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Encore Blue Max Pfalz


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Checked it out and there it is... the lozenge covered Pfalz, along with the Bond Girl herself. Pity she isn't included, nor George Peppard either, but Model Cellar (aka Mike Good) would have done a great job on some figures for that kit.

 

Maybe they will do the Triplane in Movie colors too? (posing it flying under the bridge?)

 

Probably not a good idea to do the Fokker E.V/DVIII.

 

Tnarg

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Why not just modify a Matchbox/Revell 1/32 Tiger Moth since the movie version was done that way? In fact, what a good idea. Group build anyone. Modified Tigers?

 

Steve

 

That would be a most excellent idea, I've often thought about converting Moths and Travelairs into movie 'planes. I've also toyed with the idea of modelling the aeroplanes Dick Grace smashed up in his movie career

 

I'm only after the resin engine top from this kit to use on a Cirrus Moth: http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=72068

 

Even then, the rocker covers have to go and the inlet manifold is on the wrong side, so I don't want to spend a lot on it. I'm looking for a way to avoid a bit of scratchbuilding if possible, so buying the whole kit or the Revell Moth isn't feasible

 

On the other hand, I would get a Pfalz with a Roden engine, a set of resin Mercedes cylinders and the Gipsy engine top for not much more than the price of the Roden kit

 

Richard

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I suspect it's more than likely a re-box of the Roden kit...

It is, with different decals - including all of the lozenge decals.

 

Pity she isn't included, nor George Peppard either...

Both are included as multi-part resin figures. I don't do figures, so I can't comment on the quality of them.

 

 

HTH,

D

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Why not just modify a Matchbox/Revell 1/32 Tiger Moth since the movie version was done that way? 

According to the Internet Movie Plane Database, the D.III aircraft in the film were "Authentic aircraft still flying 49 years later its production.

 

The Tiger Moths used in the film were largely unmodified beyond the paint. 

 

HTH,

D

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Probably heresy...  But I have considered buying the WnW Pfalz and doing it "blue max".

 

Why when you can buy the re-boxed Roden kit, complete with alternate markings, figures, etc., under Squadron.com's "Encore" label?

 

Here is a review:

 

http://www.hyperscale.com/2014/reviews/kits/encoreec32004reviewmd_1.htm

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According to the Internet Movie Plane Database, the D.III aircraft in the film were "Authentic aircraft still flying 49 years later its production.

 

The Tiger Moths used in the film were largely unmodified beyond the paint. 

 

HTH,

D

Hi D Bellis,

 

The Bianchi built Pfalz was based on a Tiger with modified Tiger wings and inverted engine. The straight Tigers used also had fake MGs on them. Plenty of other films to choose from with modified Tigers.

 

Steve

 

PS. The D.VIIs were made in Germany in the early 1960s, as were the Dr1s. the Original Pfalz was made by Viv Bellamy at Lands End, but although used was replaced by the Bianchi one.

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Richard;

 

I have several of this kit on hand (Encore Blue Max Pfalz) and you can have the resin engine from one for the cost of the postage. PM sent to you separately.  And yes, as D mentioned, it has both figures in resin as well.

 

Jimbo

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The Bianchi built Pfalz was based on a Tiger with modified Tiger wings and inverted engine. 

One of the two featured Pfaltz aircraft was as you describe, one wasn't. Sources differ about whether the second was an original or a ground-up replica. Either way, it was definitely not based on a Tiger Moth. 

 

Cheers,

D

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http://www.historynet.com/making-the-blue-max.htm

 

"Given time and material constraints, some sacrifices to authenticity had to be made. The PPS Pfalz was a rebuilt de Havilland Gipsy Moth with a 4-cylinder 140-hp Gipsy Major engine, including a pair of fake cylinders and exhausts to enable it to pass for the original Pfalz's 160-hp Mercedes inline-6. Similarly, the Bitz triplanes used Siemens-Halske SH-14 radials instead of Oberursel rotaries. Gipsy Queen 3 200-hp 6-cylinder inlines powered both the S.E.5as and D.VIIs; since the Fokkers' original Mercedes weighed almost twice as much, they required some 200 pounds of nose-ballast for balance. Rousseau named its models the D.VII-65."

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