Pfalz E.II (various scales)

The Pfalz monoplanes were licence-built copies and variants of the Morane-Saulnier G/H or L, armed with a synchronized IMG-08 machine gun (or two, in the case of the E.IV).  While similar to the Fokker eindeckers, they were not well-appreciated, in no small part because they appeared several months after the Fokkers.  Pfalz aeroplanes tended to be assigned to Bavarian pilots, and they made due until better planes came along.

The E.II featured 16 sq.m. wings and the 100hp Oberursel U.1 engine.  Roughly 130 were built.

This product comes in both 1:144 and 1:285/6mm/1:288 scales.   The 1:285 product features three aeroplanes, each with a propeller disk rather than propeller blades, which are difficult to print at smaller scales.  They are connected by sprues which you will have to carefully remove with snippers or nail cutters.

DESIGNER NOTE:  Models at scales smaller than 1:144 may no longer be available.  Shapeways discontinued the material for which they were designed, and the newer materials require that each and every model be adjusted to thicken surfaces like wings.  If you are interested in a particular model in a small scale, please let me know and I will prioritize it higher in the queue.

Related Pfalz E-planes:  E.I, E.II, E.III, E.IV, and E.V.  There is also a full-color 3D print available.

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