monthebiff Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 (edited) Had a great day at Scale Model World yesterday and was very excited to get my hands on the new He-129 from Zoukei Mura, I have a few buids on the go at the moment but as ever couldn't help myself and got straight on with it, so first up the obligitary box shot. First impressions on looking at the box full of tan are very favourible with lots of nice crisp detail and minimal ejector pin marks in all the wrong places! My only grumble and a big one to be honest is only one scheme is available from the box but what a nice scheme it is, however the kit also only comes with a Mk 101 cannon and a pretty basic bomb rack which I can only assume looking at the stand yesterday means they will be putting out three boxings of this kit. My plan is to build this one straight from the box with the exception of some HGW belts as absolutely nothing is supplied by ZM on this front at all and a different colour scheme. My plan is to build this Rumanian machine as I have suitable national decals to take from my AIMS Bf110 G-2 set which will work perfectly on this kit. Back to the build and first up as ever was to get the cockpit sub assemblies built and ready for paint, a few ejector marks to deal with and the fit of parts is excellent. With the cockpit ready for priming it was on the the main fuselage, ZM supply lots and lots of internal detail which will never be seen unless you are doing an all hatches open type build which I'm not so will be leaving out all of this detail as I think it will come in and be very useful on other builds in the future. Next I turned my attention to the fuselage, ZM have moulded this with all open hatches should you wish. And with that is full internal bulkhead details, In the end I decided to add all bulkheads but no extra detail as this will be very useful on other builds in the future as nothing will be seen with all hatches closed. And with that the fuselage was closed up and tail pane fitted! So far so good and what a well thought out kit with excellent fit everywhere. Time to get some colour on that cockpit now. Regards. Andy Edited December 13, 2020 by monthebiff mpk, Fanes, Artful69 and 20 others 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 WANT ONE!! monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 Andy, It is great to see this in your hands! I am pulling up a front seat and taking notes. I am surprised there are no seatbelt options. All of the Z-M kits I’ve built had two, and their belts molded with the seat are the best in the business. Great start! Cheers, Tom monthebiff and mpk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted November 10, 2019 Author Share Posted November 10, 2019 1 hour ago, chrish said: WANT ONE!! You will like this one Chris, great kit! Regards. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted November 10, 2019 Author Share Posted November 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Uncarina said: Andy, It is great to see this in your hands! I am pulling up a front seat and taking notes. I am surprised there are no seatbelt options. All of the Z-M kits I’ve built had two, and their belts molded with the seat are the best in the business. Great start! Cheers, Tom Hi Tom, It's a lovely well thought out kit and so far a pleasure to build. Regarding the belts I have double and triple checked but no belts at all. Disappointed as it's a £115 GBP kit and nothing there on that front. I do usually use HGW belts on my builds anyway but a bit poor that nothing is provided. Regards. Andy Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 In your capable hands it’ll be another work of art I know! monthebiff and Uncarina 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 You're off to a great start already, Andy! Not only do I now want one of these kits even more, but I also feel inspired to pull out my GMF resin kit. Kev monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artful69 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Mate ... onto one of these already?!?!? Crikey ... the box would still be warm wouldn't it? Anyway ... will watch this one with interest!! Rog mpk and monthebiff 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seiran01 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Ohhhh hell yes. Gonna grab the popcorn for this one! monthebiff and Uncarina 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 You're joking! I've not even had a decent look at the sprues yet! Needless to say, will be following with great interest. MikeC and monthebiff 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan_G Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Great start Andy. Will follow with greatest interest jan monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Oh man. Certainly want one. Enjoying your build Andy. Thanks for sharing. monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Impetuous!!! Naughty boy! monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted November 11, 2019 Author Share Posted November 11, 2019 9 hours ago, LSP_Kevin said: You're off to a great start already, Andy! Not only do I now want one of these kits even more, but I also feel inspired to pull out my GMF resin kit. Kev It's a bloody good kit Kev and the fit is fantastic, really nice tolerances throughout so far and I made big strides with it yesterday with a few careful changes to the assembly sequence so I could button up the fuselage and make sure the rear bulkhead was in at the right angle and ready for paint. I nearly picked up a GMF as well just as ZM a bounced this so it never happened. Regards. Andy LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted November 11, 2019 Author Share Posted November 11, 2019 7 hours ago, Artful69 said: Crikey ... the box would still be warm wouldn't it? Rog Yep and its helping the paint dry just that bit quicker . Cockpit currently in the paint shop now. Regards. Andy MikeC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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