Steve's Models

Sailor Steve · 05-09-14, 09:13 AM

Jumping right into a second Pfalz - the E.III. An improved E.II was in the works, but there were also about sixty A.I and A.IIs in use, 'A' being the code for an unarmed monoplane. Just as the E.I was a license-built copy of the Morane 'H' these parasols were copies of the Morane 'L', the same one I built awhile ago. The A.I was the 80-horsepower version and the A.II had 100 hp. They began to arm some of these 'A' types, redesignating them E.III.

The kit is also identical to the one I built earlier, the only difference being in box art, instructions and decals.

Sailor Steve · 05-10-14, 08:14 PM

Paint & Frustration: I got this one mostly assembled yesterday. Today I painted the basic color, then added the black. Pfalz used cane strips to seal the fabric to the ribs, and painted them black. Though the E.I turned out okay, this one I just couldn't get right. Some stripes were too thin, some were too wide and some smeared. I finally took off all the ink (and some of the paint) with thinner, and went online and ordered some black striping decals. I thought of using decal stripes to represent the unpainted ribs that show through the fabric ages ago, but they don't make them in brown. I forgot all about it, and now I'm wishing I had got some black stripes for the E.I. At least this one and the E.III will have them.

Meanwhile I'm on hold until they come. I'm torn between starting another project or just working on rules for a few days.

Sailor Steve · 05-14-14, 08:10 PM

Four days later the decal stripes came, several widths from very narrow to vary wide. New problem - the very narrow ones are still too wide. Solution - the one I should have come up with long ago: Make my own! I used my publishing program to make stripes in both black and brown, and printed them onto one of the blank decal sheets I bought. The top of the wing is finished, less a little trimming and cleaning up the black paint I somehow managed to smear. The fuselage markings are some of the wider strips from the sheet I bought.

Sailor Steve · 05-15-14, 10:37 PM

Markings applied and smears cleaned up. I also spent a lot of time putting the stripes on the underside of the wing, something I didn't get done yesterday.

Jimbuna · 05-16-14, 04:49 AM

I've a strong feeling this model will be well worth the effort when it is completed

Sailor Steve · 05-16-14, 06:52 PM

Pfalz E.III.

Identical to the Morane 'L' except for the markings.

While there were a handful that came from the factory armed, most of them were converted from existing A.IIs. No personal markings, no serial numbers.

I couldn't get the decals to work for the edging, so I had to resort to pens. Still a little rough in extreme closeup, holding it your hand you can't tell.

Better than the French original for having a synchronized belt-fed gun.

Propeller by Garuda.

Buddahaid · 05-16-14, 09:14 PM

Now that looks scary.

05-09-14, 09:13 AM	#1
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Jumping right into a second Pfalz - the E.III. An improved E.II was in the works, but there were also about sixty A.I and A.IIs in use, 'A' being the code for an unarmed monoplane. Just as the E.I was a license-built copy of the Morane 'H' these parasols were copies of the Morane 'L', the same one I built awhile ago. The A.I was the 80-horsepower version and the A.II had 100 hp. They began to arm some of these 'A' types, redesignating them E.III. The kit is also identical to the one I built earlier, the only difference being in box art, instructions and decals. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-10-14, 08:14 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Paint & Frustration: I got this one mostly assembled yesterday. Today I painted the basic color, then added the black. Pfalz used cane strips to seal the fabric to the ribs, and painted them black. Though the E.I turned out okay, this one I just couldn't get right. Some stripes were too thin, some were too wide and some smeared. I finally took off all the ink (and some of the paint) with thinner, and went online and ordered some black striping decals. I thought of using decal stripes to represent the unpainted ribs that show through the fabric ages ago, but they don't make them in brown. I forgot all about it, and now I'm wishing I had got some black stripes for the E.I. At least this one and the E.III will have them. Meanwhile I'm on hold until they come. I'm torn between starting another project or just working on rules for a few days. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-14-14, 08:10 PM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Four days later the decal stripes came, several widths from very narrow to vary wide. New problem - the very narrow ones are still too wide. Solution - the one I should have come up with long ago: Make my own! I used my publishing program to make stripes in both black and brown, and printed them onto one of the blank decal sheets I bought. The top of the wing is finished, less a little trimming and cleaning up the black paint I somehow managed to smear. The fuselage markings are some of the wider strips from the sheet I bought. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-15-14, 10:37 PM	#4
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Markings applied and smears cleaned up. I also spent a lot of time putting the stripes on the underside of the wing, something I didn't get done yesterday. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-16-14, 04:49 AM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,168 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I've a strong feeling this model will be well worth the effort when it is completed __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-16-14, 06:52 PM	#6
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Pfalz E.III. Identical to the Morane 'L' except for the markings. While there were a handful that came from the factory armed, most of them were converted from existing A.IIs. No personal markings, no serial numbers. I couldn't get the decals to work for the edging, so I had to resort to pens. Still a little rough in extreme closeup, holding it your hand you can't tell. Better than the French original for having a synchronized belt-fed gun. Propeller by Garuda. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-16-14, 09:14 PM	#7
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,333 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	Now that looks scary. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie