ROD613 - Roden 1/32 Pfalz D.III - WWHP113729

ROD613 - Roden 1/32 Pfalz D.III - WWHP113729

Preowned, Resealed, Mint inside, Box worn

Includes aftermarket x2

Pfalz Flugzeugwerke of Speyer had built Roland and Morane-Saulnier designs under licence before chief engineer Rudolph Gehringer designed its own fighter in early 1917. The Pfalz D.III had a slim, streamlined plywood monocoque fuselage and a 160 hp Mercedes D.III engine. Its twin Spandau machine guns sat buried inside the fuselage, which looked elegant but made clearing gun jams difficult. It reached the front in the summer of 1917 and flew alongside Albatros and Fokker fighters with many Jastas, often in colourful personal markings. Around 260 were built before the improved D.IIIa replaced it.

• 1/32 injection moulded kit, with parts moulded in grey on seven sprues
• Clear film for the windscreen
• Detailed Mercedes engine, cockpit and twin Spandau machine guns
• Waterslide decals for four aircraft, D.III 1395/17, 4064/17, 4056/17 and 4114/17, with snake, heart and arrow, and moon face personal markings, plus Iron Crosses and stencils
• Brass photo-etched detail fret
• Multilingual instruction booklet with aircraft history and specifications

Aftermarket:

• Tom’s Modelworks 1/32 Set #515 Pfalz D.III photo-etched detail fret
• Tom’s Modelworks 1/32 TME004 160 hp Mercedes resin and white metal engine