Albatros DVa, 1/72 Airfix

a couple of years ago i picked this up for the princely sum of £1.25 in a sale in ModelZone.....cant even get a pot of paint for that!.....didnt have much use for it but at that price it would have been rude not to!

another forum im on is having a 'Vintage Airfix GB'......rule is that the kit must have come out before 2000 although recent boxings are allowable......dont get more vintage than this since it was new tool in 1957!!!!....nearly 60 years old.

not much of a parts count, so no idea how long this is going to take

Looks like a nice kit.

Looks simple....other than the rigging in that scale.

rigging?....who said anything about rigging?

thats beyond my abilities......im going to struggle just getting the top wing on straight!

Great looking little kit. Built it a few months back from different packaging.

beowulf wrote:rigging?....who said anything about rigging?  

and I bet he's not going to include the throttle linkage either !!

2whl wrote:

beowulf wrote:rigging?....who said anything about rigging?  

and I bet he's not going to include the throttle linkage either !!

Tsk, tsk. Lazy modelling..........

so after a week of not even going near the bench ive managed to spend a few hours yesterday and today getting on with it

my plan is to paint and decal everything, then final assembly

Cool, fer sure.  I can't wait to see what paintjob you'll give it.  Is that pilot waving, or giving us the "thumbs up" or just "the finger?"

Looking more and more like an airplane all the time.

Looks good. I assume it's the Lt. Nather paint scheme.

yes, i didnt like the look of the Richtofen one

Paul: when it comes to rigging have you considered EZ Line? I haven't used it myself, but Al tells me it is quite easy to use.

sorry for lack of updates
got everything painted and decaled, next is assembly



and finished....



more pics in the finished thread