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    Heinkel He 219

    in Works in Progress

    Posted

    It's been a good few days at the bench and the Uhu is looking more like an aircraft rather than a pile of plastic pieces!

     

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    The pit has been completed apart from some pieces of PE on the shelves; I was surprised at how cramped the front seat now looks - it's difficult to see the control column for instance!

     

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    The fuselage has been joined, but I've left the front section unglued (advice from Ted Taylor's build in Nov 2012) to enable the nose gear leg to fit in easier at a later stage.

     

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    I must say that the design and fit of the kit is very good indeed - the wings went on with no problem at all although the nacelles required a little filler and some rescribing which is not finished yet.

     

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    Due to various commitments I'll be away from the bench for a few weeks, but I feel - on present progress - that I'm on track to complete the build by the end of October. :yahoo:

     

    Thanks for visiting!

     

    Mike

    Grumman Martlet

    in Works in Progress

    Posted

    Hi Alain - I hope that you're making progress with your research into the Martlet?  I saw your appeal for drawings (Rules of the Road) and unfortunately I can't help you there.  However, have you access to Eric Brown's books 'Wings of the Navy' and 'Wings of the Weird and Wonderful'?  Both of these have a chapter on the Martlet/Wildcat (there is some overlap); not much on the drawings side but some useful photographs, and of course Winkle's views on flying the aircraft.

     

    If you haven't seen these books then let me know and I can send you the information.

     

    Kind regards

     

    MIke

    Heinkel He 219

    in Works in Progress

    Posted

    Well, back from work and back to the bench  :rolleyes:.  Today some progress on the wings and nacelles:

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    One of the characteristics of this kit is the model's propensity to 'tail sit' unless adequate weight is placed forward.  The instructions call for 50g in each nacelle and 90g just aft of the cockpit (both are good size chambers).  Taking advice from other modellers I put in more: 60g in the nacelles and 100g forward.

     

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    Besides wielding the airbrush with light olive, I've also prepped and primed, with Vallejo Primer, some plastic (old F-15 wings from teenage years (so a long time ago :rolleyes:)) ready to practise the RLM 76 over 75 camouflage (I reckon the RLM 22 won't be too taxing  :unsure:):

     

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    Tomorrow I hope to close the fuselage and get the wings on....she's going to start looking like an aircraft before long  :o

     

    Thanks for watching

     

    Mike

    Heinkel He 219

    in Works in Progress

    Posted

    Looking verrrrry nice Mike, the pit looks great and I love the idea of that overnight bag.. nice touch. That figure is also tasty - did you sculpt it or covert an existing figure?

     

     

    Hi Torben - thanks for your comment; and yes, I converted a 'PJ Productions' RAF pilot but had to 'break' an arm and a leg to get him to fit! What with his Mae West, the seatbelts, oxygen mask (yet to be connected) - and his knee pad (Winkle was apparently one of the first pilots to use one) the front pit is filling up nicely (might even be able to reduce the nose weight to stop her becoming a tail-sitter!!!

     

    Mike

    Heinkel He 219

    in Works in Progress

    Posted · Edited by mikeblack

    Hello everyone - with a couple of days leisure I've made some progress (at last)!

     

    I'm now (almost) out of the cockpit (though I have been working on other parts of the '219). As I mentioned I wanted to add a figure of 'Winkle' (and his overnight bag in the rear seat). Sounds okay - but this caused me a number of headaches especially with the seat belts and the figure's posture. We have an old song in the UK called "Right said Fred' (not the pop group!) about a group of house property removal men who progressively have to take more of the house apart in order to get a piano out... In my case it was fitting something (or someone back in)!!

     

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    The HGW fabric seat belts look good but IMHO are vastly oversized. I stuck with them but if I was doing this again I'd cut them down quite a bit. However, it was a brilliant tip from Carl to build them - as far as possible - on the fret: it saved lots of time and deprived the carpet monster of his usual mea l :thumbsup:

     

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    What I have to do now is connect Winkle's oxygen mask to the aircraft supply and insert the side panels. There are a few more pieces of PE to go in the pit but I'll leave them until the end as they're quite delicate. I should be able to close the fuselage up within the next week or so (work permitting).

     

    Otherwise, I've corrected the profile of the vertical fins (thank you to Iain 32SIG), started preparing the propeller blades for the same treatment, and begun assembling the wings and engines. I've also got some plastic prepared to practise the painting of the Wellenmuster' wave pattern/squiggle' camouflage!

     

    Got the feeling I'm back on track :)

     

    Thanks for viewing

     

    Mike

    Special Hobby 1:32 Airacobra AH574 - First Tricycle Deck Landing

    in Works in Progress

    Posted

    Super work, Torben. Your cockpit looks great and I really admire your scratch building!

     

    With regard to the gunsight I've just checked 'Winkle's' chapter on AH574 in 'Wings of the Weird and Wonderful' and (to my old eyes) the rather prominent gunsight is omitted. I could be wrong. However, while maintaining the CG might be one consideration, removing it would improve visibility especially for deck landing/trials flying (and arguably for general flying). Sorry this is not conclusive.

     

    Mike

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