[WWI] 1/32nd Pfalz D.III quicky review

[Crawford Neil]

Thanks Andy (despite that crack about Volvo),  this kind of mini-review
is really useful.
/Neil
 
 

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From: wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org [mailto:wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org] On
Behalf Of Andy Bannister
Sent: den 23 juni 2007 18:21
To: wwi at wwi-models.org
Subject: [WWI] 1/32nd Pfalz D.III quicky review


Received my Roden 1/32nd scale Pfalz D.III from Hobbyterra today (yes, I
do buy the occasional subject in "other" scales!).
First impressions are quite favourable, though there are a lot of nasty
looking moulding 'sworls' in the upper wing which may need a coat or two
of Mr. Surfacer to sort out; same as their SE5a kit. Similarly, the
structure moulded on the inside of the fuselage shows up faintly on the
outside and may be visible under a coat of paint, especially if one opts
for one of the silver schemes (which the majority of Pfalz D.IIIs would
be).
I'm not convinced by the rudder, it's oddly shaped and too small I
think, and the nose looks a bit short to me though without reference to
a reliable set of this plans in this scale I can't be certain.
With the exception of the rudder, all the control surfaces are moulded
in place but with hinge gaps big enough to slide a 32nd scale hand in!
This is an area that will need some work to look right, but I always cut
control surfaces off and re-position them anyway so I'm not too bothered
by it.
Decal sheet looks nice - the pipe smoking moon is printed in silver
which I think is incorrect, I believe it should be white. Pity, because
that's one of the more colourful options and the one I would have
picked. Roden have chosen to go with a natural wood interior and they
quote the outside colour as 'light grey' - not neccesarily incorrect
depending on your interpretation of  "silbergrau" I suppose, though
personally I would opt for a colour closer to aluminum as I did on my
manly scale D.IIIa.
I don't think it's quite on par with Roden's Albatros kit in this scale
but I'm pretty happy with it and the Pfalz is definitely in my top 5
favourite OT aircraft so it's nice to have one. Hopefully they'll do a
D.IIIa as well. The fuselage & horizontal stab are  on the same sprue so
replacing them with dedicated D.IIIa parts would be a simple matter but
both wings are on a common sprue so I don't know how they'd handle the
different lower wingtips. 
 
Andy 
 
CEO, Editor in Chief, Choreographer, Teaboy
www.warpedplastic.co.uk <http://www.warpedplastic.co.uk/>  
 
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