Albatros D. v

martin57 · Post by **martin57** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 6:26 pm

Here is my entrey to this s i g does not look to bad.
will have fun with the rigging .

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cib2265 · Post by **cib2265** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 5:46 am

nice one - the color scheme looks the business, shall be following closely!

I'm in two minds to start one of my 1/32 Academy el cheaps (Camel or Nieuport 17) in this SiG....eep

martin57 · Post by **martin57** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 10:53 am

Some history on the D. V
The D. V was a further development of the successful concept of the D III,with minor modifications by the technical director of the Albatros aircraft company in berlin.
The fuselage completely clad in plywood now had an oval cross-section throughout its entire length
the wing structure of the D III was retained in toto , only the attachment of the lower wing to the fuselarge had to be modified .
IN order to improve the piolts visiblity , the upper wing was positioned 10 centimetres lower and the water radiator on the wing
was moved to the right to avoid injury to the pilot if it was damaged or hit during combat ,
THE pilots head restrait was streamlined , but later removed as it became a hindrance .
the empty weight wa
s increased by 56kg /123 pounds .
the high compression mercedes DIIIa was installed with rather fewer pretensions to careful cowling in order to simplify access and maintenance.
THE D.V retained the same tailplane as the DIII but introduced an integral fixed fin , a raked back underfin and a more rounded rudder.
Unfortunately , although flying qualities remaind good , the D.V and D.Va were no great improvement over the DIII and achieved their success as much by sheer weight of numbers as by their performance.
the first D.V were delivered in mid 1917 , thay reached there peak of service in nov 1917 and march 1918 respectively,
and were the most widely used of all the Albatros fighters .
Exact production figures are not known , but a minimum of 1,5012 were known to have served on the western front .
LENGTH 7.33 M (24 FT)
HEIGHT 2.70 M (8FT 10 INCHS)
WING SPAN 9.05 M (29FT 7 INCHS)
WING AREA 20.86 M (224 SQ FT )
ENGINE MERCEDES DIII 6 CLY IN LINE WITH 14.8 CUBIC CAPACITY.
POWER 120 KW (170 BHP)
MAX SPEED 180 KM/H (112 MPH)
TIME TO CLIMB 4MIN 20 SEC TO 1000 M (3280FT) 11 MIN 20SEC TO 3000 M (9840FT)
ENDURANCE 2 HRS
RANGE 250-350 KM (155-217 MILES )
SERVICE CEILING 6500M (21300FT)
EMPTY WEIGHT 717KG (1581 LBS)
TAKE OF WEIGHT 915KG (2017 LBS)
ARMAMENT 2X 08/15 BELT FED MACHINE GUNS.
CALIBRE 7.92MM (0.311 INCH )
RATE OF FIRE 500-600 ROUNDS PER MIN.
EFFECTIVE RANGE 1000M (3280 FT )

chief5437 · Post by **chief5437** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 11:37 am

Great looking scheme on this! I'll be watching with interest as I've often wondered how you go about assembling these. Wings on first, then rigging? Rigging on lower wing, then add upper wing? The mind boggles! Lol!

Good luck with it mate!

Jamesday1998 · Post by **Jamesday1998** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 12:38 pm

looks like a really nice kit i think i may have to pick one of these up!!
good luck on the build!

generalgrog · Post by **generalgrog** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 6:03 pm

Nice kit!! Looking forward to watching.

GG

UKguyInUSA · Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 6:20 pm

Good luck with your build....looks like a cool kit, Martin

Daishi12 · Post by **Daishi12** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 11:11 pm

Like to see that Revell have given you some really easy instructions to follow

5Craven · Post by **5Craven** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 11:05 am

Daishi12 wrote:Like to see that Revell have given you some really easy instructions to follow

This is originally an Eduard kit as you can see from the sprues. Thankfully Eduards instruction sheets are much clearer and they keep copies of them online for reference as well, nice one Eduard

. You can find their original instruction sheet which you can print out here; http://www.eduard.com/store/out/media/8407.pdf. Hope you find it useful.

T3hGuppy · Post by **T3hGuppy** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 8:00 pm

Cool choice.

