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Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat!

bughunter
Wow Robert, you were very fast while I'm uploading and adding a description to the pics! Welcome!

That is not really a WIP album yet, but I made an experiment on a left over Pfalz wing to reach to look of the colored profile painted again by Ronny Bar:
Primed gray, added Semi Matt Aluminium, masked and painted two crosses.
The dark red at the front will be a different story ...
Then I tried different highly thinned blue paints. H322 was not bad, but do not cover the black cross, or only with very much paint. But I'm happy after adding a drop of light gray to the paint mix.

Ricardo Reis
Another beauty, @bughunter? Following! 🙂

bughunter
Welcome Ricardo!
In principle, this will be a replica of my last project, as it is the same kit, with some slight differences. And a different painting 🙂

Kesa Tiho
Silly looking truck 👍

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat, of course!

Spanjaard
first row available? great, ready for the scratch master class 🙂
and a bit of fun too, of course 😉

gorby
Welcome to the build mates.
Kesa: Sillier the better for me. I go out of my way to find odd things to build. 🙂

David Taylor
Back in.

gorby
👍 🙂

Łukasz Gliński
I love the armoured cars and Gorbs' projects - I have to watch this too 👍

gorby
Welcome Lukasz. I hope the end result won't disappoint. 🙂

CaptGPF
I often winder how you choose your next topic for scratch builds! The subject matter is always something different or interesting - and the builds just phenomenal! Taking a seat to see the next creation!

Greg Baker
Oh, this is cool. I scratch-built an armoured car too - nothing this intense though - so I'm super-keen to see this one shape up.

gorby
Thanks both. 👍
Capt: for this one I went looking for something Norwegian, because that was the subject of the GB for Jens. It had to be something I'd be able to scratch build (as I was too tight to open my wallet to buy something. 😄 ). Normally it's because I just stumble on an interesting picture. 🙂

John Hughes
Another case of Norway nul points?

Alec K
Splendid, I am in 👍

gorby
😄 😄
Glad you could both join in. 🙂

gorby
New photos start from number 13
Build stage is now complete, just need to get the crayons out to colour it in. 😉

Łukasz Gliński
Those rivets look good 👍

Kesa Tiho
Silly angry black truck 👍

gorby
😄 😄 😄
Soon it'll be a silly, moderately angry grey truck. 🙂
Thanks for your comments mates. 👍

Alec K
Nice progress on this dry teabag-proof vehicle 👍😂

gorby
Teabag-proof is a bit of a stretch. I suspect the insurance would have been void if they drove past Tetley's.
I'm currently making a pigs-ear of the weathering. No change there then. 😄
Thanks Alec. 👍

gorby
I'm not one of those people who claim to have a remarkable super-power...the ability to know what colour something is in a black and white photo. I haven't found anywhere which mentions what colour it was, so I'm going grey. Actually most of my hair fell out before I went grey but that's probably down to living with a daughter all those years ago. 😄
Oh yes, grey. I used Tamiya XF-87 as I thought that would be the most actuate shade of grey for something I know nothing about. Or it could equally be that I've got a lot of XF-87. Seems like a good enough reason to me.
I hope to get the completed pics posted at the weekend.

Robert Podkoński
Good job so far, Marcin. Keep it up!

Marcin Dudek
Thankss Robert! This model occured to be quite problematic. Especially the tracka - they do not fit the front wheels and need adjustement (it will be visible on one of the photos).

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Marcin Dudek
Thanks You Guy 🙂

Marcin Dudek
I call it done. It wasn't the fastest build on Earth 😑

Alec K
A biplane?!? Taking a seat for sure. Your engine looks nice and greasy 🙂 👍

Jakub Fiala
Thank you, Alec! Yes, this is my very first project of WWI plane 🙂

Mark Sherwood
Good luck. 🥸👍

Simon O'Gorman
Really impressive.

Jakub Fiala
Thank you, Mark and Simon!

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Alec K
Cockpit looks excellent Jakube 👍

Ludvík Kružík
Jakub, the construction progress so far looks very good.
Maybe you'll find a liking in WWI models. 😉

Jakub Fiala
Thank you, mates!
Ludvíku, i must say, that i am enjoing it so far. But there will be more challenges later( riggings, lozenge....) So, i will see. But i believe, that WWII will remains my priority 🙂

bughunter
I'm a bit late in commenting do to my holiday - nice work so far!
Since there are some pitfalls: do you want a fun build or should it be correct?
Which specific serial do you plan to build?

Jakub Fiala
Thank you, Frank!
I want to build 8244/17 of Jasta 54. This marking is, according Eduard instructions, just a reconstruction based on the description in the flight log, revealed in the Jasta Color book. So, in my opinion it will be difficult to buid it 100% correct 🙂 However, I will of course be grateful for any advice and recommendations

bughunter
Ok, on a Pfalz D.IIIa the engine is different. The very simplified Eduard (the pipe work on the lower end of the cylinders is the water, what you have painted dark red - but this is not much visible later) engine shows a older 160hp Mercedes D.III. This is especially shown by the valve train, which can be seen on top of the engine.
Two bolts on top, and the valve in the middle: [img1]

The later 185hp Mercedes D.IIIa was also available for some Pfalz D.III, and nearly all of Pfalz D.IIIa pictures shows this stronger version. The drawings I know too. The engine is a little bit bigger, but the valve train looks very different - four bolts and the valves rockers comes out of the side:
[img1]

Roden has a better representation of this engine (same sprue on all kits), and it is also more correct in size. That means I cannot get it into this model. I will use a Eduard engine from a Fokker for my second Pfalz D.III (which needs the 185hp), as it is the same size, but more correct regarding details.

No worries mate, only an expert will notice on the finished model 🙂

And regarding the wings: I strongly recommend Aviattic decals. The ones printed on clear paper (normal) and the ones printed on white for rib tapes. Or you use the Eduard rib tapes. I have some build logs explaining the usage.

Villiers de Vos
Very nice.

Andrew Horton
Nice. How did you add the astro dome? That doesn't come with the kit from what I can tell, which is too bad.

Steve Brun
It was in my kit but wasn't listed on the instructions. My guess is for a later release of additin variants. Glad it was there because, like you, I didn't know how I was going to pull that one off😉

Paul Moore
Very nice presentation. Congratulations on a great build.

Steve Brun
Thanks Paul, One of my favorite books and what a great story that I can pass on when anyone looks at my shelf.

C.R. Boss 429
Well, that's a like and a follow from me. This is actually one of my favorite stories from the war.

Steve Brun
Thanks CR. I really enjoy building subjects for a reason with a story not just because it "looks cool" although there is some of that. Look forward to seeing some of your work when you post it. Welcome to the site!