Great Air War

[ZeroTwentythree]

Finally finished assembling the Roden Pfalz D.III. This is easily the worst/ugliest assembly job I've done. I'm really not fond of the kit. Don't like the way it assembled, the flash, the lack of a pilot, and the flimsy landing struts. Although there is nice surface detail, I prefer sacrificing for softer details on the (mostly) easier to assemble Airfix kits -- especially considering they're 1/72 scale.



Still need to do the rigging. I bought some more wire, so I'm thinking about rigging the last few planes I've assembled (Pfalz, Albatross, SPAD & SE5a) and maybe even starting to actually get some more painted (gasp!)

[carlos marighela]

The Roden 1/72 scale aircraft kits are ex Toko moulds. I'd guess they are 20-25 years old.

The Roden 1/48 scale kits are new moulds and there are no problems with flash, at least not on the ones I have.

Nice project, looking good.

[Aaron]

My book (per Captain Brown's recommendation on Warseer) arrived today. Condition on Amazon was advertised as "Very Good" but the book that arrived was in virtually new condition. The spine hasn't even been bent. Bonus!



http://www.cbrnp.com/RNP/CDv2/index.htm
http://www.wwiaviation.com/

Just a heads up to US LAF'ers. I was in the local Half Price Books this weekend and they are offering thios for $7.99. It looked like a good deal.

[Paul]

I've already run into that, as the Pfalz doesn't have a pilot. I'm thinking about tracking down this kit: http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=539 to solve the pilot issue.

I don´t use the pilots in my builds so if your looking for some 
The dark dream figs are a wee bit thick around the waist..you´ll need to trim them to get them into the cockpits.
Nice collection you´ve started. 

[ZeroTwentythree]

ARISE OLD FRIEND, AND WALK AMONG THE LIVING ONCE MORE...


After a long break from painting/gaming, and this project in particular....



A loooong time (several years) overdue 1/72 plane for a friend. Lothar von Richthofen's DR1. The model is from Eduard and probably the best 1/72 plane kit I've put together.

I really like Lothar's plane, its colors are even more striking than his more famous brother's. I'm thinking I'd like to do a second one for myself.


Speaking of WWI... I played Wings of Glory for the first time earlier this week. One of my co-workers picked up one of the paired plane sets, along with a couple of single planes, and a game mat. Pretty easy to learn, and along the lines of Blue Max/Canvas Eagles, it's a pre-planning game of trying to predict your opponents actions and plan accordingly. I think I actually like the three move planning better, and the cards really help keep the game moving fast (once we figured everything out.) The planes are very nice.



Sooooo.... I've been digging through my box of unfinished planes this evening....

[von Lucky]

Stunning.

I repainted a DVII as Lothar's (the short time he was in one) to use in Wings of War/Wings of Glory.

[Slayer]

oh that's very very nice

[Etranger]

Nice dreidekker!

[Andym]

Ohhh, that's nice!

You could build up some cotton wool to give you some clouds to fight round for cover.