Yes, the review is underway and I'll have some shots soon. I will give Roden this, they have simplified the build process down to 16 steps from Eduard's 26 and a rigging diagram is provided. The obvious method for Roden to simplify was the lack of brass PE. The 5 colour lozenge in the kit hail back to the colours they used in their early 1:48 Fokker D.VII. But Roden improved their decal applications about the time they issued the 1:32 Fok. D.VI kit. I'll see if Roden has followed through with the SSW D.III kit. I hope someone does the aftermarket brass if not there are pieces I would scratchbuild to further detail. An early SSW D.III or late model D.IV parts trees would be very easy to add to the basic kit. The engine will need careful attention to trick it out. But I am making a judgement call on parts still attached to the tree so this will be the first area of the build.

I have been waiting a long time for this kit to come out ever since it was mentioned in the beginning of the year . So I'm looking forward to the comments you have on the kit .

Here is what you get. I'll start a build thread when the review is completed.

Images from the Roden website.

Stephen, I have very limited reference on this kit so bare with me please. The Koster vacuforms have 4 color lozenge included with both the D III and D IV, the Roden kit has 5 color lozenge. Were both patterns found on these machines? If not, which is accurate? Looking forward to your review and build. Dwayne

Any chance Roden will do the Siemens-Schuckert D.IV as well? The Germans actually built more than twice as many D.IV types as D.III types, and it was a far better airplane. The Idflieg considered the SSW D.IV to be superior to the Fokker D.VII, though only about 60 of the SSW D.IV types made it into the Jastas before the end of the war. I'd really like to do both.

Hi there And any chance that they'll scale it (and a D.IV) down to 1:48? That would be very neat indeed... All the best Rowan

I'm with you on that one Merlin! New 1/48 Siemens would be fine indeed! Dwayne