WNW Albatros DVa Jasta 76b, Karl Hopf, 1918
Started back in 2010 and finally off the shelf and finished.
Cockpit detailed with different gauge wire, etc.
added detail to the Mercedes engine include scratch built spark plugs, valve springs, spark plug wires, and assorted cables.
fuselage was riveted per references, 2 nails, 1 screw, 2 nails pattern. I painted the fuselage first with Tamiya Desert yellow, followed by artist oils. wood grain was added last with PrismaColor colored pencils.Wooden prop was finished in the same fashion.
other added details include Master Spandau MG barrels, HGW Mercedes radiator shutter, and GasPatch turnbuckles. Rigging is monofilament.
Markings are from the WNW’s decal sheet #30016 “The Bavarians”.
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R_G said on November 27, 2017
That is a beautiful piece of work!
Ralph
Craig Abrahamson said on November 27, 2017
Outstanding work, Roger…..top-notch stuff! 🙂
Louis Gardner said on November 27, 2017
Amazing work shown here Roger. It looks like you somehow managed to shrink a full sized machine !!!!
Jeff Bailey said on November 28, 2017
Super work & detailing! Great Albatross, Roger.
Tom Cleaver said on November 28, 2017
Another Fabrocini work of art!
Paul Nash said on November 28, 2017
That’s fantastic! Particularly like the way the rigging mimicks the tensions that I imagine a machine on the ground would have. I also hadn’t noticed before how WnW reflect the scalloped wire trailing edges with such little emphasis. A truly great build! Congratulations.
Paul
George Williams said on November 28, 2017
Beautiful work, Roger, no wonder it was seven years in the making.
Paul Carpenter said on November 28, 2017
Very nice indeed. Love these WnW kits!
Roberto Lúcio - Boblucio said on November 28, 2017
Awesome 1/32 work. Congratulations.
Rob Pollock said on November 28, 2017
Beautiful work.
Greg Kittinger said on November 28, 2017
Yep – awesome is a good word! The subtleties in your word grain work are fantastic, especially the prop. And that engine looks like it could cough and sputter to life any moment…
Pedro L. Rocha said on November 28, 2017
Wow, your Albatros is just amazing! Might have took you 7 years Roger, but the outcome is just masterpiece. Congrats
Terry Schuler said on November 29, 2017
Roger, “are you sure that’s not real wood” ?
That is about as real as it can be and still be a model, very well done !
Bob Bailey said on December 9, 2017
Pure genius.
Chris Collett said on December 9, 2017
Absolutely wonderful. Hard to pick out any one feature but your wood is the best I’ve seen. PrismaColor pencils? How does that work?
Predrag Ivanovic said on February 25, 2018
Just now i saw this work, incredible. I am preparing to do one 1/48 Albatros D.V and your work is great as reference work and even as encouraging to start work on this model. My admiration for wood texture on fuselage, very discrete but in the same time very effective.Simply great work
Bernard E. Hackett, Jr. said on February 25, 2018
Museum quality work! If I didn’t know better, I’d figure it was the real thing.
Jeff Bailey said on July 13, 2018
Roger, you’re truly an artist! This is a beautifully built, painted, detailed AND rigged miniature.
Bravo!