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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => Completed models => Topic started by: Richtrad on May 04, 2025, 02:03:45 PM
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Having missed the WNW train, here is my attempt at a Pfalz DIIIa using the Roden 1/32 D.III kit as a start. As far as I know, there is only one picture of this aircraft, and there are many ideas about it's look and history. Some suggestions are Erich Kaus or Hans Bethge as pilots. The light stripes were suggested to be silvergray or white. The dark stripes were proposed as black, various shades of gray, chrome yellow or even ochre. If I had to guess, I'd tend to go with Bruno Schmaling and Winfried Bock's suggestion of white and yellow stripes as this was implied to be based on an interview between Kaus and Alex Imrie. In my mind, this is a bit too "informal" of a scheme, so I went with my personal preference.
Out of the box except for Airscale instrument decals, brass tube, some plastic card and EZLine. As per, the Roden Pfalz decals crumbled, so I made stencils for the national markings.
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Warren Q
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That's very nice and I love the colour scheme.
Alan.
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Very nice indeed.
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Lovely Pfalz ;)
Thanks for sharing.
BB
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If you had said it was a WNW converted to a D. III, I would have believed it without any doubts. Very nice Pfalz.
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Very nice work, great finish and well done for converting the DIII into an "a".
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Okay Warren , this does get the Pfalz stamp of approval ! Beautifully done ! Like your choice for the stripes , a light mouse gray !
Alexis
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Lovely job on your Pfalz and very clever work converting it to the IIIa version.
Regards
Dave
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Fabulous job, Warren! You've shown how nicely the Roden kit can be made.
Cheers,
Gary
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Thanks everyone. It has it's share of self-inflicted gunshot wounds for sure. Fun fact, I have done 4 Roden 1/32 aircraft, and after cutting the windscreens out of the plastic sheet, have lost every single one of them. That is consistency.
Warren Q
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Very impressive Warren, and your interpretation of the colors is really attractive. I have this one on the Stash shelf and will be revisiting your post here shamelessly!
Cheers,
Lance
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This is gorgeous Warren, well done!
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Thanks so much lady and gentlemen. You folks have been my heroes over the last 5 years or so, and your build logs, discussions and final builds have meant a lot to someone who was out of the game for well over five decades. I'll say another thing too. This is the nicest, most knowledgeable and supportive group of folks on the internet. That's unheard of since the inception of comment sections on the world wide web. You all rock.
Warren Q
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Lovely Pfalz, Warren. I really like your interpretation of the stripes: looks just right.
Nice paint job.
Shows how good these Roden kits can be made to look.
Sandy
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A Roden Pfalz D.IIIa converted into a D.III.
Very nicely done, the Roden models are generally somewhat underestimated, with a little effort and dedication beautiful models can be built from them.
Unfortunately, these kits often struggle with badly warped or bent wings across every biplane type series.
Especially the upper wing.
I like the color scheme you chose for the Jasta 30 and it matches the D.IIIa very well.
The propeller also looks quite good.
A beautifully done conversion - bravo.
A small remark about the ailerons on your model, they both point downwards, at least one of them should be deflected slightly upwards.
Servus
Bertl
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Warren: your comment just made my week (month?). We have such a special community here and sometimes I tend to take it for granted. It means so much to read comments like yours.