Albatros D series

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Oh, one more thing, I think I might actually spend some time and make a better rendition of the Rhinebeck plane, at least the markings and wood paneling. I doubt I'd do the re engined version though.

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One more, I forgot to post this-

Thank you Mr. Castle!!!!

[Vuk]

Well, I guess it's to late to say that I really want to wrote "rebuilt" instead "restored" . Still, I ran on that photo over a year ago, and when You post the Albatros, I was confused with the emblem (the lion turned to the opposite). I salute

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I do really like the way that plane looks but it doesn't match the photos. Some of my favorite paint schemes and markings have turned out to be false Oh well, it's up to us to decide what we want to see
Thanks for the interest

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Another one I started this one before this thing had wings on it! Jim Miller provided numerous details. I hope I've got it right. I did the rudder cross outline enlarged, it looks bigger in the photos but I don't know if it's right.

Red is a nice color

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Another one. But I don't know how much further I can go with this one. There are only a few partial photos of this plane and none of them are good enough to make out any details. I've heard there is plenty of detail on the original photos but I don't know if I can find anyone who has a scan of one.

As you can see...



It's enough that you can see that the plane existed, but aside from copying what other artists have done, there isn't enough to go on.
That first photo comes from Jim Miller's Photobucket album...hey Jim!

[Mangas]

I love those "surface textures" effects, Dave! Especially tiny bumps on the tail.
Btw, do you know the technology they used to paint crosses? Was it a brush or a pulverizer?...

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Thanks

Especially tiny bumps on the tail

That plywood really rippled and buckled a lot. Mine might even be too smooth

do you know the technology they used to paint crosses?

That's a good question, I'm not really sure. I'm pretty sure they were painted on with a brush, and I know that they were VERY uniform in size, near perfect, if not pretty close. They were VERY opaque and don't show brush strokes. I know for sure that flat white paint was used but I don't know if the black was flat or gloss. They must have used some sort of stencils because they had very exacting cross sizes and border widths. If no for of stencil or template was used I think you would see more variation. Very specific orders were given to the exact sizes and borders when the crosses were changed to straight sided, only there are a infinite amount of variation there when they were applied in the field over the old crosses. You just don't see that variation with factory painted crosses though.
The Germans did use spray guns pretty liberally though, I'm just not sure.

[Skyraider3D]

Not checked this thread for awhile... WOW, very impressive profiles. Love 'em! Good work!

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Thanks Skyraider

Here's another one. I haven't deciphered the stencil that goes on the interplane struts yet. It's still in a WIP phase, it needs some refinements yet. The camouflage still needs some work too.