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    RE: Albatros D.III Build along - 7/14/2005 6:09:05 PM   
    Hot Rod Todd



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    Status: offline     		The kit gives you the wood, you have to provide the springs from some old ink pens. I plan on flying the plane tonight with the machine gun lights and the sound. It's a bit more weight, but it will be worth it if it sounds good. The super bright LED's are visible even in sunlight. I have a Warbird fly-in at my club this Saturday, and I want it all working.

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    RE: Albatros D.III Build along - 7/14/2005 7:28:22 PM   
    Dai Phan



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    Status: offline     		Hi Todd,

    Did you modify your tail to make it scale like sheeting the vertical and open frame on the stab? I also look at the thread starter and it looks like the plan gives you the squarish tail like the earlier DIII. And finally, where did you get your pilot from? It looks damn good!!! Dai

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    RE: Albatros D.III Build along - 7/14/2005 7:52:14 PM   
    Hot Rod Todd



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    Status: offline     		The Pilot can be purchased here:

    http://www.acesofiron.com/products/dp4.htm

    I painted the pilot myself.

    I did not modify my vertical stab other than changing the Rudder to match the German DIII. The vertical stab is covered and painted, just like the fuse. The plans show both profiles for the rudder, but the laser cut parts match up to the DV (or DIII OAW rudder). It's easy to use the plans to make the flat-backed scale rudder used on all German built DIII's. Since it's just fun scale, I didn't think it would be worth it to make other changes. Your plane will turn out much better if you have a scale Manfred to help you as seen in the photo below.

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    RE: Albatros D.III Build along - 7/14/2005 8:04:29 PM   
    Dai Phan



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    Status: offline     		Hi Todd,

    Looks like I am going to use full body pilot as opposed to bust. I have two light weight full body pilots from my 3 Sea Bees planes that I can swap. Where does Manfred come from? I just LOVE to work on scale plane since it is like reliving a history! Dai

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    RE: Albatros D.III Build along - 7/15/2005 1:54:42 PM   
    Hot Rod Todd



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    Status: offline     		Speaking of history, I got to fly my plane with my friends Sopwith Pup last night. The speaker system worked fine, and I could hear it when I hit the guns. I wouldn't say it had anyone ducking for cover though. My Magnum .91 engine got very hot. It was over 90 and humid outside. I opened up the front of the cowl more in an effort to get more air to the engine. I'll try it again tonight. We didn't get much practice for our dogfight simulation, so we'll have to do our best tomorrow at the Warbird Fly-in. We are re-enacting an actual battle from May 10th, 1917, where Lothar Richtofen shot down a young Irish pilot in a Sopwith Pup. Here are a couple photos of the planes together.

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    RE: Albatros D.III Build along - 7/15/2005 2:46:58 PM   
    Dai Phan



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    Status: offline     		Todd,

    Nice pictures. What kit is that Pup from? Dai.

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    RE: Albatros D.III Build along - 7/15/2005 3:08:00 PM   
    Hot Rod Todd



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    Status: offline     		He built that basically from scratch. Heavily modified some poor plans.

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    RE: Albatros D.III Build along - 7/15/2005 8:39:24 PM   
    Dai Phan



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    Status: offline     		Hello,

    My next scale project... FA Albatross DIII

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    RE: Albatros D.III Build along - 7/20/2005 3:42:24 PM   
    Dai Phan



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    Status: offline     		Hello all,

    I got my DIII kit yesterday and everything appears to be in order. To make things a little different, I will initiate a new thread called " Building and Detailing a Werner Voss Albatros DIII" in the Warbird section. If any of you feel that my thread should be here, let me know. I will start building this Sunday. I maybe wrong but looking at the instructions, there appears to be lots of building through... DP

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    RE: Albatros D.III Build along - 7/25/2005 4:00:23 PM   
    Dai Phan



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    Status: offline     		Hello,

    Well I finally started on my DIII yesterday afternoon and so far, I had the tail assembly done and sanded. The body is starting to take shape. After 20 years of not building a kit, I made some not so perfect "executions" of assembly but I feel that I am picking up back the skill that was given up so long ago. I built the vertical stabilizer as in the kit as I like it better than the early squarish type. The problem is Werber Voss used the earlier rudder so I may have to think of different scheme? On the trailing edge of the stabilizer, do you guys round the edges or leave them at 90 degree joints? I rounded mine a little bit but not too much since I don't want to have a big gap at the hinge line. I could not locate the actual photos of the real thing. DP

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    RE: Albatros D.III Build along - 7/25/2005 5:08:59 PM   
    Hot Rod Todd



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    Status: offline     		I could have used more rudder, so I find myself wishing I would have kept the DV type since it is a bit bigger. It is not a question of early or later for the DIII, but where the plane was were made. The OAW built DIII's had the later style DV rudder. I think it is best to sand an angle on the rudder. You can still keep a tight hinge gap, but get full deflection without binding. On the real planes, they were much thinner and most likely did not require any angle cut. Another mod I may do is to make the tail skid steerable. You will not regret it if you do. Remember to try to minimize the tail weight though, since much nose weight is required. There are some nice OAW paint schemes out there, you just have to search (I've attached a couple). You could also use a DV or DVa scheme, and nobody would notice the difference (a bit rounder fuse on the DV and DVa).

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    RE: Albatros D.III Build along - 7/25/2005 6:47:56 PM   
    Dai Phan



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    Status: offline     		Hi Todd,

    Thank you for your reply. I have done searches on the Net for various schemes but have not decide on one. I could easily do the DVa with the headrest one. I look at your bird and I noticed that you have some rivets along the cowl. Are those scale features or do they hold on something? I have not gotten to that point of the construction yet. Also what is your method of fabricating the air intake or oil hatches on the side on the front nose? I am thinking of cutting them out from thin plastic sheets. I will cover mine in Ultracote and paint the covering. I have done that on all my warbirds and they look great! I plan to have the fuselage done this week. BTW, do you think I should use 3/32 " sheets as opposed to 1/16 " as per instructions? DP

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    RE: Albatros D.III Build along - 7/25/2005 7:02:03 PM   
    Hot Rod Todd



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    Status: offline     		The rivits are cosmetic only (heads of straight pins). The cowl is aftermarket fiberglass, not wood.
    The intakes were made by cutting a small piece of plastic, shaping and gluing it on, then putting aluminum tape over top to create the right look.
    I would use Super Coverite on the wings and paint it. It looks more scale, holds paint better, and goes on easier than Ultracoat (treat the wood with BalsaRite film version first).
    I used 3/32, and it worked good. It may have made added weight to my tail though, and since I didn't have to do much sanding it may not have been necessary. If I built another one I think I would use 1/16".
    By the way, most DVa's pictured did not have the headrest, since they were removed at the field because they limited pilot visibility.

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