HotWaffle Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 (edited) Hey all! I recently picked up the Wingnut Wings re-release of their Pfalz D.IIIa (my favorite WW1 airplane). This is my second WNW ann 1/32 kit, the first being a Roland C.II I built some months ago. I'll be making a Pfalz D.IIIa from Jasta 46. I've yet to decide between one with black and white bands or Rudolf Matthaei's Pfalz. Here is a skin I made of the 3-band skin for IL2: Flying Circus: and Matthaei's pfalz, which had black and white chevrons as a personal marking: My plan is to do as much of the internal piping and wiring as possible. I'll be leaving off all of the covers to show off as much detail as possible. To this end I'll be adding spark plugs, rocker arms and valve spring from Taurus models, LMG08s and turnbuckles from Gaspatch and white metal undercarriage parts from Scale Aircraft conversions. I've also got the decals from WNW's previous pfalz kit so I have various balkenkreuzes and serials to choose from. I started the build a week or two ago, so here is my progress so far. I put in lots of 0.3 and 0.5mm holes to accomodate for pipes and wire I'll be adding to the engine and interior. elevator, throttle and trigger cables added to the control stick: Interior frame and floor put together with fuel lines and grease pipe installed. The oil filter I made from a spare bit of landing gear. Air pump, fuel filter and various other pipes installed Interior weathering done by oil washes and splattering. Edited February 19, 2020 by HotWaffle Landrotten Highlander, BiggTim, Gazzas and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Welcome aboard! Great work so far. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 (edited) Looking good!! I should probably finish my D.IIIA at some point, too. Or any of the 7 or 8 kits I have started..... Edited February 8, 2020 by BiggTim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Excellent start, the Mercedes is going to look fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Hi HW (... sheesh ... another brain surgeon ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotWaffle Posted February 9, 2020 Author Share Posted February 9, 2020 Thanks for the comments, guys! I finished the engine this morning. Lots of 0.2, 0.3 and 0.5mm wire was used to replace/add pipes to the engine. While it doesnt show up well on camera, I used a dark dirt acrylic wash and some black-brown oil paints to weather the top half of the engine. I didnt bother with the bottom half as it wont be visible. dodgem37, KiwiZac, Fanes and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Nicely done. '. . . and splattering . . .' Could you explain/show your technique? Thank you. Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Very nice engine! The additional piping and the Taurus AM really adds to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotWaffle Posted February 9, 2020 Author Share Posted February 9, 2020 37 minutes ago, dodgem37 said: Nicely done. '. . . and splattering . . .' Could you explain/show your technique? Thank you. Sincerely, Mark 22:56-23:17 in this video is the technique I use, although I use an exacto blade instead of a toothpick (for more precise control) and thinned down oil paints instead of pigments. Pigments work just fine, but I prefer the look of thinned oil paints. I wouldn't recommend thinned acrylics as they pool and dry is weird ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 What are you using for your 'brass' colour? Incidentally, that weird behaviour of thinned acrylics (well, diluted) is what I like about them. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotWaffle Posted February 9, 2020 Author Share Posted February 9, 2020 3 hours ago, RLWP said: What are you using for your 'brass' colour? Incidentally, that weird behaviour of thinned acrylics (well, diluted) is what I like about them. Richard Vallejo model color brass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 1 hour ago, HotWaffle said: Vallejo model color brass Thank you, it looks really good. I've ordered some Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotWaffle Posted February 10, 2020 Author Share Posted February 10, 2020 Engine installed, wiring and piping complete. Gazzas, Out2gtcha, Subodai and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 Great work! That engine looks tremendous, and very nice in situ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 That Mercedes looks the biz! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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