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

[Andy Bannister]

Sorry Neil - the Volvo comment was meant as a compliment! :-)
Andy

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> From: "Crawford Neil" <Neil.Crawford at volvo.com>
> Date: 2007/06/25 Mon AM 08:43:57 GMT
> To: "World War I Modeling Mailing List" <wwi at wwi-models.org>
> Subject: Re: [WWI] 1/32nd Pfalz D.III quicky review
> 
> 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. 
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> Andy 
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