The pilot looks like he has been shot though

martin57 · Post by **martin57** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 10:29 pm

T3hGuppy wrote:Cool choice.

The pilot looks like he has been shot though

ha, yea he does, i do not think i will be useing him

Prop72 · Post by **Prop72** » Sun Aug 10, 2014 11:47 pm

This is going to be a super kit to build. I love the colour scheme on the box art!

martin57 · Post by **martin57** » Sun Sep 14, 2014 6:53 pm

well back on it again , been a while just finished the panther sig , cleaned up and made a start on the albatros.
so all parts for the inside primed up, some i left on the sprue because some parts were to small to hold in twezzers .

martin57 · Post by **martin57** » Sun Sep 14, 2014 6:58 pm

well got all the parts primed and painted , used reval aqua paints brushed by hand worked out all right .

martin57 · Post by **martin57** » Sun Sep 14, 2014 7:09 pm

back again on a roll now all parts glued in place. not a bad fit had to keep putting both sides together to line up the bulk heads
I wont be spending lots of time on the inside , because it will have a pilot.

martin57 · Post by **martin57** » Sun Sep 14, 2014 7:16 pm

well getting there now , had an hour or two in the den, so we gave her a dirty wash in the cockpit, and grease and oil wash on the engine from humbrol , after a bit of dry brushing though .

martin57 · Post by **martin57** » Sun Sep 14, 2014 7:17 pm

martin57 · Post by **martin57** » Sun Sep 14, 2014 7:21 pm

hi all, all lined up and glued together , pleased with that .

martin57 · Post by **martin57** » Sun Sep 14, 2014 7:40 pm

Right now then, next job i did was to work out how to do the stripes on the wings there are no decals for this and the
instructions are not to scale , so i took both wings and drew round them on plain paper.
and used the tail plane decal from the other paint scheme to give me the angle and stripe width ,then mark it out on the paper
took a while but it was worth it.
now all i have to do is cut the masking tape to the same width and a way we go

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on the pic below there will be a block of camo in the centre of the top wing and some at each end of the lower wing .

martin57 · Post by **martin57** » Sun Sep 14, 2014 7:43 pm

Well thats it for now , hope you like it . update soon

ManCupboardModels · Post by **ManCupboardModels** » Sun Sep 14, 2014 9:09 pm

Very nice progress! Looking very nice

The box art is a cracker. Looking forward to seeing this one completed

rodrant · Post by **rodrant** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 8:48 pm

Nice progress , and this color scheme is very beautiful !

Looking forward to see the next update Martin !

martin57 · Post by **martin57** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 10:13 pm

Just a quick update , before i go away for the weekend .
finished all the strips last night.
if anybody is interested as i said before i drew round the wings and elevator , then drew a parallel line just underneath the wing, then measured the width of the strip needed then using the plastic triangle witch as it happened was the right angle i needed, placed the edge along the parallel line then mark of the lines these were 4 mm apart taking the lines well over the edges of the wings .
then cut down the masking tape and stuck one end on one side then with a bit of tension pulled it across to the other side keeping between the lines .
when finished trim up and all done .

martin57 · Post by **martin57** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 10:25 pm

next the lower wing was glued on as well as the elevator .
the pilot was dry fitted so i could place his arm in the right place .
well thats it for now be back soon .

martin57 · Post by **martin57** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 10:26 pm

UKguyInUSA · Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 3:38 am

Wooaahhh!! How did I miss this??!! Cracking work so far Martin, looking forward to seeing ho you finish this one

martin57 · Post by **martin57** » Fri Oct 10, 2014 8:07 pm

hi all pushing this one to the wire.
well ready for primer and top coat .

fusalarge painted tar black , wing camo rust brown , stripes fern green.

because iam was running out of time i put it all together and forgot to take photos

here is a pic of the finished job .

HamilkarBarkas · Post by **HamilkarBarkas** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 6:55 pm

Cleverly done that camo with the stripes, really cool model

UKguyInUSA · Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 8:04 pm

Cracking job Martin....loved how you did the striped camo, it's so striking!