Steve's Models

Gerald · 05-19-12, 01:34 PM

^what is the material in these models,

Sailor Steve · 05-20-12, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Vendor

^what is the material in these models,

The wings, struts, wheels etc were from injection-molded kits by Monogram. The bodies were from a vacuum-formed plastic replacement kit by RarePlanes. I had to change each body to match the original. The radiator exhaust scoops under the nose were cut from paper. The rigging (wires) were a very fine monofilament thread I picked up at a fabric shop. It's like a very fine fishing line.

Gerald · 05-20-12, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

The wings, struts, wheels etc were from injection-molded kits by Monogram. The bodies were from a vacuum-formed plastic replacement kit by RarePlanes. I had to change each body to match the original. The radiator exhaust scoops under the nose were cut from paper. The rigging (wires) were a very fine monofilament thread I picked up at a fabric shop. It's like a very fine fishing line.

Really faithfully done,

MajorArtNZ · 07-30-14, 10:22 PM

That looks like a nice kit!
Glad that Kombrig release some really interesting subjects.

Great images all round!

Sailor Steve · 07-31-14, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by MajorArtNZ

That looks like a nice kit!
Glad that Kombrig release some really interesting subjects.

I now have several, and they are all gorgeous. I just wish I had the time to build one of them.

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Great images all round!

Thanks!

Sailor Steve · 08-01-14, 01:30 PM

I posted pictures of the finished model yesterday, and decided I didn't like them. A couple were out of focus and I thought the propeller looked sloppy. I bought a special paintbrush several months ago, thinking it might be good for the streaked look Fokker used later in the war, and I wondered if it wouldn't do a better job. it did.

Here is the usual front quarter portrait.

Left rear quarter, showing the crocodile.

Right quarter, showing the dragon.

The beasts had dark-colored tongues, almost certainly red. I have no brush capable of that kind of fine work, but I had an idea. I dipped a .020 brass wire in the paint cap and 'tatooed' the paint onto the tongues. The result actually left it looking like there are teeth in front of the tongue. I then looked at the Albatros factory logo. It was a picture of a black bird with a man's head. Behind is a red sun with a yellow flame sunburst and 'Albatros' in black over the flames. I couldn't make a decal that size that would show anything, and I already have decal sheets with the general idea all in black. I tried the wire daubing for the red and yellow and got a result I can live with.

Close-ups.

Oh, yeah - the new brush.

mapuc · 08-01-14, 04:09 PM

Your Models are real eye teaser

Markus

Otto Fuhrmann · 08-01-14, 07:15 PM

Those are absolutely fantastic. I bow to your skill with the brush.
I spent about an hour going through the entire thread looking at your photos and it was time well spent!

Titanicgeek · 12-19-14, 10:37 PM

That looks nice! I only built one model and its a model of the RMS Queen Mary.

-Titanicgeek on stand by!

Sailor Steve · 12-20-14, 10:06 PM

Welcome to my obsession, Titanicgeek.

Well, one of them anyway.

Sailor Steve · 12-20-14, 10:07 PM

Interior finished. I reversed the cockpit floor to facilitate puting the observer in front and the pilot in back.

Aktungbby · 12-20-14, 10:36 PM

R U going with the two- gun observer forward position one on each side of the engine?

Edit just found this-sort of rare as most of the shots are of the port side

Sailor Steve · 12-21-14, 02:01 AM

Apparently that was the case for all 50 combat models, so yes, it'll be just like my model of the C.I.

05-19-12, 01:34 PM	#1
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,246 Downloads: 548 Uploads: 0	^what is the material in these models, __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

07-30-14, 10:22 PM	#4
MajorArtNZ Watch Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Auckland NZ Posts: 29 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Weissenburg That looks like a nice kit! Glad that Kombrig release some really interesting subjects. Great images all round!

08-01-14, 01:30 PM	#6
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I posted pictures of the finished model yesterday, and decided I didn't like them. A couple were out of focus and I thought the propeller looked sloppy. I bought a special paintbrush several months ago, thinking it might be good for the streaked look Fokker used later in the war, and I wondered if it wouldn't do a better job. it did. Here is the usual front quarter portrait. Left rear quarter, showing the crocodile. Right quarter, showing the dragon. The beasts had dark-colored tongues, almost certainly red. I have no brush capable of that kind of fine work, but I had an idea. I dipped a .020 brass wire in the paint cap and 'tatooed' the paint onto the tongues. The result actually left it looking like there are teeth in front of the tongue. I then looked at the Albatros factory logo. It was a picture of a black bird with a man's head. Behind is a red sun with a yellow flame sunburst and 'Albatros' in black over the flames. I couldn't make a decal that size that would show anything, and I already have decal sheets with the general idea all in black. I tried the wire daubing for the red and yellow and got a result I can live with. Close-ups. Oh, yeah - the new brush. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

12-19-14, 10:37 PM	#9
Titanicgeek Watch Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: California Posts: 22 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Whoa That looks nice! I only built one model and its a model of the RMS Queen Mary. -Titanicgeek on stand by!

12-20-14, 10:06 PM	#10
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Welcome to my obsession, Titanicgeek. Well, one of them anyway. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-01-14, 04:09 PM	#7
mapuc Fleet Admiral Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 18,134 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	Your Models are real eye teaser Markus

08-01-14, 07:15 PM	#8
Otto Fuhrmann Helmsman Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Ireland Posts: 109 Downloads: 57 Uploads: 0	Those are absolutely fantastic. I bow to your skill with the brush. I spent about an hour going through the entire thread looking at your photos and it was time well spent!

12-20-14, 10:07 PM	#11
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Interior finished. I reversed the cockpit floor to facilitate puting the observer in front and the pilot in back. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

12-20-14, 10:36 PM	#12
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,980 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	R U going with the two- gun observer forward position one on each side of the engine? Edit just found this-sort of rare as most of the shots are of the port side __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe" Last edited by Aktungbby; 12-21-14 at 12:24 PM.

12-21-14, 02:01 AM	#13
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Apparently that was the case for all 50 combat models, so yes, it'll be just like my model of the C.I. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo