tomv87

There IS a significant amount of resin shrinkage in the middle section on the spinning wing support plug. I already have a plan for this however. It will actually be quite an impressive size (and weight!) when done, with the wide 3 wing spread:
 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
Vertical and horizontal stabilizers:
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
Tail cone and misc details:
 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
Cut steel rods for re-enforcement of the wings and gear:
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
Finally we have the instructions................................all 1.2 pages of them (this page and 1 SMALL illustration on the previous page):
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
I forgot to get some pics of the cockpit, IP and canopies, which are actually decent, and will be a nice base to fairly simple idea I have for the pit.
Ill post those when I can here.
 
 
Thanks for looking in on this weird thing of mine................
 
 
Cheers!
 
 
 
 

Topic says it all ladies and gents................................


This is the 1/32nd Focke Wulf Triebflügel mastered by Antares out of Argentina, made for Models and More.
Its bizzare, strange, ungainly, ugly, weird, beautiful and right down my alley.


It never actually flew, nor did it actually get built, but this build will be from a different "What-if" time scenario where the Third Reich and hence the Luftwaffe survived and even flourished into the late 40s and beyond, getting a foothold in the air-war over the father-land by implementing, building and pressing into service some of Hitlers most ingenious and diabolical secret "Luft-46" projects...................



Its winter 1947, and Hitlers Luftwaffe has been hard at work defending the father-land.......................several years earlier in the war, Hitler almost made a fateful decision to try to get the Me-262 into combat as a bomber, which would have delayed its debut into front line service.
Fortunately for the Luftwaffe, Hitlers top generals and advisers convinced him to press the 262 into service as a fighter as fast as they could, to stem the ever growing tide of bombers over Germany. This significantly impacted the air-war over Germany, as the Me-262 was 100Mph faster than anything the Allies had, and after 3 years of front line Me-262 activty, the 262 fighter groups were starting to turn the tide.................

This gave Germany the time it needed to fortify its defences and start pressing home their attacks on the bombers over their homeland. Hitlers concealed underground bunkers, machine shops and assembly plants he separated all across Germany to produce and assemble his new secret Luftwaffe Jagdwaffe weapons for defense of the home-land had now been ramping up for 2 years, and most were now fully on-line and producing substantial quantities of these new weapons.

The Triebflügel manufacturing line was established at the Mittelwerk factory in the the Kohnstein located in Thuringia, Germany to make sure the production was un-interupted by the Allied bombing. The Triebflügel assembly and production commenced in 1944, was established by forced labor, and by 1946 was ramping up sigificantly, and was producing Triebflügels at an alarming rate.

The odd VTOL Luftwaffe project that was once just a bizarre Idea on paper was now helping to turn back the Allied on-slot. Hitler concealed it in the trees, in the mountains, along the Autobahn in hidden revetments, and by 1947, the Luftwaffe was starting to re-claim some air-fields lost to the Allies earlier in the war, and some of these re-claimed front line Luftwaffe air-fields, were now starting to be turned into quick alert Triebflügel Gruppes.
 
JG54 / 2 Staffel is one of those units turning the tide of war with one of Hitlers secret weapons..................................



So here we go!

This will be roughly what Im going for, a fairly typical RLM 70/71 splinter camo, with a grungy skanked up winter camo over that, from Jagdgeschwader 54 / 2 Staffel. This will be very close to what I am going to do, with the exception of mine will be a splinter camo base as apposed to a single color RLM 71 base, and mine will be from 2 Staffel where this example is from I Gruppe:







I will be mounting this gear up, in-flight with a seated Luftwaffe pilot, mounted on a clear rod, then on a shiny black base. Im going to TRY to have this done for the Omacon show next month on the 16th of June, but im not 100% sure I can pull it off.
It will be easier as I wont have to deal with any gear, or cutting the canopy, but adding the clear mounting rod, and adding in the time I will need to augment the spinning wing arrangement with brass tube and bearings like I want may take longer than I think.

Heres what Im starting with:
 
 
Sturdy card-board box contains all parts. Not very big (Note CA bottle for size reference) but quite weighty:
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
The resin/mold quality is not the best...................but definitely not the worst. It has little tiny nubules all over it like it contracted chicken pox, but this should be easily remedied by a sanding stick and any modeler with average skills.
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
Unlike the previously reviewed sample of this model my wings were not stuck together, but did have the chicken pox bad. There is also no twist in the M&M Triebflügel wings, and Im thinking of using the hot-water method to encourage a bit of twist for some visual interest:
 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
Nice detailing inside the jet/ram-jet:
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
You get the Captain America - Hydra/Red Skull decals, along with a simple assortment of Gruppe/Staffel decals along with some Luftwaffe Balkenkreuz, and Hakenkreuz. I may augment these later from my spares drawer:
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
MORE.............................MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Thanks for this info Bruce. Now I'm sure that I read somewhere that it was g-factor quality 
When I consider that normal price of this "metal"legs is on the same level as Ernie's G stuff... 
 
heavy used look red band (JG1) added meantime
 

 

 
thanks for looking
jan

Your build is looking amazing and I can't wait to see more of your build.  I'm close to where Rick is and live about 20 min away from Udvar Hazy and also got an 'up-close' view of the 229 there.  Amazing piece of work that machine is.  
 
