Hi all
as you know I built this kit over the past weeks. It was really fun and everything worked well. Fit is very good and I had only one slight problem. Nontheless I testfit very often and clamped the fuselage halfs together when I glued the interior stuff to the right fuselage.
One thing is wrong in the instructons. Do not glue part A10 to the left fuselage half as it interferes with a knob on the firewall that it should be glued to ...
Here are my pix from the construction process:
weather is bad so I will take some better pix of the finished model when it clears up. I will publish a build article to my site soon.
all the best
Steffen
Early Aviation
Discuss World War I and the early years of aviation thru 1934.
Discuss World War I and the early years of aviation thru 1934.
Hosted by Jim Starkweather
Eduard 1:48 Oeffag D.III Serie 253
Posted: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 03:48 AM UTC
JackFlash
Colorado, United States
Joined: January 25, 2004
KitMaker: 11,669 posts
AeroScale: 11,011 posts
Joined: January 25, 2004
KitMaker: 11,669 posts
AeroScale: 11,011 posts
Posted: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 10:55 AM UTC
Thank you Steffen for the build log.
Posted: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 05:53 PM UTC
Hi Steffen,
Very nice... I hope to see it in flesh (Plastic) soon...
Jean-Luc
Very nice... I hope to see it in flesh (Plastic) soon...
Jean-Luc
Posted: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 08:02 PM UTC
Thank you!
Stephen: Well I did not want to do a real build log, as I was not sure I would finish it and I do not need another "dead" build log. Luckily it is finished now
Jean-Luc: Yes I will bring it and the Albatros D.V to Thionville. I will meet Marc and Geoffroy on Saturday and we will drive with just one car to you ... guess Marc has already informed you
all the best
Steffen
Stephen: Well I did not want to do a real build log, as I was not sure I would finish it and I do not need another "dead" build log. Luckily it is finished now
Jean-Luc: Yes I will bring it and the Albatros D.V to Thionville. I will meet Marc and Geoffroy on Saturday and we will drive with just one car to you ... guess Marc has already informed you
all the best
Steffen
Posted: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 12:05 AM UTC
O.k. Aeroscalers
Weather improved only slightly and i might have found an omission (or two) that need to be added, but here is the finished pix:
all the best
Steffen
Weather improved only slightly and i might have found an omission (or two) that need to be added, but here is the finished pix:
all the best
Steffen
Mgunns
Arizona, United States
Joined: December 12, 2008
KitMaker: 1,423 posts
AeroScale: 1,319 posts
Joined: December 12, 2008
KitMaker: 1,423 posts
AeroScale: 1,319 posts
Posted: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 02:16 AM UTC
Guten Tag Steffan:
I really like how your airplane turned out. I have the Glencoe release, but why go through the torture of building that. This looks really good and I will probably pop for one. Thanks for taking the time to share your work and your pictures.
Best
Mark
I really like how your airplane turned out. I have the Glencoe release, but why go through the torture of building that. This looks really good and I will probably pop for one. Thanks for taking the time to share your work and your pictures.
Best
Mark
Posted: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 06:23 AM UTC
Thanks Mate!!
Don't bother with the Glencoe. The Eduard kit is their best WW1 model to date and really a joy to build (despite the slip in the instructions) ! And you get a box with all you need for a reasonable price.
all the best
Steffen
Don't bother with the Glencoe. The Eduard kit is their best WW1 model to date and really a joy to build (despite the slip in the instructions) ! And you get a box with all you need for a reasonable price.
all the best
Steffen
JackFlash
Colorado, United States
Joined: January 25, 2004
KitMaker: 11,669 posts
AeroScale: 11,011 posts
Joined: January 25, 2004
KitMaker: 11,669 posts
AeroScale: 11,011 posts
Posted: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 09:50 AM UTC
There is also the Blue Max / Freightdog 1:48 kit a decent kit by most accounts.