Welcome to the site.  The Cub and T-28 are good planes to start off on scale.  If you're serious on the super detailing aspects, let us know and many of us will help out.  Some, like myself, will help provide you with detailed photos of the Cub and T-28 (& many others) depending upon the variant.  I've helped out many scale modelers this way.  Others will offer you incredible ideas on "how-to's" of achieving the results using tools, simple household items, and lots of imagination.

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Hope the Proctor manual comes through.  Mr. Proctor himself is a one-man company and is very helpful and easy to talk with.  The Proctor kits or even the drawings are not for the faint of heart.  If you've got a few models under your belt and have detailed some of them, then perhaps the Albatros will help get you off the ground.  Be prepared for asking lots of questions and always remember, no such thing as stupid or frivolous questions.  

One thing's for sure, documentation and information.  Just pick out the type of Albatros you wish to model.  That special squadron or color scheme of the plane that was flown by a particular pilot and so on.  This will help carry you through some of the more frustrating parts of the build.  We all go through this stage at one time or another.  Start out with obtaining lots of documentation not only for your possible presentation to the judges  (if you're interested in participating in competition) but for yourself and answering any potential questions.  A picture is indeed worth a thousand words.  

There are also many build threads that feature detailing the Albatros on this site and several other modeling sites that will also help you.  It doesn't really matter if those models are large R/C or small stick-n-tissue types.  All  have something to contribute in helping you get some good ideas.

Finally, there are several aftermarket companies that will offer special details such as the Mercedes engine details, exhaust, radiator and more.  I believe you can find several of them right here on this site.

I have some detailed photos of the Albatros DVa of both the exterior and cockpit interiors as well.  All are in black and white though.  This was taken many years ago before digital cameras came into existence, which goes to show how old I (might) am. 

Good luck and good building/flying.

Skye