfurt! Und I'm fabulous!" |
| skippy0001 | 30 Aug 2014 5:16 a.m. PST |
Nice, clean look. I always wanted WWI aero-color schemes to carry though into the Jet Age. |
| Jimmy da Purple | 30 Aug 2014 6:13 a.m. PST |
The Albatross may not have been the best plane of the war, but she sure was pretty. |
| Abwehrschlacht | 30 Aug 2014 7:09 a.m. PST |
Thanks chaps, it was a  to build so I'm glad it's done. Only one more to go and Rrobby the next one is even more flamboyant! |
bracken  | 30 Aug 2014 7:14 a.m. PST |
Real nice crisp colours, excellent job as always |
 Editor in Chief Bill   | 30 Aug 2014 7:51 a.m. PST |
What scale? Who makes the kit? |
| Mollinary | 30 Aug 2014 8:13 a.m. PST |
His blog contains an earlier post on WIP which identifies them as by "Eduard" in 1/72nd scale. Mollinary |
| Chris Wimbrow | 30 Aug 2014 8:36 a.m. PST |
This lovely model also illustrates that newer kits tend to not have a pilot figure (apologies if this does and it was a choice.) I don't know how large a market it might be, but the minis sculptors out there might be able to add some income with an easily cast original (most of the body is hidden inside the tight cockpit.) |
| Mollinary | 30 Aug 2014 8:49 a.m. PST |
In 1:144 scale Peter Pig already produce pilot figures, and British and German rear gunner figures. Don't know of anyone doing it in any other scale though. Mollinary |
| Chris Wimbrow | 30 Aug 2014 9:04 a.m. PST |
I got a 1:72 Preiser 1920s aviation figure set several years ago that looked likely to fill in a few gaps, but I'm getting to the point of selling rather than building and playing. |
| idontbelieveit | 30 Aug 2014 10:11 a.m. PST |
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| Abwehrschlacht | 30 Aug 2014 10:39 a.m. PST |
Thanks guys. Bill, it's an Eduard 1/72nd scale kit, as someone else pointed out. They are really nice kits, and have a lot of photoetched parts, for example, the seatbelts. I left some off as my skills were not up to the full challenge of them! I think Revisesco also do pilots and observors in 1/144th, but I am not sure who else (besides PP). This kit didn't come with any pilot figures. |
| tuscaloosa | 30 Aug 2014 2:34 p.m. PST |
Any pilot figure should include a long wavy scarf. |
| Abwehrschlacht | 31 Aug 2014 3:16 a.m. PST |
Some of the Peter Pig ones do… |
| Swampster | 31 Aug 2014 7:04 a.m. PST |
Orion do a set of pilots for WW1 in 1/72. They represent various different nationalities. IIRC, some have wavy scarves :)
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I must get around to using mine sometime. |
| Abwehrschlacht | 31 Aug 2014 8:42 a.m. PST |
And rather jolly chaps they are too! link |
