Aviatik Berg D.I

Kit: Flashback (1:48)

The Aviatik Berg D I from the 1/48th Flashback kit. I replaced the kit engine with one of the nice Karaya resin Austro-Daimler 200 h.p. engines. Unfortunately, it's completely enclosed. The unusual camo scheme was done using Americals decals, which I thought would be much harder to do. As it turned out, they were quite easy to apply. It required quite a bit of patience however. The wire wheels were much harder to do, and in the end I wasn't too satisfied with the way they turned out. I used the Ja-Po book extensively as a reference, as well as the Datafile.

The Ja-Po profile shows different colors for the loz camo, and the few photos are not so distinct. This was at times an enjoyable build, at others I wondered why I did this.

Ulrich Neckel's Aircraft

Kit: Eduard (1:48)

The two planes are from the photo taken of J.12 at Toulis, they were flown by Ulrich Neckel. Both are Eduard 1/48, finished with a variety of paint brands. They were both built pretty much OOB, although I did add some more details to the DV cockpit. I used a combination of kit decals, Aeromaster and Americals.