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| LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes DPCM 104 Pfalz DIII | Parked | 06-Jan-17 14:07 |  | | Views : 384 | | PfalzD3 - 16" - This A/C seems to be always voted in the top 10 most beautiful A/C of all time. Introduced in April 1917 (750 were built), it was named after it's Mercedes "Bathtub" engine - The Mercedes DIII, six cylinder, inline piston, radiator-cooled,180 HP, 92 MPH engine. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes DPCM 104 Pfalz DIII | Parked | 24-Dec-16 14:03 |  | | Views : 402 | | Note the happy little guy playing the violin on the lower right. To everyone at V.A., thanks for keeping all the categories of specialized, and uniquely different builds, alive, for both display and flying, and for your personal knowledge and annecdotes of A/C history - this V.A. is such an informative, interesting, and addicting website! In Engllish: MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR! Danish: Glædelig jul og godt nytår. German: Frohe Weihnachten und glückliches neues Jahr. Dutch: vrolijk kerstfeest en een gelukkig nieuwjaar. Ukrainian: З Різдвом Юла і З Новим Роком. Scottish: A Blythe Yule an a Guid Hogmanay. Finnish: hyvää joulua ja onnellista uutta vuotta. Italian: buon Natale e Felice Anno nuovo. Swedish: God Yule och Gott Nytt År. French: joyeux Noel et bonne année. Norwegian: God Yule og Godt Nyttår. Irish: Nollaig Shona agus Athbhliain Shona. Polish: Wesołych Świąt i Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku. Czech: veselé Vánoce a šťastný nový rok. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes DPCM 104 Pfalz DIII | Parked | 23-Dec-16 18:38 |  | | Views : 473 | | This was my first attempt at all-out riggning, control wires, intricate small engine detailing, doubled up ribs, radiator and fuel tank tubing, machine guns embedded into the fuselage, and a two colour painted plastic prop (I now wish I had made a laminated wood prop). I also forgot the bottom wing dihedral! (Senior's moment) |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes DPCM 104 Pfalz DIII | Parked | 23-Dec-16 18:30 |  | | Views : 647 | | Dave Cowel also has the larger AW (Aero-Werkes) kits, $30, which contain CDs, and also KS (Keith Sterner) 16" kits $15. He also has a great selection of old discontinued Comet, Guillow, and Sterling SRK models - in fact, this Pfalz D3 is a reduced, 16" version, of the old Guillow kit, with modifications. He also has all three triplanes - 16" DPCM106 Foklker Dr.1, 16" DPCM107 Sopwith Tripe, and a 21" Pfalz Dr.1 AW11607, which is in my hanger. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes DPCM 104 Pfalz DIII | Parked | 23-Dec-16 18:20 |  | | Views : 494 | | If you are a dedicated WW1 enthusiast, and with not a lot of room in a small apaartment like me, but still like to build small 16"-18" Walnut Scale WW1 laser cut kits for $16 to $20, check out the great selection of DPCM (Dave Paul Cowel Models), SRK's (short run kits), on his website http://dpcmodels.homestead.com/ . |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes DPCM 104 Pfalz DIII | Parked | 23-Dec-16 18:13 |  | | Views : 396 | | Thanks James for putting this A/C on the "Available Aircraft" list. This is the 16" DPCM104 laser cut kit Pfalz D3 $18 scale 1:23 WW1 German single seat biplane fighter, 45 grams, completed Apr 25, 2016 - the last model I finished before getting "bogged down", over my head, with a 25" scratch built Curtiss Pusher last summer. |
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