New 1/72 Albatros D.III coming from Eduard

[WD]

Yeah, I've still got my D.I and D.II kits in the stash along with a couple of Roden D.III's. I figure there's little chance of anyone else doing a D.I, D.II, or W.4 so I'm hanging on to those for sure.

Warren

[Brad Cancian]

Latest from facebook - Quarter 2 2024 release:








Cheers,

BC

[RAGIII]

I saw this on FB earlier today. The CAD drawings look Awesome making this even More Tempting!
RAGIII

[KiwiZac]

Thanks for sharing the CAD drawings Brad!

[WD]

I'd like a dozen, please. 

[Brad Cancian]

Hi everyone - here are some new renders from Eduard. Release date is now somewhere around the end of the year, all going well













This is not simply an up-scaling from their 1/48 release; we get correct panels, aileron arms, Albatros and OAW style rudders, and properly sized wheels, which is great. No overdone rivets or out of scale rib tapes either at this stage. We get both early and late style radiator positions as well (presumably why we get erroneous radiator pipes in the render).

Looking forward to this one!
 
Cheers,

BC

[PrzemoL]

Looks great. But one important point is that Alb and OAW versions also had different wooden panels around the engine. It seems that Ed has the fuselage for the Alb variant only.

[WD]

Good point, write them Prze!!!!\

I must practice my wood-graining skills!

Warren

[RAGIII]

Good point, write them Prze!!!!\

I must practice my wood-graining skills!

Warren

Przemo just beat Me to mentioning the panel difference. That being said this one will certainly offer the Modeler Many Possibilities for markings! I am in for at least two! 
As for wood grain, IMHO in this scale especially, Less is best 

RAGIII

[Brad Cancian]

Looks great. But one important point is that Alb and OAW versions also had different wooden panels around the engine. It seems that Ed has the fuselage for the Alb variant only.

Indeed they did, but the changes could be made quite easily on this one, I think (as opposed to the 1/48 kit where they got the nose panels completely wrong for any variant). I suspect we won't get two different fuselages, but I could be surprised.

Cheers,

BC

[WD]

Looks great. But one important point is that Alb and OAW versions also had different wooden panels around the engine. It seems that Ed has the fuselage for the Alb variant only.

Indeed they did, but the changes could be made quite easily on this one, I think (as opposed to the 1/48 kit where they got the nose panels completely wrong for any variant). I suspect we won't get two different fuselages, but I could be surprised.

Cheers,

BC

We can only hope!  They sure included a lot of parts on their Bf-109 kits, so . . . . . . 

Fingers crossed!

Warren

[RAGIII]

Looks great. But one important point is that Alb and OAW versions also had different wooden panels around the engine. It seems that Ed has the fuselage for the Alb variant only.

Indeed they did, but the changes could be made quite easily on this one, I think (as opposed to the 1/48 kit where they got the nose panels completely wrong for any variant). I suspect we won't get two different fuselages, but I could be surprised.

Cheers,

BC

We can only hope!  They sure included a lot of parts on their Bf-109 kits, so . . . . . . 

Fingers crossed!

Warren

It is possible. Roden did both fuselages in 1/32nd so why not Eduard!
RAGIII

[enathan]

So... No Oeffag variants?

[WD]

So... No Oeffag variants?

Patience young Padawan. 

[David Henyk]

Last info from Czech modeller forum. Only one fuselage (Alb) and two versions of wing radiator. Central and right wing version.