Greif8

Landing gear looks fantastic Andy!
 
Ernest

Nice progress Jeroen.  The paint lifting does not look bad except on the rudder, I am sure you will be able to sort that issue out and it will look great in the end.
 
Ernest

Stunning build of a striking paint scheme Niels!  This will be a real feature in your display case.
 
Ernest 
 

Very nice work Mark!
 
Ernest

Hi Tony, as was pointed out by Thierry there is no aftermarket part(s) for the H2S/H2X.  The antenna was a parabolic type, that looked a lot like today´s satellite TV antennas.  Below is a photo of an AN/APS-15 Antenna for an H2X radar set.  These were fairly large; American B-24 bombers had them installed in place of the ball turret.  The AN/APS-15 revolved at 20 RPM, and because it was curved like a dish allowed it to scan both horizontally and vertically.  The antenna for the British H2S was also parabolic, looking much like the AN7APS-15, and it was nearly the same size, having an RPM of 60.  As an aside, you would not see the antenna unless the radome was removed, but you probably already know that.  I will see if I can dig up a photo of the H2S antenna from my sources for you.
 
 
I built the HK Nose Art kit a bit over a year ago and the kit has a Mark I or Mark II version of H2S (Externally the versions were very nearly the same).  Below are a couple of photos from the build thread I did.  The kit parts look like accurate representations of either the TR3159 (Mark I) or TR3191 (Mark II).   The "cables" are scratchbuilt - the connectors are molded in the parts - and I added a couple of small labels and guages to add interest, but again, the kit parts look good.  It does not look like it would be too hard to scratchbuild the kit parts shown, if you are into that level of scratchbuilding.
 
HTH
Ernest
 
 
 

Hi all,
Landing gear fitted.
Wireless aerial and generator assembled and painted.
Swivel ring and mountings assembled and painted for the observers Parabellum machine gun.
Additional grab handle added to the swivel ring.
 
Now onto the pre-rigging,
 
Mike
 

 

 

 

Hi all,
Weathering applied using 'Flory Models' Dark Dirt fine clay wash.
Now it's onto pre-rigging,
 
Mike
 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi all,
Assembly has moved forwards and the 'Aviattic' Linen Weave effect decals applied where required.
The relevant kit decals have been applied also.
Added the carburettor fuel supply pipe.
Now it's onto applying the weather and pre-rigging before final assembly,
 
Mike
 

 

 

 

 

Hi all,
A representation of the carburettor control fitted.
As there's no reference for the Argus As.III engine, I've based it on similar engines of the period,
 
Mike
 

 

Hi all,
An update on the Hannover build.
The fuselage has been closed up.
Fuselage, wings and tailplanes have had their panels and fittings etc painted.
Pilots Spandau machine gun fitted as well as the nose cowl and some of the engine access panels (others will be left off).
Still some work to be done before weathering then preparing and applying the decals.
 
Mike
 

 

 

Today's update;
Overall matt coat applied.
Exhaust stains and some other weathering works added. And finally seat installed.
 

Some progress
After artist oil paint washing  main landing legs installed. 
After that I painted and placed Kidney exhaust stacks of the kit. Next step is matt coating.
I have a feeling I should finish this project before Murphy's unwelcome visit. Run rabbit run!!
 






 
 
 
 

Small update for today
Main wheels are ready for installing
 

Well guys i finally got this done
 
Added belts and a exhaust glare shield
 
hope you like her
 


 

NIce work on a not often seen marking example Adrien!  The camo scheme is well done.
 
Ernst

Superb work on the exhuast staining Tolga!
 
Ernest

Very excellent build man!
 
Ernest

Of note, we had dinner last evening with friends from NC, they're being tourists in Nashville. She has historically been referred to as my wife's twin sister. They're not sisters but discovered in their first math class in college that they have the same birthday and were born minutes apart. She grew up in Hagerstown, MD. Not far from I81 and the western end of the main runway. Her father worked for Fairchild, unfortunately he started working there in the early '50s and double unfortunate that he's passed. We were talking and I eventually showed them a photo of this model. She became very intrigued and immediately started texting with one of her brothers who I guess knows some of the Fairchild old timers. I guess I'll see if any more information comes to light about this aircraft.

It's been finished for a couple of weeks, but we were away, so I finally took better photos.
 
The build thread is here.

Hi all
Here my last built : the 1/32 Special Hobby Bloch 152. Not an easy build but I love 1940 french air force fighters.
Hope you lie it!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
A last phot with other French Air Force fighter:

https://i.imgur.com/zpN3RMw.jpg