[WWI] Back to the models: an approach

[Diego Fernetti]

Marcio!
> I finally managed to bring my tools and a couple of models to
> Curitiba, where I live. I moved to the town in 2004 and since then
> both my finished models, stash and tools were at my parents' house.
> Now, with cheaper air fares, I left the bus era behind and it was
> easier to transport modeling stuff

So you have waited since 2004 to travel by plane, and then you brought
dangerous chemicals and razor sharp knives with you? Mordious! You're braver
than I ever imagined!

> Well, now that I can build airplanes again, considering that Curitiba
> will host a modeling exhibit in July

One month! We're doomed!

> * Eduard Dr.I non-profipack -- easy build, little rigging. I'll just
> add some interior detail and PE Spandaus. Markings chosen are LvR's.

Very nice model. Easier to build that the Roden kit. IIRC only the cowling
needs a bit of correction.

> * Revell Albatros D.III -- old kit with red plastic, I'll just add a
> resin seat and resin Spandaus to replace the kit guns. I'll build this
> one as Tutschek's all-black plane: easy to paint, no wings covered by
> lozenge.

If you want to build an accurate D.III, get the Roden kit. The Revell
moldings need a lot of modifications to make it look truly an Albatros D.III
and I guess you have limited time. But the kit is good to make the modeling
fluids circulating again!

> * Roden Pfalz D.IIIa -- a kit I already built in the past, so I know
> what to expect. I chose Berthold's blue and red plane. OOB except for
> PE Spandaus, although the Roden ones are pretty decent IMHO.

Watch out that engine deck seam! Otherwise, it's fairly easy to build, I was
told. I have the MAC and the old Pegasus.

> And I have pics of the Hans Besser's D.VII I just finished. Will send them
ASAP.

The man with the vassoura? It's finished? Hurra!
D.