bcauchi Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Now you are talking man. It was not that difficult to fix but you got it right. the shells are quite ajob to make but worth it. The wing looks abolutely brilliant. By the way, great work on the guns, they look spot on. this is going to be your best build ever, take your time it is really worth it. it is such a beautiful plane, one of a kind, too bad only one of them was kept after the war. have you chosen a color scheme? There is one particular example which I had built in 72nd scale which looks great. it had the usual night fighter como of blue and grey mottle with one wing in black on the underside. there are a few photos but it is quite unusual. Just a suggestion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris/Germany Posted January 6, 2009 Author Share Posted January 6, 2009 Thanx Brian, shouldn´t have doubt your research ;-) Bout the cammo sheme: think I´ll do the the 290123, ´cause I´love the nightfighters with black undersides and so it will fit to the next planes for the "nightfighter-collection" I have planned and also to the already finished Me262 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegallacci Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Looking good, though a couple of detail corrects - the gun you scratch-built (nice job) is an Mk108 30mm, and the ammo is not the right shape for any of the guns on the He219. The projectile would be nearly the same length as the cartridge case, and each part would have a length/diameter ratio of only about 4:1, fairly stubby. The 20mm Mg151/20 and Mg131 13mm(not fitted on the He219) have similarly short and stubby cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris/Germany Posted January 6, 2009 Author Share Posted January 6, 2009 You´re right Steve, should have typed "MK108"...............simply a typo error, but regarding to the references I have ( drawing attched) a lenght / diameter ratio of 4:1 doesn´t sound right!.............that would mean a shell with 30mm diameter would only be 120 mm in lenght!........the drawing attached shows other measurements. However, I won´t drill/sand nearly 100 pieces ( for only one side of the wings) again and insert the ones I have. By the way: does anybody know the colour of the shells?............back half is natural metal, this I know, but I have seen some ( modelling ) pictures were the front half is coloured, for example yellow............any suggestions here? Thanx for your help cheers Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattlow Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Hi Chris Beautiful work - this is going to look stunning when finished. Regarding colouring of ammo - following link takes you to a nice page showing various colourings for Luft shells. Link This is taken from 'Inert-Ord.Net Ej's Ordnance Show & Tell Pages'. If you are asked for a uusername & password put in user open password 1945 Hope this helps. Matt sandokan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris/Germany Posted January 6, 2009 Author Share Posted January 6, 2009 Thanx Matt, great ressource! cheers Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Wow Chris, un-real scratch work there. You have far more patients than I doooo Looks great Ron PS do you stil need those bombs from the Fisher Fury? I found mine, they dropped behind a stash of kits and I don't need them Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Mollica Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Cjhris, I am stunned by your telent. Amazing build, please keep it going. Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrongWay Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Wow! The engine looks like it's ready to start! Wonderful craftsmanship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
periklis_sale Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Chris AMAZING work as usual mate!!! what happened to the tornado thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supermario Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 I feel very insignificant suddenly I'm really thinking about changing hobby... .... maybe something like knitting or aquarelle painting why not Truly FANTASTIC!!! And thanks a lot for sharing this build Chris ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingman777 Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Chris, I'm glad to see you working on one of my favorite prop planes. This one looks like it could be your most impressive work so far and thats saying something. Oh, the madness....let it continue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perry Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Truly amazing work Chris, how did I miss this thread until now? !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Chris, was ist mit der nachtjaeger??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkers88a1 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 awsome--keep it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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