Pfalz E.III

A small number of Morane-Saulnier Type L Parasols were license-built in Bavaria as the Pfalz A.I (with 80hp Oberusel U.0) and A.II (with 100hp Oberusel U.I).   When synchronizers became available, a handful of these were converted to be armed with synchronized IMG08 machine gun and they were redesignated the Pfalz E.III.  Front line inventory numbers list them on hand as early as October 1915, with a high of eight in June 1916.

This product comes in both 1:144 and 1:285/6mm/1:288 scales.  The 1:144 scale has a single aeroplane.  The 1:285 product comes with two aeroplanes, each with a removable propeller disk rather than propeller blades.  They are joined by sprues to keep the cost down.  You will have to carefully remove the sprues with snippers or nail cutters.

Related Pfalz E-planes:  E.I, E.II, E.III, E.IV, and E.V.

For more details and gaming information, see https://linen.miraheze.org/wiki/Pfalz_E.III