Pfalz DIII / DIIIa 1/48 Group Build After Build

[andonio64]

Thanks Terri & Rick!

[lone modeller]

Sorry to be slow finding this Andonio - it has popped up out of the blue!

Good to see that you are working on these again. The fuselages and your new struts are very impressive - the struts in particular are a huge improvement on the kit parts. I am looking forward to following these to completion - even if you have to take your time to do so.

Stephen.

[gbrivio]

Glad to see updates on this, you are doing really well on these old kits.
Ciao
Giuseppe

[andonio64]

 
Hallo friends,
here are some new tiny steps from the longest build in the world (source: Guinness World Record), I went on with preparing the tail planes of the DIIa (Blue Max):


I also filed the moving horizontal plan to make it match better the fixed plans:


Here is a group photo of all the resin pieces making up the tail of the DIIIa with control horns scratch made:





Here is the Horizontal plan of the DIII (Eduard): it's a unique piece and I decided to leave it as it is



Same story for the vertical plans, I just added more evident hinges:




Thanks for watching!

Antonio

[RAGIII]

Nice work on the control horns. You are making progress!
RAGIII

[andonio64]

Thanks Rick,
yes I am making slow progresses  and wait to have a meaningful set of photos before publishing something...

Antonio

[kensar]

Your additional details will really dress up the basic kit.

[lone modeller]

It may be taking a long time Andonio, but it is still a high quality model that you are making.

As for the record for making a model - I had two which took over 30 years to complete....!

Stephen.

[Bughunter]

here are some new tiny steps from the longest build in the world (source: Guinness World Record)

Antonio, as long there is a progress and - the most important thing - you have fun, all is okay

Cheers,
Frank

PS: Speed is measured in Angstrom per week

[andonio64]

Thanks guys for your support, I am at the workbench now, I just added to the Blue Max the Machine Guns belt feed and unload things (what's their name?) and turned the tail skid of the same kit from a lump of plastic into something more acceptable, I think this evening will go on and then share some new photos.
I moved a couple of Ångström further! 

Yes, even at this low speed I am having fun!   

[jeroen_R90S]

Enjoying yourself doing this is IMHO the most important... I've had models I stopped working on after settling some issues, that still aren't finished, but I still had fun doing that, even if there is no final end result. I suppose my mindset is a bit different in that regard

Nice progress and improvements on some tough kits!

[Alexis]

Nice wrok on the control horns 


Terri

[andonio64]

Thanks Jeroen and Terri...

I worked a bit on the kits (mainly on the BM) and here I can show the tail skid restored and detailed:

The red mark shows the point where I'll cut the white bar used at the moment to handle the piece.

And the things to drive the ammunition belt to and from the MGs


I also joined the three parts of the BM lower wing, now I am completing some detail on the Eduard's lower wing and will glue them to the fuselages.

I started caring of the BM upper wings, I scribed the ailerons to make them more visible, then the right half wing fell to the floor and the aileron broke in 2 pieces (the plastic is very brittle) detaching from the wing.
I did not want to detach the ailerons from the wings but now to repair the right one I decided to take them off:


That's all for today

Thanks for watching!

Antonio

[GazzaS]

Very nice work, Antonio!

[Alexis]

Tail skid looks good as well as the ammo feeds , well done Andonio 


Terri