Airfix Albatros D.Va
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11 10 June 2015, 13:08
AlexAmazing work! The model looks much more expensive than an old airfix one with a bit of work. Modeling done right!😉
10 June 2015, 13:46
Hanno KleineckeFabulous result, love the little scratchbuilt details on the hull.The "plywood " looks like the real stuff. Again, masterly !
10 June 2015, 16:11
Martien LourensWhat you create out of this old airfix kit, Mike.Is magnificent.
Very great and convincing work. 👍👍👍
11 June 2015, 06:41
Dave FlittonExcellent!!! I have a few of these in my stash. Glad to see this can be updated.
11 June 2015, 19:44
Cristian BordinaOk Mike, now it's time you do a "coming out" and tell all us the truth. I would be able also to make small masterpieces as yours departing from old kit if I had the MAGIC WAND that uses you. 😄 😄 😄
12 June 2015, 06:34
Ken JudtGlad to see your shrink-ray gun is still working! Awesome work on this one.
12 June 2015, 19:05
Bill GilmanAbsolutely superb, Mike. Just like all of your models! I love seeing these old kits turned into masterpieces.
2 April 2020, 17:33
Daniel KlinkWonderful Albatros... Unbelievvable you managed this with that old Airfix kit wow
2 April 2020, 18:31
bughunterThe overall impression is fantastic, especially in your small scale! The wooden finish support that 👍
3 April 2020, 20:04
R VGBloody Hell! When I saw this photo going by when scrolling, my immediate reaction was this is 1/48 for sure! But it isn't! I would be so glad to get this result in 1/48 scale.
I suppose you use Tamiya acrylic paint? Now my question is do you use their alcoholic thinner with it or their laquer thinner? It seems you can use both with their acrylic paint. I still use Humbrol and Revell enamel paint mainly, and I would like to try out Tamiya acrilics for once, so I'm trying to get info on them.
It is all more complicated then just using enamels it seems.
But again outstanding model of a very tiny plane in 1/72 scale!
3 April 2020, 20:20
Clifford KeeslerI have kind of fallen in love with Tamiya paints, I still use Model Master Acrylics also. I thin my Tamiya paints with their X-20A thinner when I can get it, I have also thinned them with alacohol with success, and I thinned the silver X-11 I believe it is that I used on my Meteor with Laquer thinner.
5 April 2020, 00:51
Mike GrantThanks for your comments guys, and to Slavo for resurrecting this older thread 🙂
@R VG I use Tamiya paints and Gunze Mr Color lacquers (when I can get them). Both are thinned with Gunze self-leveling thinner, but Tamiya's own-brand lacquer thinner also works great with Tamiya paints. It goes on smooth and dries quickly, but I'd recommend a primer first. Tamiya White Fine Surface Primer, decanted from the aerosol can and airbrushed, works really well.
5 April 2020, 12:15
R VGThanks everybody for all the valuable information on painting. I'm surely going to try out Tamiya on a future project and see what kind of results I can achieve with it. But I will need a gas mask because I'm asthmatic and strangely, the fumes of White Spirit don't effect me as much as other fumes do. But I will try it out in a well ventilated place.
7 April 2020, 13:12
SkyhikerOk, that you got this crap kit to look like that blows my mind. Top notch work!
15 September 2020, 01:55
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Originally tooled in 1957(!), this kit is still being marketed by Airfix in their new red boxings. It's been totally superseded by several newer kits (notably Eduard). I upgraded this old model as part of SAMI's 'Circuits and Bumps' series a few years ago. It involved a lot of work, and it's still far from being accurate. I did revise the wing profile/cut-out, radiators, rudder, re-scribed it, added PE Spandaus, a complete cockpit interior, and home-made decals.
