I hope everybody is keeping well. Thank you again for the kind words and encouragement too!
Things are still moving along. The D.III is getting a bit more attention and looks somewhat improved compared to the earlier version. I found I could hollow out the gun port on the left side, which should give a finer appearance under a coat of paint. For the starboard side I ended up going with the short vertical "fence" that walled in the gun, as the exhausts form a roof over it and make it very difficult to see. Hopefully I can get a thin coat of primer on this weekend before adding a few more details.
The D.IIIa got its undercarriage attached, although the wheels are just temporary reject ones from the Fe2b project which is patiently waiting its turn. The size of these are correct, but the hubs just a little too pointy and I will make a better set later.
I put quite a bit of time into the prop blades and spinner and I'm pleased with how these came out. The blades were carved from 0.8x1.5mm evergreen strip. I did three and selected the best one so I could make a mould of it. The spinner was made from styrene too, with the cut-outs painstakingly excavated. That way I can easily paint and assemble the blades later on without doing any tricky masking. That's the plan anyway!
Apologies for the first two photos. The light today is rubbish, so the fuselage shots are fairly blurry. The prop photos are taken under a desk lamp and done while holding a diamond graders loupe hard up against the lens of my mobile phone's camera. Oddly that seems to work really well.