Here are some pics from Nationals of the 229 the ZM builder did and had at the show.  Freaking amazing detail!  The 'nail' heads in the wood panels were applied with the tip of a brush.
 
Chris
 

 

 

few more pictures
I have added some wiring in the cockpit
 

 

 
and dry fit of main panels
No issues at all. Just superb fit, to build this model is like to play lego 
 

 

 

 

 
thanksfor looking
jan

Ho229 being prepped at NASM Silver Hill facility for transportation to Udvar Hazys Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hanger.
 

At the MBE Restoration Hanger you can see the extensive work to be done.  Wing Trailing Edge showing the laminated birch separating.  A process is being developed to restore.
 

A closer look.  You can see how the layered birch needs some TLC.

Some progress:
 

Cockpit floor terminated.

Decided to use MDC cockpit set as usual
First step is Instrument panel.

As on my previous Spitfire project, due to lack of details on the cowling I have used Archer fine transfer products for the fasteners.
 

More update and final chipping results. I think once I clear the model I will go in and sponge a little aluminum to blend these chips out some. But so far I am pretty pleased for a first time with liquid mask.
 
 

First time using Tamiya AS-12 this stuff makes up for my horrible painting skills haha. Also painted the wingwalk as well as liquid masked the plane for some awesome chipping wear.

Fixed and painted the push rods. Glued them into position (easier said than done). Alignment was not a perfect fit on these rods. All I have left is oil wash and dull coat then we can assemble the cowling area!
 

So, some more progress! I managed to install the last missing parts in the cockpit (the rear MG ist still missing, will add that later) and then went on to close the fuselage. Big step!   Things went rather smoothly, I slowly worked my way from the front to the back and the fit is overall very good! (Please ignore the mess in the background )

 
One area where there are small issues is the back of the wing joints, where some filler will be needed (Nothing I could do about it, it would fit either there, or everywhere else...):

There is another small seam on the bottom of the fuselage that will require some filling, but nothing major.
 
Here are two shots of the finished cockpit in the closed fuselage.


 
Next step will be to install the engine and cowl rings (tomorrow, maybe?), then wings/horizontal stab/rudder. So far I am really enjoying the build, the kit is coming together beautifully, even with my somewhat limited skill set.
 
That's all for now, thanks for watching! Greets, Jonas
 

Some progress
Horizontal tails are from Masterdetails as usual.

Thanks guys
 
 
I tried to improve the plug. First I gave it a coat of Mr. Surfacer 1000 and sanded it smooth to get rid of some imperfections. Then it was dipped several times into "Future" to give the plug a shiny surface.
 
Unfortunately, the transparent vacuform part now sticked so much on the plug, that I couldn't remove it without damaging the clear part. To prevent damage to the original plug, I made a resin copy of the plug. Nevertheless, I couldn't pull the clear nose from the resin plug after vacuforming. After some try and error, I finally put the resin plug after vacuforming into the freezer, et voila: The plug could be easily removed   I can just assume that the resin plug shrinks more than the clear part when frozen.
 

 
 
I still have to make a nose with a thicker clear material, to geht a better junction between the nose and fuselage.
 
 

 
 
Question to the vacuform experts: I clear styrene suitable for vacuum forming? Until now, I use PET, but maybe styrene could be better glued, and puttied/sanded at the junction between the nose and fuselage?
 
Cheers
Alex

OK, my first new LSP model here for quite a while now, the Trumpeter 1:24 Bf 109G-6 (late version), graciously donated to me by our own Mark (dodgem37), thanks again, Mark, you're truly a good man. The ability to start from the beginning, and knowing that I already have some AM for the kit, has prompted me to throw caution to the wind and begin this, as one of my projected entries for the 2019 national convention, along with a few other choice selections.
 

Some progess
 

First step is the instrument panel
I have used Eduard P-47M PE set and added some scracth changes to simulate "N" cockpit.
No changes will be done on the sidewalls except for the oxygene hose.
 

 

Decided to use Hasegawa s cockpit from my previous P-47 project.( Trumpeter offers corrugated floor which is not correct for D28 - M and N versions)

Some progress on the fuselage.
Some more work is needed
 

little more progress

Too bad for both of you. I will pray for you. 😎😃😇

Update....went back and went over the RLM 74 areas with the RLM 75.  So would the green be RLM 82 or 83?
 
Andy