[WWI] Painting tips for Albatros wings?

[Diego Fernetti]

Bill!
> My question:  how do you 1/48 Albatros veterans paint the wing radiators?
I'm looking for ideas on colors to use and techniques for masking.  Is it
easier to paint the wing colors and then mask and shoot the radiator, or
vice versa?  (And what color(s) should the radiator be?)

It depends on taste.. some paint the radiator first, then mask and paint the
camo around, others prefer to do as Mark Shannon described.
On radiator colours, you can paint it either a dull silver or alu (the
radiator was made of tinned metal) or even with a yellowish tinge, like the
"car" radiator on the Pfalz D.XII.
Check for more inspiration:
http://www.wwi-models.org/Photos/Ger/Alb_DIII_OFFAG/Koloman/mot_kue_lei2__me
dium_.jpg

http://www.wwi-models.org/Photos/Ger/Pfal_DXII/Canberra//VoHa/vh_pfalzxii_11
.jpg

http://www.wwi-models.org/Photos/Ger/Halb_ClIV/Deutsch/htcliv_02.jpg

And you'll see that you have plenty of choices!
D.