I'm glad to hear your comment. Yes, you're right, I'm not a human. I'm a cat as my name says. "PINE NECO" means "Pineapple Cat" in Japanese. I know there are a lot of much more skilled modelers than I. I still have a long way to go.
Thanks for visiting. It was so hard to paint those markings, specially on the fuselage, I started over three times... painting, washing out with thinner to take off the paint, repainting..., these successful photos are the third painting.
@@gatoneco I can imagine, shakey brush tips, finger smudges, dust and curved surfaces do not help. Can you believe, it was the creative gorgeous color schemes on German WW1 biplanes in a book my fighter pilot grandfather had in his library, that got me passionate about airplanes as a kid? He's dead, everything of his is sold away and gone, but I still have the book. th-cam.com/video/MwViS4SfQSg/w-d-xo.html As a kid I only had a vague idea my dad was an air traffic controller, and no idea at all my granddad had been a pilot for 40 years, until my grandmother died and he had nothing else to do with his life than search out his old war buddies. Then I learned later, from a German relative who was a glider pilot visiting America, that I even had a German uncle in the Luftwaffe. My other grandfather drove a motorcycle as a message courier in WW2 in the Wehrmacht German Regular Army. He was a lot like me in demeanor. I've been driving a motorcycle for 20 years now. The local airport here has a silver Nieuport 11 Bebe forgotten in the back, collecting dust in a hanger two guys built.
@@choppergirl You're German aren't you? Oh, your Granpa was a fighter pilot. Of WW1 or WW2? The Invasion Stripes in WW2 term were painted to identify friend or foe, but the stripes on this D.IIIa is just a personal design. The color schemes and the personal marks on the fuselages on German WW1 planes are fun, and I enjoy them to draw. I seldom build WW2 planes, but how about this? th-cam.com/video/PD8pd5saBPI/w-d-xo.html When I was young, I wandered Latin America from LA USA to Ushuaia Argentin and back for 18 months (70,000km) by motorcycle. I like to ride, thoug recently I quit riding.
@@choppergirl You're German aren't you? Oh, your Granpa was a fighter pilot. Of WW1 or WW2? The Invasion Stripes in WW2 term were painted to identify friend or foe, but the stripes on this D.IIIa is just a personal design. The color schemes and the personal marks on the fuselages on German WW1 planes are fun, and I enjoy them to draw. I seldom build WW2 planes, but how about this? th-cam.com/video/PD8pd5saBPI/w-d-xo.html When I was young, I wandered Latin America from LA USA to Ushuaia Argentin and back for 18 months (70,000km) by motorcycle. I like to ride, thoug recently I quit riding.
@@gatoneco My mom is German. The Invasion Stripes were for D-Day only to identify friendly Allied Aircraft that probably had control of the skies, but of course you knwo that.. WW1 color schemes were squadron markings for personal expression and branding, but you know this too. The Germans to their their pilots like rock stars and let them paint anything once they reached a level of noteriety, which appealed to me. They were pretty like colorful butterflies. As a kid, I only had a vague idea they were used in a gangsta war as k ll ing machines. I have three ultralight full sized planes and spent a lot of my own time designing a color scheme for them :-) In bright neon dayglo colors that would blow your eyeballs out. The red of the Red Barron's plane x 1000. Hey look at me, I'm the best, come after me if you dare ;-) I fly highly aerobatic FPV quadcopters and I don't fly, I dance in the air. To music :-) Keep up the good work, your models look great. I look forward to seeing more of them.
Gorgeous!😊
Thanks!
I love the clarity, the lack of weathering. Just a beautifully realised model .One of my favourite WW1 aircraft.
Sometimes I add weathering, but it's just in extremely rare cases. I prefer in the condition of roll out.
Pine…..you are not human. No one could possibly be this skilled. I’m blown away once again my friend. Bravo 👏
I'm glad to hear your comment. Yes, you're right, I'm not a human. I'm a cat as my name says. "PINE NECO" means "Pineapple Cat" in Japanese. I know there are a lot of much more skilled modelers than I. I still have a long way to go.
Beautiful, thank you.
Thnak you for watching and for your comment.
Great work!
Hi Red. Thanks!
Super Sharp Invasion Stripes, before Invasion Stripes were a thing (!)
th-cam.com/video/V1fBnovQ4YE/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for visiting. It was so hard to paint those markings, specially on the fuselage, I started over three times... painting, washing out with thinner to take off the paint, repainting..., these successful photos are the third painting.
@@gatoneco I can imagine, shakey brush tips, finger smudges, dust and curved surfaces do not help. Can you believe, it was the creative gorgeous color schemes on German WW1 biplanes in a book my fighter pilot grandfather had in his library, that got me passionate about airplanes as a kid?
He's dead, everything of his is sold away and gone, but I still have the book. th-cam.com/video/MwViS4SfQSg/w-d-xo.html
As a kid I only had a vague idea my dad was an air traffic controller, and no idea at all my granddad had been a pilot for 40 years, until my grandmother died and he had nothing else to do with his life than search out his old war buddies.
Then I learned later, from a German relative who was a glider pilot visiting America, that I even had a German uncle in the Luftwaffe.
My other grandfather drove a motorcycle as a message courier in WW2 in the Wehrmacht German Regular Army. He was a lot like me in demeanor. I've been driving a motorcycle for 20 years now.
The local airport here has a silver Nieuport 11 Bebe forgotten in the back, collecting dust in a hanger two guys built.
@@choppergirl
You're German aren't you? Oh, your Granpa was a fighter pilot. Of WW1 or WW2?
The Invasion Stripes in WW2 term were painted to identify friend or foe, but the stripes on this D.IIIa is just a personal design. The color schemes and the personal marks on the fuselages on German WW1 planes are fun, and I enjoy them to draw.
I seldom build WW2 planes, but how about this?
th-cam.com/video/PD8pd5saBPI/w-d-xo.html
When I was young, I wandered Latin America from LA USA to Ushuaia Argentin and back for 18 months (70,000km) by motorcycle.
I like to ride, thoug recently I quit riding.
@@choppergirl You're German aren't you? Oh, your Granpa was a fighter pilot. Of WW1 or WW2?
The Invasion Stripes in WW2 term were painted to identify friend or foe, but the stripes on this D.IIIa is just a personal design. The color schemes and the personal marks on the fuselages on German WW1 planes are fun, and I enjoy them to draw.
I seldom build WW2 planes, but how about this?
th-cam.com/video/PD8pd5saBPI/w-d-xo.html
When I was young, I wandered Latin America from LA USA to Ushuaia Argentin and back for 18 months (70,000km) by motorcycle.
I like to ride, thoug recently I quit riding.
@@gatoneco My mom is German.
The Invasion Stripes were for D-Day only to identify friendly Allied Aircraft that probably had control of the skies, but of course you knwo that.. WW1 color schemes were squadron markings for personal expression and branding, but you know this too. The Germans to their their pilots like rock stars and let them paint anything once they reached a level of noteriety, which appealed to me. They were pretty like colorful butterflies. As a kid, I only had a vague idea they were used in a gangsta war as k ll ing machines.
I have three ultralight full sized planes and spent a lot of my own time designing a color scheme for them :-) In bright neon dayglo colors that would blow your eyeballs out. The red of the Red Barron's plane x 1000. Hey look at me, I'm the best, come after me if you dare ;-)
I fly highly aerobatic FPV quadcopters and I don't fly, I dance in the air. To music :-)
Keep up the good work, your models look great. I look forward to seeing more of them.