Arc's Tumult In The Clouds..

[Arcwelder]

OK, after much deliberation, I think I'm going to have Eddie Rickenbacker's Nieuport C-1 engaging an Albatros DVa.. which will be notional German plane with markings from the spares box.. moar soon

[Old_Tonto]

Cool. I wish I could do biplanes!

[Stuart]

Great idea!

[fredk]

That'll be Eddies 28C-1?
A good pairing

[Arcwelder]

OK, made a start at my GF's house last night, so excuse the godawful phone camera photos.

Revell Nieuport ..




and an Airfix Albatros





Both of these are of the old school, meaning very basic and chuff-all detail

(again, excuse the lousy photos)













SWMBO was looking over my shoulder and meekly enquired if she might have a go, so I let her take her pick and she's been happily painting the Nieuport's interior, props, engine and the amorphous blob of styrene that she lovingly refers to as "Eddie".. we may have a convert here..

I'll have her rigging in no time

[Purplethistle]

SWMBO was looking over my shoulder and meekly enquired if she might have a go, so I let her take her pick and she's been happily painting the Nieuport's interior, props, engine and the amorphous blob of styrene that she lovingly refers to as "Eddie".. we may have a convert here..

I'll have her rigging in no time

It's when she refers to "Our stash" that you'll have to worry!

[TobyC]

Looking forward to this one very much.

[Arcwelder]

No word of a lie, the Airfix Albatros is a Capital P porcine mammal.. obviously Eduard and Roden (among others) have filled the gap with their own Albatrosen in 1/72, but if Airfix feel like doing some more new-tool WWI subjects, this would be a good place to start.

Anyway, dealing with enormous ejector pin marks in a very visible place..



Coat of Tamiya XF-55 Deck Tan on the fuselage and some liquin-thinned streaks of Raw Umber oil paint




I'll get SWMBO cracking on the Nieuport after the Bake-Off final tomorrow!

[Stuart]

That's the Norman Bates of ejector pin marks - eeeek!

[Arcwelder]

Some sort of irritating adverse reaction happened between the acrylics, oil and varnish on the Albatros fuselage (see DH2 build for details) so there's a minor delay while I clean it all off and start again.

[Purplethistle]

If you have to redo it, try putting on a base of acrylic natural wood then drawing on the wood grain with a sharp reddish brown watercolour pencil and then spraying with varnish. The spray varnish usually softens the pencil lines nicely, whereas a brush applied varnish would smudge it too much.

[Stuart]

If you have to redo it, try putting on a base of acrylic natural wood then drawing on the wood grain with a sharp reddish brown watercolour pencil and then spraying with varnish. The spray varnish usually softens the pencil lines nicely, whereas a brush applied varnish would smudge it too much.

interesting idea that!

[Arcwelder]

Hmm.. worth an experiment, for sure. because I brush paint I usually use artist's oils for the grain effect, but I DO have a rattlecan of acrylic gloss lurking around. In addition, because I'm going for plywood-effect, I'd use a lighter shade than Hu 110.

[fredk]

Hows it coming?

[Arcwelder]

it's comin along..

Albatros looking like a plane now.




Reasonably pleased with plywood-effect (2nd attempt )



Holes are drilled for rigging, MGs on, what passes for an engine in place. Tail is on, now just to tidy up some bits and bobs on the painy, put some decals on, weather the engine and it'll be time to play with struts and fishing line



Thanks for looking