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Guy Rump
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bughunter
After a health problem, I stopped modelling for a short time. I didn't want to continue the projects I had started because I wasn't in the mood for scratch modelling. I wanted to make a quick project - almost oob. Of course with a wooden propeller, because building one is just fun.
Working on two Pfalz D.IIIa (one as a triplane conversion) a long time ago was great fun and there was still a special kit waiting in my stash: a Limited Edition Dual Combo Pfalz D.III. No, I haven't forgotten the "a", this really is the forerunner of the D.IIIa. Eduard has re-released the D.IIIa kit often, but this Edition is from 2005 and was never released again. I hear some voices: Limited Editions are for collecting, not building. Never mind, I'm building the kit now!

I'm building the machine from the cover picture - and because there's a heart on it, I'm dedicating the build to my wife, who always supports me!

John
Looks great!

Nathan Dempsey
Following. Welcome back!

Kyle DeHart
Excellent to see you Frank!! I can't wait to follow along with this. Which is sure to be another beautiful build. Any edition…Limited, or otherwise sounds like something to build to me!! But maybe I'm doing things wrong. Ha!!

Erik
Zum Glück bist Du wieder fit! 👍
Sieht mal wieder klasse aus, die kleinen Steuerseile sind geil. 🙂

gorby
Looks like an interesting project Frank. I must admit that I don't know much about WWI aircraft and your builds are often a lesson about the real machines as well as a lesson in modelling.

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat, of course!

bughunter
Thank you very much mates! Great to know that you are following 👍
Yeah Kyle, all kits can be build. But some collects rare kits as investment and hope to sell it later for higher prices. Once started the value goes near zero. But we have fun building them and that is invaluable!
@gorby You will see later that the Pfalz fighters are elegant planes!

Kyle DeHart
Indeed. I take a great pleasure in opening up and building valuable kits. I would be a really horrible collector. Lol.

gorby
Nice work.

Jean-Christophe Zeus
Nice! Watch out for the orientation of the steerable (front-most) road wheels. The hubs didn't rotate with the wheels - the flat bit should be horizontal.

Lenny V
Thank you Jean-Christophe! You saved me just in time, I had already glued the wheels together but with a bit of force could tear them apart again. Luckily they weren't glued to the model yet.

As you suggested the two bolt on the central hub should be pointed upwards!

Its a fun to build model, not to big, not to small. Overall fit and detail is good. There is room for some tweaking of details, but it's not mandatory

Jean-Christophe Zeus
Glad to help! What you wrote is a better way of saying it.

I just noticed the box art is wrong in this respect.

Thanks for the tip, I think I'll build one too someday. One of my planned projects is a BT-7 from Tamiya, converted to the BT-7M (the Diesel variant) with the conversion kit from MR Modellbau.

Lenny V
Haha the boxart was the first thing I too checked, after reading your comment. Luckily the internet had the answers.

I can recommend to build the hobby Boss kit, it's fun. I'm now working on the tracks, less fun more repetition. But I'll get there, one link at the time.

I have the Tamiya BT too, but haven't build or compared it to this one. My plan was to convert it to a BT-7a with the help of a russian aftermarket kit. Mr. Modellbau has some great aftermarket sets, always tempting when I see them on a fair. Looking forward to see your take on the BT tank Jean!

Ben M
How did you glue the links together?

Lenny V
I used Tamiya extra thin, just lined them up against a metal ruler in pairs of three. Till I had about twelve together, then fixed the pairs together and plied them over the wheels. Glue stuck perfectly and I had enough time to fold them with some sag.

They aren't glued to the wheels yet, for painting purposes.