karimb Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 (edited) Hello gentlemen, Have been quite busy lately with EDay IPMS contest and being on leave, and just got round to post this. The kit is the Zoukei Mura 1/32 Horten 229 and it was my first kit from ZM and one of my planned contest entry for EDay 2018. In all honesty i was really positively pleased with the engineering and the fit of the parts on the kit and i have since added a couple of the ZM 32nd kits to the stash and am looking forward to building them. To the basic kit i have added HGW textile harnesses, Master brass barrels, ZM resin weighted wheels and UVDR woodgrain decals. The initial plan was to have the wings displayed on a trestle which i had scratchbuilt but did not have time to properly paint and weather in time for the contest in Prague. Scratchbuilt items were added to the kit in terms of wiring and some missing items. All paints were MRP and tamiya, metallics were Alclads. The exhaust heatshield metallic plating was done by foiling (thanks @Out2gtcha). Weathering was done using Ammo MIG products including filters, washes and pigments, and prismacolor pencils. I finished the kit one night before the deadline and managed to pack it safe and sound for the two leg trip to Czech Republic. To my total surprise, the Horten won best aircraft of show in the hobby category scale 1/40 and above! Happy days! Thank you for checking the post Karim On Brian's suggestion i have added a WIP section on the blog at the following LINK Edited October 16, 2018 by karimb Added the WIP section link theseeker, alaninaustria, florin13 and 28 others 30 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 WOW!!!!!! That is SOME model my friend. Any chance of sharing some WIP pics? Id love to see the process that got you here. "Best Aircraft"? Thats no surprise, its bloody amazing looking!!! karimb and Shawn M 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericg Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 (edited) Excellent work Karim! Edited October 8, 2018 by ericg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wouter Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 All i can say... WoW! Fantastic model, no wonder you won first price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 That is absolutely stunning, buddy! Kev karimb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Yep, no surprise she won, truly outstanding, thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Beautiful work Karim - stunning result - love it! Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 I've seen many 229 models "life", but this one tops a lot of them, congratulations, very convincing!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Super work Mr. B !! Congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Wow is right. Lovely work Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan_G Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 Congrats Karim! It's stunning build and top class finish! jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robthepom Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 Oh goodness, I knew yours would be a cracker, but that is beautiful I might have to start another so i can do a wood decal skin thanks for your advice with my build, and thanks for more insparation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padraic Conway Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 Fantastic! Just beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 Wow! A Wooden Wonder if there ever was one... Congratulations: Kent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 'the Horten won best aircraft of show in the hobby category scale 1/40 and above!' With good reason. At first glance I thought a T-shirt had been made with your model on it. Which would not be a bad idea. Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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