1/32 ZM Ta-152 H-O

[Ryan]

OK I have a very poor showing with completed WIP's, but this kit is very good, I wanted to share some info and pics as I build it.

 

Here are some shots of the engine mid stream in construction.

 

TA-152 Engine by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr

 

TA-152 Engine by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr

 

TA-152 Engine by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr

 

[Kagemusha]

Nice start, great subject, keep on keeping on!

[Old Dog]

I have this one in the stash, will follow along to see what I have ahead of me, hope to see you finish it !

[Troy Molitor]

Nice start Ryan.  

 

Troy 

[Ryan]

Thanks guys.

 

Here area series of shots of the lower wing and bulkhead assembly. The belly pan fit was pretty good, although I will need to level the surfaces out at some point.

Taping together parts first before committing to glue is the order of the day. Larger pin marks were filled with punched disks then sanded smooth.

 

I do like the soft plastic these kits are molded in, easy to sand and carve when needed.

 

Ta-152 by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr

 

Ta-152 by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr

 

Ta-152 by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr

 

Last pic is the MG-151 with ammo box dry fit into the wing.

 

Ta-152 by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr

[Ryan]

I was really impatient to get to this part of the build on the engine....the ignition wires. ZM have molded half of the wires on the valve covers and the other half on the loom itself.

Dry fitting the pieces together revealed an excellent fit and once glued up they joined almost perfectly. Just a dab of surface primer and a swipe of sand paper will eliminate the seam.

 

Well done ZM.

 

Ta-152 by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr

 

Ta-152 by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr

 

Ryan

[Bomber_County]

Been searching for this kit for ages, hoping ZM may have some at Telford this year. Looking forward to more building, hitting follow now.......

[Ryan]

Volks USA has them in stock.

 

I know this because I overpaid for one on an auction site...a few days later they posted they were getting a restock!

[Ryan]

Work continues of the engine, in fact all of the parts are glued up except the exhaust. I turned my attention to the wiring grouping on the right side of the engine. ZM did a great job witht he molded harness, the pic below is kit standard.

 

Ta-152 by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr

 

As you can see the wiring continues to a couple of connectors or modules and then terminates. To improve the look, first I hollowed out the terminal and connectors, then using the kits ample sprue supply I stretched some appropriately sized strands.

 

Ta-152 by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr

 

Here is the final result, spaghetti anyone? Some of the strands are left long to disappear into the hollow engine while others direct connect to components.

 

Ta-152 by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr

 

Here is the whole affair loosely attached to the power plant...pass the Tylenol!

 

Ta-152 by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr

 

Ta-152 by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr

 

Ta-152 by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr

Edited July 30, 2018 by Ryan

[Ryan]

One more.

 

Ta-152 by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr

[DonH]

Nice job on the wiring. This looks like a great kit to build.

[Ryan]

Thank you Don, yes so far very enjoyable.

[wmoran]

I'm going to bookmark this build for reference for when I start work on mine.  Excellent work.

Bill

[Ryan]

Thanks Bill that's quite a compliment.

[Ryan]

Here are some shots of the cockpit module. Pretty much done with assembly, left the seat out for seat belt (HGW) installation.

 

ZM Ta-152 Cockpit by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr

 

ZM Ta-152 Cockpit by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr

 

Ta-152 by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr

 

Still a have little putty work to do and add the throttle then it will be to the paint shop.