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trusted Fokker Dr.1s, and the
SSW D.IIIs were ignominiously
returned to the factory from
whence they came. Despite an
improved D.III being produced,
production only ran to eighty
machines, and although some
of these reached home defence
units in Germany, it was soon
superseded on the production line
by the Siemens-Shuckert D.IV.

THE KIT

Inside the small Proipak box you

get two grey sprues containing 78

plastic parts, a small photo-etch

(PE) colour fret, a small acetate

sheet containing two windscreens,

a set of pre-cut painting masks

for the wheels, and two Eduard-

printed decal sheets, the smaller

of which features the individual

and national markings for the

ive colour scheme options, and

the larger featuring a complete

set of lozenge-pattern decals

for the upper and lower wings.

Despite the small parts count,

the nature of WWI aircraft means

that there is still a fair amount

of work to do, and many of

those parts are small and iddly,

which only adds to the workload.

Unfortunately too, the majority of

BRASSIN: 648166 SSW DIII ENGINE.

BARRACUDACAST: BR48011 ALBATROSS

SEATS WITH BELTS

AVIATIC: ATT48008 5-COLOUR LOZENGE

(FADED)

GASPATCH MODELS: 13-48015

TURNBUCKLES

ITEMS USED

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