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bughunter
The weather was ok today to try some outdoor pictures of the finished Pfalz D.III.
The pictures were taken 65 kilometres away from the airfield of the "Bayerische Militärfliegerschule 5" in Gersthofen - the place where the original photo was taken.

Alec K
Beautiful! And what a cool historical tie-in. 👍

Martin Oostrom
Your biplane shrinking machine is working as well as ever Bugsy. Another one to be proud of.

Dieter Bihlmaier
Wunderbar! Great build and fantastic pictures.

Doubtingmango
Another masterpiece!

Zbynek Honzik
A true masterpiece! 👏👏👏

bughunter
Thank you very much mates!
Dieter, the pictures are taken outdoor with two tripods.
I just added some pictures made in light tent.

Dieter Bihlmaier
Thank you!

Pietro De Angelis
WOW!

Kyle DeHart
This is a stunner Frank!! A gorgeous airframe and I absolutely love the paint scheme as well. Your typical eye for beautiful detail in all the right spots push this to your usual next level build. It is truly always a pleasure to watch one of your builds

gorby
I may not know much about WWI aircraft but I know a beautiful aircraft and model when I see one. Another stunner Frank.

Joerg R.
Toll geworden!
Bin auch eine am Bauen, bin aber noch nicht soweit, wie du.
Will mir noch den Motor in 3D erstellen und drucken.
Gruss

Bruce Huxtable
Soo nice - what a delight to the eye 🙂

Ludvík Kružík
Bughunter, that's another great result of your work. Perfectly built model and well presented. Congratulations! 👍👍👍

Nathan Dempsey
Beautiful work as usual!

Jakub Fiala
Beautiful !!! I was following the build with pleasure and the result is amazing 👍
Excellent pictures, as well 👍

bughunter
Hello mates!
I went on a hiking holiday straight after the release of the final album of this project. That's why I haven't replied here yet. I can make up for that now: many thanks to everyone for the kind words! ❤️️
In case you have not seen it: there is also an Work-In-Progress album attached to the project.

Kyle DeHart
I hope you enjoyed your holiday, my friend!!

Gary Victory
Stunning work and finish. Top job Sir.

Michael Kohl
I just love the Pfalz D.III. You built a very beautiful rendition of it.

Erik
Great work! 👍
The duo comes across really well.

Spanjaard
another master piece, fantastic job again!

Neuling
Top notch. Of course. And very good photography.

David Taylor
Another nice one.

bughunter
Oh, another set of comments. Thank you very much mates - highly appreciated ❤️️
Kyle, you have a mail!
Neuling, I invite you (and all others) to see this in real in Ried/Austria in October!

Neuling
It is on the to do list.

DuperScale
Fantastic, some day i will build a ww l plane. But for now i'm happy with looking at that build. 👍

bughunter
Thanks!
This model will also be on display at the exhibition in Ergolding in September.

Christoph Kunz
Sorry, I'm late 🙁
Even (what you call) oob an outstanding build, top work.
Your airscrews are always an "Augenweide", but this time I prefer a look from behind.
Pic 18: the mirror looks so shiny, as if you could shave yourself with it.

nikfrost
buckling up for this one!

yngvenett
Following this to learn. If possible, please include some pictures of how you make the rear lights and blinkers look realistic. I'm really struggling with it 🙈

CasModeler
1. Lights. You have to paint it using clear paints and rapid thinner. (dry coats high psi 20-25. )Then dip it into floor varnish. It makes clear parts more transparent. The last thing will be to glue a transparent film(foil)on the back of the lights. for example hasegawa mirror finish.

István Szücs
Great work so far! The dash is amazing, the chassis looks like the real one!

CasModeler
@Istvan
Anyway, not my best build. Paint job is not perfect because I experimented with thin coats and unfortunately metallic coat is too thin.

yngvenett
@CasModeler Thank you for your reply and good advice. It's very nice how the community of experienced builders help with knowledge. We don't have the floor varnish available here (Norway, Europe), but I will look for an alternative 👍

CasModeler
I forgot mentiom aboit the glue. Use only rubber-based clear adhesive otherwise clear part will be fogged.

CasModeler
There is a problem with floor varnish. I had to overpay and imported from USA that one.

yngvenett
@CasModeler
Thanks again and also for information about the glue. I'll make sure to get the right stuff

Christoph Kunz
Double WOW. Amazing build 👍

Ben M
I built that Pak 40 when I was a kid. It is a nice kit with figures and shell casings and stuff. It is fun to paint the uniforms on the little dudes. I left the gun itself in grey plastic and just painted the details.

gorby
Thanks for the compliment Kesa. 👍
Insulation foam board is good to use as the base for a diorama and you often see offcuts in skips. You might need to ask first as some people get arsey when you take things out their skip (why, it's bloody rubbish?). Also it is possible to use real soil as soil in a dio, although you would need to cook it in a microwave or cooker and whoever is responsible for those items may not be too happy about it. Probably best to ask first with that as well.
You need to sieve the soil. This step can be messy.
Cook it in briefly to dry it and kill the microbes (to stop it smelling). Best to use cleaned takeaway metal foil containers.
Mix it with PVA glue and spread it on your dio. This step can be very, very messy.
I've used it a few times in various dioramas and it works well. Best of all, it comes soil coloured. 🙂

Kesa Tiho
Wow, thanks thats helpful