Lovely - can't have too many Pfalz's 
Paul
Lovely start. I agree, you can't have too many Pfalzes!
Lovely - can't have too many Pfalz's
Paul
Lovely start. I agree, you can't have too many Pfalzes!
Who am I to argue with these two So I will just agree!
RAGIII
Great start Vickers
Thanks for the comments and feedback, gentlemen. I've run into a few dicey spots since my last update, some of which I created myself. The biggest issue that I encountered was that Muller's J18 Pfalz D.IIIa had the rounded version of the lower wingtips, which I had overlooked when I decided to switch from Deglow's black stag over to Muller's raven. So, I made the risky decision to revise the lower wings after I'd already attached them to the fuselage, applied the lozenge decals and exterior paint, and mounted the spandaus and windshield. I stopped a bit short of a 100% reshaping because I feared that I might remove too much. I don't mind revising shapes and stuff as long as I can get it done at the beginning and I hope I never have to do something like this in mid-build again! So, here's some images of where the project sits at the moment. I'm contemplating order of assembly for radiator piping, turnbuckles, initial rigging preparation at the moment in light of the temptation to get the upper wings fitted. Exterior colors are Floquil Red mixed about 7:1 with their Tuscan Red and Insignia White. The cockpit coamings were painted in straight Tuscan Red since I thought that a more reddish brown leather would look more striking and unusual given my usual habit of using tans, browns, and black.
Regarding von Boenigk's Jasta 4 machine, authorities differ on tail color among other things. I already have the yellow-tailed, green nosed Jasta 10 example in 1/48th on display, so I went with ol' friend and WW1 afficianado Dan-San Abbott's opinion with the lovely light blue. I used Floquil's "GN Big Sky Blue" from their RR colors line straight from the bottle. As for the extremely dark appearance of the lower wing in the Windsock photo, Dan-San believed that this was also blue, but I just couldn't my head around it, so I left that area in silbergrau. Then, since I was taking liberties I also decided to paint the spinner the same blue as the tail. It does appear to have been left natural metal from what little can be seen in the image, but many of its Jasta 4 contemporaries sported painted spinners, so I couldn't resist.
All of the decals used, from the kits and Aeromaster's 1st Ed. Pfalz collection and the lower lozenge from my Copper State stash are ancient so many were a bit stiff and brittle. With care and a lot of softener and setting solution I was just able to manage it with a few repairs.
