Pfalz D.VIII, Harold Auffarth, Jasta 29 (1/32, Aviattic) - completed

[FokkerFodder]

I love the colours on this and it’s looking great… a real brute of a plane!
Cheers
Matt

[FAf]

Stunning build!
/Fredrik

[DaddyO]

Really enjoying this build Prze and love the detail you're adding along the way 

Paul

[RAGIII]

Beautiful paintwork and tastefully weathered! I Love this one.
RAGIII

[Umlaufmotor]

Propulsion unit mounted!
Funny enough, I have not glued the engine, only the prop is attached to it and the whole set can rotate, as if it was ordinary rotary. I know it is not correct for the bi-rotary SSh engine. But it will allow me to present the model with various prop orientations. And I can still pour CA glue to make it fixed, if I am bored with it

@Przemol
@Davos522

Hello PrzemoL, Hello Dutch,

don't let your thoughts lead you astray!
Seen from the outside, the Siemens Halske ShIII is exactly the same as a normal rotary engine.
The propeller is bolted to the engine housing and therefore - logically - rotates at the same speed and in the same direction as the cylinders rotate.
The special feature of this engine compared to a normal rotary engine is that the crankshaft INSIDE the engine rotates at the same speed against the direction of rotation of the cylinders.
The SHIII rotates at a maximum of 900 rpm in one direction and the crankshaft at 900 rpm in the other direction - this results in an effective speed of 1800 rpm.

If the propeller on the model rotates in the same direction and at the same speed as the engine, this is absolutely correct!

And by the way PrzemoL - an excellently built model is currently being built on your workbench 

https://www.enginehistory.org/Piston/Before1925/SiemensHalskeSh3/01Sh3.gif

https://www.enginehistory.org/Piston/Before1925/SiemensHalskeSh3/03Sh3.gif

https://www.enginehistory.org/Piston/Before1925/SiemensHalskeSh3/05Sh3.gif


Servus
Bertl

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[PrzemoL]

It is hard to digest that I lived so long with the wrong idea of birotary engine principle...  But then, thank you Bertl for straightening it out! And my pleasure is now doubled as it turned out that my ad hoc mod of the engine assembly is correct 

[NigelR]

This is looking beautiful Przem, you are really doing this kit justice. Is the prop painted or carved? If painted, how the heck did you manage it?

[PrzemoL]

Thank you, Nigel!

But...

This is looking beautiful Przem, you are really doing this kit justice. Is the prop painted or carved? If painted, how the heck did you manage it?

we have had the discussion about cheating with the propeller

https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=14419.msg264965#msg264965

Mine is carved from pre-cut veneers - which you considered as cheating, indeed ;-)

https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=14419.msg266501#msg266501

[AngryJazz]

Stunning, just stunning! The color, the prop just amazing! 

[NigelR]

Mine is carved from pre-cut veneers - which you considered as cheating, indeed ;-)

Ah, I'd forgotten that. You did indeed cheat but you made a fantastic job of the propellor, it does look really good. And the four-bladed Wotan is virtually impossible to paint anyway.

[PrzemoL]

The rigging stations in, some did not stand the pull off test - reinserted and awaiting the second test.

[PrzemoL]

And now the assembly is started. Cabane struts on place, with the use of a cardboard jig. And the test of dryfit of the upper wing. BTW, the wings are so thin in profile and made from a soft resin that they hog down under self weight. I wonder if the addition of struts will be enough to help or will the rigging need to be really working as in the real thing 

[PrzemoL]

And out of the sudden... it is a biplane 

[RAGIII]

Simply Gorgeous!!!! You make Me wish this one was in My poor Mans price range  Probably best as it would be Impossible to build as fine a Model as you are presenting!
RAGIII

[FAf]

Very satisfying updates! And what a pretty plane it's turning out to be!
/Fredrik