[WWI] Added:Holtzem's Pfalz DIIIa

[Hugh Beyts]

Thanks for the comments chaps. 
 
To answer Mike's query re rigging material; I used monofilament. The
fraying is actually dust fluff. Agh! Well spotted Mike. I shall have to
move up a scale again, clearly the eye sight is failing. I gave the
model a once over and took the photos and filed. Normally all my
worthwhile models are kept in a couple of glass fronted cases which
although not airtight keep most of the dust and all of the fluff off.
The Pfalz has been to a number of shows and seems to have picked up
quite a bit of detritus which my casual blow (eh?) didn't shift. On a
serious note any listees got a best method of dusting. I find that some
fibres seems to have tenacious adhesive qualities. There was an article
a few years ago in SMI about a system that used dust mites to eat the
dust but I have yet to see it in the shops. I looked at other Pfalzs in
the gallery when I had posted and was interested to see how many there
are. The permutations on Holtzem's aircraft would raise a few eyebrows
at an R/C competition, or not score many points.
 
Paul; Six months of blood sweat and tears was all it took. Actually just
6 months of modelling. I'm not fast! It was quite painless though and
very enjoyable. Now you really must detail the funfdeckers interior, how
difficult can that be in your digit-less state?
 
Andy: I went with lozenge on the lower wing as in the Datafile photo's
(of very poor quality) p11 there is a clear demarcation along the wing
and fillet divide which to my eye looked like a change from lozenge to
silbergrau. Having said that there are other pictures (of other Pfalz
DIIIs & DIIIas) which there is a shade change but appear to be all
silbergrau. Oh and dare I say it but this combination looks rather
fetching. This ambiguity is the static modellers escape clause & the R/C
modellers doom! My datafile does not contain any colour profiles of
Holtzem's aircraft. Is there another edition or did the profiles get
published in Windsock?
 
Hugh
 
 
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