32006, PFALZ D.IIIA, 2010.
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SILVER BIRD!
THE original and first release of Wingnut Wing's highly Pfalz D.IIIa appeared in 2010 to great acclaim from WWI modelling enthusiasts. This superbly-detailed model kit formed a review/build article* in the Volume 26, No.6 edition of WINDSOCK International that soon sold out-as did the kit itself. Our example of the WNW Pfalz is complete and in mint condition, whilst the original factory-sealed clear poly sleeves were missing from this second-hand model so have been replaced with our own plastic bags-including the decal/manual packet. The box packs a number of extra items : an HGW full detailing set; Master brass 'Spandau' barrels and firing tubes, plus full Aviattic Pfalz D.IIIa five-colour 'lozenge decal set with wings and tail elements pre-cut and the requisite tapes in situ. Just cut out and apply-but carefully! This unique package is the first of several similar WNW Pfalz offers that will be coming to this shop in due course...
*Revised version of this build review appears in Building the Wingnut Wings DOLPHiN & PFALZ D.IIIa currently available from stock-please see the link alongside...
ONE of the most popular of WWI German fighters, the Pfalz D.III and D.IIIa have been kitted numerous times but Wingnut Wings' 1:32 scale kit, first issued in 2010, is undoubtedly the best of them all. Moulded in the usual medium grey, five densely-packed runners of exceptionally well-detailed and accurate parts present a highly-detailed cockpit unit plus a dedicated standard runner with both 160-hp and 180-hp Mercedes engine parts with some additional unused 200-hp Benz items. That a Pfalz D.III was planned for future release is confirmed by the parts layout and identification stamps, along with a D.III style lower wing-also appropriate to the D.IIIa-included as an alternative. PE sheet provides a pair of complete 'Spandau' cooling jackets, full pilot harness and radiator blind complete with handle. Five choices on the generous decal content provide a colourful bunch of 'Pfalzen' including Max Holzem's comet-marked D.IIIa of Jasta 16b; two examples from Jasta 18-Max Hitschler's blue and red bird and the highly attractive red and white raben-marked machine flown by Hans Muller. Also on the crowded main sheet,markings for 5983/17 of Jasta 30's Hans Buddecke and the blue/red striped 8143/17 of Walter Ewers in Jasta 77b. In addition are a prodigious amount of cockpit instrument faces and stencilling as well as ample supplies of printed fabric and rib tapes.
*EXTRAS! We have added some great bonus items in the box including:
*HGW 132050,a Pfalz D.III/D.IIIa detail set collating four of the company's dedicated items such as textile and PE seat belts; detail PE parts and instrument wood decals; complete set of PE accessories for Mercedes engines and a masking set for the two windscreen styles supplied and wheel discs.
* Master AM-32-023 1:32 scale rolled brass perforated LMG 08/15 'Spandau' cooling jackets with turned brass firing tubes, muzzles and flash eliminators.
*Aviattic ATT32133 Pfalz D.IIIa 'cookie cut' five-colour 'lozenge' [incorporating tapes] tailored to fit the WNW kit wings, along with a supplementary sheet covering tail-plane, elevator and ailerons. All contents are in mint condition...
