spacewolf Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 I'm finally gonna do a kit again... LSP_Kevin, Erwin, Azgaron and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Cant wait to see you work your magic on this one Vaughn! spacewolf and Shawn M 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Looking foward to your build. spacewolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffH Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Looking forward to this one spacewolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Impressive. spacewolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robthepom Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Great choice, with so many ways to display the finished model, looking forward to see what you do spacewolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 This is going to be fun watching you work on this kit Vaughan. Carl spacewolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Great subject Vaughn - look forward to seeing you weave your magic on this! Iain spacewolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted January 1, 2019 Author Share Posted January 1, 2019 Thanks to all for following along, from the looks of the group we have here there are going to be some amazing modeling going on !! Anyhoo.. on to the build. I first ran across the 229 whilst posted to Germany in the late 90's. I found this kit in a local hobby shop, simple, almost no detail but I fell in love with it. That model is long gone now but It was fun. Then came the Dragon kit.... I never built it but a friend did. He had issues with it but it looked good once built. Now to the ZM kit.... I remember wayy back when I was building my Lippish P13 a a conversation I was in with Loic and a few others where we were dreaming of an injection mold high quality kit of the 229 in 'our' scale. I had toyed with the idea of scratch building one but the idea got shelved as the internal structure was to intimidating... We had no idea that within 3 years of that conversation our dreams would come true.. in spades !! The kit comes in a large sturdy box, well packaged... no need to worry about the contents being damaged. The level of crisp detail is amazing.... A nice decal sheet and instruction book... and pre cut masks... Who could ask for more ? LSP_Kevin, Shawn M, BradG and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted January 1, 2019 Author Share Posted January 1, 2019 Well... I could ! Photo etch for the cockpit and a few other area's... Plywood poto etch... want to try painting this... and this will work for my Wingnuts Albatros as well !! And books... The concept notes is a great help in figuring out the kit and giving one idea's of painting the kit.. the full color shots of the real aircraft doesn't hurt either ! So... I'm off to the races with this... going to take my time and see what madness I can get up to, though ZM seem to have thought of almost everything !! Cheers Out2gtcha, Alain Gadbois, Trak-Tor and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted January 1, 2019 Author Share Posted January 1, 2019 4 hours ago, Iain (32SIG) said: Great subject Vaughn - look forward to seeing you weave your magic on this! Iain I'm watching you work yours Iain... That's going to be a most interesting build to follow. I can't wait to see what you come up with for the fixes needed. Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 can wait to see you put your touch on this spacewolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Oh yes, cant wait for this one! spacewolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacewolf Posted January 3, 2019 Author Share Posted January 3, 2019 A slow start for me... work, limited bench time... not to mention following the stunning projects everyone else is doing !!... anyhoo, Carl Otto is watching (upper right corner) so I'm building engines ! ZM is NOT your normal model company... you can tell by their literature and the quality of their kits... and the parts number count !! Yes, most of the detail gets hidden, yes it may push up the cost of the kits, but one can tell they LOVE aircraft and all the technical things.. they want to educate and inform the builder. I know this ticks off quite a few folks, but us AMS infected glue sniffers just marvel at these kits !! As an ex aviation tech I'm just stunned.... The spues holding the parts are very well thought out... with a good pair of nippers and a new # 11 blade parts come off with almost no cleanup needed. And, I might add... they sold out the first run of the kit. I unfortunately didn't get in on it so this is the second run.... no flash at all and almost no cleanup so far.. Push pin points are in area's that will be covered by other parts... So many small parts make things a bit tedious, but this is not a kit to rush... This is a model to take ones time with.. to savor like a good cup of coffee or a fine wine.. More in a day or two !! BloorwestSiR, mark31, BradG and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Vaughan, I'm very much enjoying the prose nevermind the build log. Carl spacewolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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