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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => Completed models => Topic started by: skeeterbuck on November 10, 2017, 06:26:47 AM
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Just finished this Eduard Pfalz. This is the recently new release version. Basically straight out of the box. I only added the small piece to the front of the engine. A resin part from the Black Dog upgrade kit as mine came with an extra one. I think it's a thermostat. Also added the water pipe from the front of the engine to the wing radiator from a piece of copper wire. I haven't built this kit before and I used this rather quick build form a test run in the hope to weed out any problem areas for the second one I just started. Please be critical of my work so I'll have a better idea on areas to hopefully improve.
Chuck
(https://i.imgur.com/sBizkmq.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/vroHltI.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/xVh8qRg.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/nlKb9kJ.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/8RFsWUW.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/mw2Sr6B.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/0ZfDMSf.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/gujv07n.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/cFPnsQe.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/yt9wgeP.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/iBtjy2A.jpg)
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Very Colorful Scheme !!!
Ed
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Very, very nice, Chuck! That scheme is a real eye catcher and you've executed it beautifully.
Cheers,
Bud
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Thanks for the feedback Ed and Bud. The scheme is Pfalz 8143/17 flown by Walter Ewers of Jasta 77b.
(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/bd/f4/61/bdf4617cb1e8154fb1dffff2379598bb.jpg)
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Even being critical I don't see any flaws. You made it beautifully and the colour scheme is very attractive.
Ciaio
Giuseppe
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As rightly put - beautiful, colourful, very well executed. And, arguably, the most pleasant looking aircraft ever built. ;)
Congratulations!
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It's a Pfalz... I rest my case ;)
A weekender well spent :)
Well done!
vB
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Thanks all for the positive comments. I not very pleased with how the prop turned out. :-[ That's an area I know needs improvement. ;D
It've added several more pics to the original post. Hopefully they're a bit more clearer. Maybe I should practice my photography skills some more. ::)
Chuck
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As the others have commented colorful and well executed! Lovely work all around.
RAGIII
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Super!
Guy
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Well done so far, with a nice coloring scheme!
Please be critical of my work so I'll have a better idea on areas to hopefully improve.
You ask for improvements ..
Also added the water pipe from the front of the engine to the wing radiator
The way back: If I remember right, there are two holes on the cooler, one as you added, the cooled water goes then via a second pipe into the fuselage to the water pump on the back side of the engine. Fuel pipes from the tank (beside the cooler in the upper wing) are also possible.
You can also add turnbuckles.
I know the details from my Pfalz build this year, but it was a Profipack with PE, shown here too.
Cheers,
Frank
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Simply Superb Skeeterbuck 8) 8)
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Very nicely done.
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Great looking Pfalz Chuck. :)
Excellent modelling!
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Well done so far, with a nice coloring scheme!
Please be critical of my work so I'll have a better idea on areas to hopefully improve.
You ask for improvements ..
Also added the water pipe from the front of the engine to the wing radiator
The way back: If I remember right, there are two holes on the cooler, one as you added, the cooled water goes then via a second pipe into the fuselage to the water pump on the back side of the engine. Fuel pipes from the tank (beside the cooler in the upper wing) are also possible.
You can also add turnbuckles.
I know the details from my Pfalz build this year, but it was a Profipack with PE, shown here too.
Cheers,
Frank
Thanks Frank for your helpful response. As I originally posted, this build was just a test run for my current build of another Pfalz D-IIIa. Being the "Weekend" version, I wanted to basically use just use what was included in the kit. I just couldn't leave the front cooling pipe off as it's so noticeable.
For the build I'm doing now, I am using the Black Dog resin upgrade kit. I'm also planning on using Gaspatch Spandau mg's and turnbuckles plus adding the fuel lines you mentioned in your post. Lastly, a set of HGW seatbelts.
Regards,
Chuck
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G'day Chuck.
The rectangular raised surface on the port side of the top wing, portraying the top of the gravity fuel tank, is a kit error.
The protruding fuel cap is correct, but the gravity fuel tank is located under the ply centre skin.
Archival pix on the WNW site and in various Pfalz publications, show the wing surface adjacent to the wing
radiator to have a smooth surface, except for the filling point. I hope this info is helpful.
cheers :)
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G'day Chuck.
