Eduard 1/48 Albatros D.Va

[Valdo]

Hi guys. I'm new here and I wanted to show you some of my models. 1st one is excellent Eduard Albatros kit, built OOB. Overall very good fit, had some issues with fixing upper wing, but nothing I couldn't fix. Hope you like it!

[Sturm]

Love the paint scheme,looks kinda tricky though. Good work

[BaldyBuilderBoy]

That's spectacular Valdo. How did you get the natural wood finish?

[mep1954]

Hi Valdo,

Yeah! Schweeeeeeeeeet. Some mighty fine work there, my friend.

And, yes please, pray do tell how you achieved that excellent wood finish. I NEEEEEEEEEEEEED to know before I start mine!!!

Nice posting,

cheers,

Mark Pearce

[Avgas]

Wow. Got this one in the stash, that is one mighty fine piece of work sir.

[Valdo]

Thanks guys, appreciate your kind words!
As for the wood finish, it's actually easier to make than it may seem at first.
first I painted panels in various tones of "yellowish-brown", I used Tamiya XF-59 desert yellow, Model Master acrylic 4673 wood and Vallejo Air 028 sand yellow.
Then with a sponge and artist oil color burnt siena I made those wood texture grains.
Full tutorial is here: http://www.wingnutwings.com/ww/hintsandtips It's actually from here I learned this technique and all others for making great war planes.
As for propeller, I first painted it with xf-59, then I cut masking tape in thin stripes, like aprox 0.7mm, masked it off and sprayed with xf-64 red brown. Then again wood grain with sponge and oils, varnish, decals, varnish...

[BaldyBuilderBoy]

Thanks Valdo, I wondered if that was the technique you'd used but never realised it could look so authentic.
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