Well, hello there and welcome to my channel. I know that Messerschmidts, Tigers and the Bismark are awesome but here it's all about their predecessors from the First World War. If you're into wood grain painting, biplane rigging or trench mud orgies: go no further, you came to the right place. And if not: have a seat anyway and discover some weird machinery that no sane mind would even consider to go to war with nowadays. Hope you enjoy my content!
Hi, I am watching again your videos, really high quality scale modelling. Hope to see more of your content as I am currently making a meng fokker dr.I, and I find your work very inspiring
Rotary engines slung caster oil all over the belly and lower surface of the wing. And yes it cam loosen you up. old rhinebeck aerodrome in up state NY has WW1 aircraft they fly in a vaudvill era air show. You can see Fokkers Sopwiths Nieuports albatrosses. Most with original engines.
I have An Albatros D.III and an SE.5a Hispano Suiza in my little stash. Now I've never built an aircraft from WW1, all I have done is WW2 armour and warbirds. I'm a little apprehensive about the rigging, are there many do's and don'ts when it comes to rigging? and what are they? I want to get on and start them but honestly this is making me back off from them. Love your build, great stuff it really is.
@@dandy193 thanks a lot. You can skip the turnbuckles and use elastic strings for rigging, it's a bit more convenient than the fishing line. Also, fix one side of the rigging while the wings are not attached to minimize fiddling work
Just discovered your channel and I’m hoping that you’ll pick up where you left off and post more videos! Your skills are amazing but more importantly, you do a great job of demonstrating them and illustrating your techniques. This and the professional quality of your videos makes them such a pleasure to watch. Please come back!
Goodness. You take detail to a whole new level. Just within the first five minutes, I have learned a lot - including to stay clear of larger scales that require that much detail - lol. I saw a comment on your music choice. Another compliment. It is not intrusive over your speech nor annoying, yet not boring either. Nice job!
Thanks mate. Yes the large scale planes can be a handful (see my current hiatus). On the other hand, the 1/32 WW1 planes are not much larger than an 1/48 WW2 fighter.
Hi, yes Im currently working on the third part of the Fokker series. Dayjob keeps me busy so progress isn't the fastest but it will be done 😅 btw Tromso is really far up on my travel wish list.
What a great treasure chest of outstanding modeling projects. Thanks for the obvious effort you put into such professional "productions" I'm certainly looking forward to future episodes where I can learn more, and as important, get to admire your skill.. Not to be taken as a complaint: I find the in-and-out background "music" distracting from your wonderfully crafted narration and sly humor.
Hey, thanks a lot for your appreciation and the constructive feedback. I'm still looking for a perfect way to handle the music in scenes where I don't talk. I tried with just no sound but it appeared weird to me 😅 it will remain like this in the last video of this series for consistency but I have a few ideas in mind for upcoming projects.
Just discovered your videos and this is the first one that I've seen, it's fantastic. Will certainly watch the rest of the series and I've subscribed to your channel. Just one comment, why did you completely obscure the lozenge patton with red paint, there must have been a reason?
Hi Tony, thanks for your kind words. I actually didn't obscure the lozenge, it still shines through. This is to simulate the field applied red painting that was done on the factory delivered lozenge scheme.
@TheAlleyman Many thanks for your reply, it was much appreciated. I didn't realise that the original lozenge pattern still showed through and that you were only creating what was originally done.
I used a dry brush but both methods work. A moistened brush will give you a more pronounced pattern while the dry one will be a bit finer and more subtle.
I totally understand the Lozenge thing . For 50 years I thought George was pronounced , JEE OR J . Then I had a thought , it may be a Russian name . So it might be pronounced GEE OR GEE .
Depends a bit on the paint. Lacquer or alcohol based acrylic on (clean) plastic is pretty safe. Water based acrylics without primer is a different story...
