Pfalz DIII / DIIIa 1/48 Group Build After Build

[RAGIII]

Tail skid and ammo chutes look great. Looking forward to more!
RAGIII

[andonio64]

Thank you Gazza, Terri and Rick, new photos are coming...



The birds have some wings now.
As soon as the putty will dry I will file it and publish some more photo.

Then I worked on the radiator shutter on both the models:

BLUE MAX




EDUARD




Here I used just the PE rectangle because the handle was horribly flat, to give it some thickness and insert a 3Dish handle, I inserted a flat piece of plasticard and made a hole.
I also had to raise the two side rails to "let the slider slide".

In both cases I made a ring where the handles slide as seen in many photos on my references.

Thanks again for your attention!

Antonio

[RAGIII]

Excellent work on the shutter handle!
RAGIII

[andonio64]

Thank you Rick

[GazzaS]

Really nice, Antonio

[andonio64]

Thank you Gaz!
I would like to purchase some propeller logo decals, which propeller brand was in use?
- DIII Hans Burckhard von Buttlar. January 1918, serial unknown
- DIIIa Hans Müller. June 1918, serial unknown

Thanks for helping

Antonio

[andonio64]

Hallo,
I went a little forward on this build thread:

I scratched  the mechanisms that control ailerons on top of the upper wing. I used a plasticard rod (side = 0,75 mm) and cut 2 circles from a plasticard tube using the razorblade saw with 3 blades and 2 x 0,75 mm spacers.



Oops, I don't see the picture and I can't see all the other pictures of my thread...

Any idea?

[RAGIII]

Hallo,
I went a little forward on this build thread:

I scratched  the mechanisms that control ailerons on top of the upper wing. I used a plasticard rod (side = 0,75 mm) and cut 2 circles from a plasticard tube using the razorblade saw with 3 blades and 2 x 0,75 mm spacers.



Oops, I don't see the picture and I can't see all the other pictures of my thread...

Any idea?

It has something to do with Google Chrome and your server. Ask Mike Norris as he had the same issue. I went to Microsoft Edge and the photos show! Nicely done!
RAGIII

[andonio64]

Thank you so much Rick, I have sent a PM to Mike to get some advice.

I also worked on the Blue Max DIIIa top wing:

I filed out the horrible "rib tapes" (here is how they were, I forced the contrast to let them show):


made pin holes and put metal pins in the 5 pieces making up the wing



Here are the pieces joined, just without glue, they will need some putty and probably some thin plasticard piece where the half round opening of the cabane joins the trailing edge



Thanks for looking!

Antonio

[andonio64]

Hi!
The most elderly among you may remember this thread starded when pandemic was not even a known term for most of us...
It was February 2019!

Last post was in the fall of 2020, since then, as I wrote preiously, a lot of bad things happened to me and my wife and we are still in troubled waters although a light shines at the horizon!

By the way I find some time to go on with the works every now and then and here is the result achieved so far which is meaningful enough to be documented:







The two friends are finally looking as planes now.





...top wings





...a few more details





Looking forward to posting something more soon I thank you for your patience and attention!

Antonio

[RAGIII]

It is Great to see progress on these two Antonio! Both are looking fantastic and I love the colorful schemes! Well done update!
RAGIII

[andonio64]

Thank you Rick, I am glad as well for having something to show!

I like the propellers, although I would have preferred to coat them with clear yellow but it was totally dry and I had no chance to get another fresh jar in short times so  coated them in orange.
I also applied some decals of the brands.
The DIII is a plastic prop, the DIIIa is a white metal, both from the box.

I made an error: I primed the DIII with white primer and the DIIIa with gray primer, I had to do the other way round, but in the end the gray primer made off white look a bit more "off" and red a bit darker and the white coat made blue and red look a bit brighter on the DIII and in th end I like the final tones I achieved.

Antonio

[phil2015]

These look great.  Thanks for sharing!

[andonio64]

These look great.  Thanks for sharing!

Thanks phil for commenting, I'm glad you liked the two !

[lone modeller]

I too am pleased to see that these are still being helped along. The paint finishes are really good, and the extra details that you are adding to the skids and undercarriage and really enhancing these models. They will be two worthy examples in your display cabinet when they are finished.

Glad to read that you can at last see a light at the end of the tunnel: life has been very difficult for very many people recently.

Stephen.