The rectangular raised surface on the port side of the top wing, portraying the top of the gravity fuel tank, is a kit error.
The protruding fuel cap is correct, but the gravity fuel tank is located under the ply centre skin.
Archival pix on the WNW site and in various Pfalz publications, show the wing surface adjacent to the wing
radiator to have a smooth surface, except for the filling point. I hope this info is helpful.
cheers :)
Wow, good one boggie, I never really noticed that. :o I will have to make the correction in this next build. I think it may have been a case of "I couldn't see the forest cause of the trees." LOL! ;)
Chuck
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G'day Chuck. :)
I don't think you missed the forest at all. Most of us who have built a Pfalz DIII/a have just accepted the inaccuracy as correct.
When WNW released their DIIIa the question was asked, hey, did they get it wrong? There appears to be a few wing panels missing.
The following is a reply to Stephen Lawson of Aeroscale, by Richard Alexander, posted on the Aerodrome forum in Jan 2011.
I think you will find it of interest.
Stephen posted: In doing my kit review I had several discussions with Mr. Richard Alexander of WNW and I mentioned to him the issue here and though I am addressing it in my review he sent along this bit of information. I'll post it here before things go too far off base.
"Hi Stephen,
Interesting thread and I suppose not entirely unexpected. I'm sure you
probably know much of this anyway, but just to clarify our position on the
'missing wing panels' and answer a few of the questions being asked. . .
The wing fuel tank was on the inside of the Pfalz D.III and D.IIIa upper
wing. It was covered with the ply that skinned the center section and was
not visible on the upper surface of the wing (other than the faired in
filler tube/cap protruding through the wing).
I don't know exactly when the myth of it being a detail visible on the
outside of the wing began, but it appears to have been started by an early
draftsman misinterpreting the Pfalz D.III drawings in the Flight capture
report. In the original Flight report the internal wing tank was drawn
with dotted lines to indicate that it was an internal detail.
Additionally the wing tank is not visible in any photo of a Pfalz D.III or
D.IIIa that I have ever seen (other than certain crash photos where it has
fallen out of course).
The lower wing root panel which is 'missing' is a reinforced walk strip
presumably intended for a mechanic to stand on while he makes final engine
etc adjustments before flight. These don't appear to be on every airframe
and when they are, they're not a standard size. It was not possible to
confirm if these were on any of our colour schemes, let alone what shape
they would be if they were. A pretty simple thing to add if you feel your
model needs it (check the reference photos in our instructions and on the
website for the shapes and sizes).
The 2 smaller hatches on the upper surface of both lower wings are covers
for the point where the aileron control cables are connected to the cables
coming from the control column. These hatches are hinged at the front and
held down by 2 turn buttons at the rear.
The wing attachment lugs are covered by the 4 smaller hatches under the
lower wing. These were also hinged at the front and held down (up?) by a
single turn button.
I hope this clears things up a little.
Regards
Richard"
Stephen added that the first time this myth was moulded into plastic was with the Aurora 1:48 kit! ???
I would like to repeat that your Pfalz is excellent indeed and I very much look forward to viewing your next. :)
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I have been working on the upper wing and have filed off the fuel tank completely flush with the surface of the surrounding area. I now only need to scratch the filler cap to complete the conversion. I just need to spray some primer on the area first to check my work. I don't want the removal work to show on the finished wing. :)
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Very nice work Chuck! I'm working on the other scheme from the same kit - won't look as nice as yours though.
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Very good. I do like the weathering on the top wing.
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Very nicely done, I especially like the treatment of the overpainted crosses. I too shall make a note of the fuel tank issue, for when I build one....
Ian
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Very nicely done, I especially like the treatment of the overpainted crosses. I too shall make a note of the fuel tank issue, for when I build one....
Ian
Ian,
I like to take credit for the overpainted effect, but it goes to Eduard as the decals are already printed like that. ;)
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Some pics of the new modified upper wing with the removal for the fuel tank and scratch built filler cap and flaring. I also added the Venturi tube to the header tank on the radiator. Feedback requested. :) Chuck
(https://i.imgur.com/WCkxdWm.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/Zawkj6Q.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/GgS18J5.jpg)