1/32 albatros D:III roden

[IFF1418]

Great paintwork Paolo, it seems a very difficult kit to me. Very nice!

Kind regards

Patrick

[-Sören-]

I don't know if You know it. The two small plates between the lower wings on the bottom of the fuselage are wrong. Roden has molded them that they looks like small airscoops. This is wrong. There are the backplates  of the pulleys. The position differs a little bit between left and right.
The reason why the side rudder on O.A.W. built Albatros D.III and later on D.V is not to increase the rudder area but to make it much easier to bent the tubes of the rudder.

[mgunns]

Hello Paolo:

This is really coming along nicely.  Like a lot of folks, we have the Roden Kits and they do turn out pretty decent.  You are doing outstanding work and I will be referring to your build if and when I get around to doing another one of these.

Best

Mark

[ALBATROS1234]

i understand what you say about the wnw being engineered to be closer to a real ww1 aircraft then roden. i personally like the challenge of a roden kit . the wnw kit if you are a decent modeller it WILL turn out good, many guys take extra steps to push even wnw kits to new heights but in general they are much easier to assemble than a roden which takes much planning, test fits and skill to wrench out a nice one.for example a friend of mine locally who is a very talented modeller struggled with the roden albatros and got frustrated and gave up. the same guy finished the wnw lvg,junkers,and dv which all turned out really well. this isnt a guy who has been modelling for a couple years but a life long aircraft modeller who has modelled all periods in aviation history and consistantly pulls 1st and 2nd place at ipms contests.those roden kits are definately not shake and bake. the fact that your roden is turning out quite well is a testament to your skill.

[-Sören-]

Sorry, but the third rib should be tilted backwards. It´s clearly shown by the row of nails which goes from the holder of the cabane strut to the landing gear.

[Ernie]

Your model is shaping up beautifully, Paolo.
Looking forward to the next installment.

Cheers,
Ernie

[mc65]

hi all!
I'm back home, and asap I'll return to the bench, thank you all for encourage and appreciation, it's fuel, to me!

in the mail box I find some nice items from taurus, but not the book I was waiting... 

soren, have you an image of that plates?

I'll tilt that row of nails, thanks. things that happens to whom builds blindly!

see you here soon, bye, p.

[mc65]

hi,
just a soft approach to the bench, a lot of things to do, as usual!

first of all, I fixed the mistake about the spandau chutes:
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then made some plumbing,
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and started the pulleys for the controls.
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beginning also to use some taurus items...
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I love them!
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having the colors in the cup, I tried some on the muffler...
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and opened some of the boxes arrived in my absence...
mr. voss, from model cellar. really nice!
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well, that's all, at now.
happy we, p.

[uncletony]

Very nice Paolo

[lcarroll]

Very attractive Build Paolo, you are handling the Kit's "built in" challenges very well. Looking forward to following this one to completion.
Cheers,
Lance

[-Sören-]

This is a very inspiring built. I´m sure this bird will be a beauty.

Paolo, what was wrong with the ammo chutes? Please remember that Voss had in his Albatros additional cooling slots on the front of the Hood!

[Des]

Your attention to detail is exceptional, this is an excellent build reference.

Des.

[Umlaufmotor]

Paole, the Exhaust-side is the wrong side for that Taurus parts!!!!
You need flanges on the Exhaust-side...............I hope it's not to late to change.................

Servus
Bertl

[uncletony]

Oops, yes Bertl is right; the castellated nuts go on the intake manifold... I missed that. 

I have a spare Roden D.III block if you need to start over.

[mc65]

oh good lord.

Sometimes I look in amazement at my opposable thumb, and I wonder when ever fell from the tree...

thanks for reporting, bertl!

bo, thank you very much, always very kind. I'll try to save this, or otherwise I will make a copy of a resin wnw.

well, I just have to try to remedy even this ... ok, modelling is suffering, but I'm exaggerating here!

by the way, I received an answer about the reference books: we are waiting for warehouse supply .... sigh.

At this point I have a question: the inlet manifold should be made "smooth" according to the voss's plane, or can be "blindfolded"?


soren, the problem was not in the piece, but in the instructions: the only way to understand the direction of the shells container (42A, depicted by B side) it's note the tooth visible on the far right of the drawing ... thing that I have not done, obviously.
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took note of the front air intakes, I'm by experimenting to reproduce them.

Thanks to all for the help, without this model would not exist, or would be a Picasso ...