+Olham Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 They have done it again - after building several Albatros D.V replicas, THE VINTAGE AVIATOR have built an Albatros D.II replica, together with Mayrhofer, if that info is correct. Coloman Mayrhofer had already built a replica of a flyable Albatros D.III OeFFAG before. TVAL seem to have examined the Mercedes D.III engine so deeply, that they are now able to even build new engines for these planes. Here is a website with wonderful photographs of the new old plane. http://www.network54.com/Forum/149674/thread/1385158865/TVAL%27s+Albatros+D.II+reproduction Enjoy the visit. Quote
+elephant Posted January 24, 2015 Posted January 24, 2015 Fantastic walk around...so many details revealed. A real treat for scale modellers! Quote
Hauksbee Posted January 24, 2015 Posted January 24, 2015 If anyone feels the itch to hand-craft an Albatros model, that's the photo essay to have. Nice find, Olham. Quote
Pips Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 That Albatross is absolutely superb. The attention to detail and finish is exquisite. Does anyone know where the sourced the linen for the wings and tailplane? Is that done in genuine material as well? I know that when the AWM was rebuilding their Albatross D.V they searched all over the world until they found a supplier who could provide the exact linen as used during WWI construction. And then they had to (again) search worldwide for the actual presses used for doping and painting the material. From memory they finally found the press somewhere in Germany. Quote
+Olham Posted February 4, 2015 Author Posted February 4, 2015 TVAL, or some producer for them, make the corrdect linen and printing of the Lozenge. They entered a kind of semi-industrial production, it seems. http://thevintageaviator.co.nz/projects/albatros-dva/covering-albatros-dva http://thevintageaviator.co.nz/reference/working-irish-linen Quote
sixstrings Posted May 21, 2015 Posted May 21, 2015 Simply jaw dropping !! Astounding attention to detail ! Quote
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