RadBaron Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 (edited) My last completion in what's proved to be a surprisingly productive year! Special Hobby's He100 is a kit I've wanted to have a go of for a while, for no other reason than the HE100 looks super cool. The kit is one of SH's early offerings in the larger scale, so its not quite as polished as their current stuff. The build was straight forwards, lots of cleaning up and carving of parts. I threw in some imagineered details to busy up the cockpit and main wheel well. A few AIRSCALE placards around the place bring the cockpit to life. HGW belts. Lots of clunkiness around the airframe that just wanted some fettling. Here the left wing trailing edge has been sanded down in thickness, compared to the RH The intake under the spinner is depicted in the kit by a lattice shaped piece of plastic. I opened the duct up and stuck in the guide fins. I wasnt happy with lines of the nose, and spent a bit of time carving, filing and sanding down the nose to give it a more streamlined look, as close as I could to depicting the real thing. The spinner also got a lot of heft removed to make it more pointy. Check out other reviews and builds of this kit to see the difference. The entire kit was rescribed and riveted. My usual Internet trawl for reference pics/drawings, not surprisingly, didn't turn up much for this rare aircraft, so I again resorted to imagineering to determine where rivet lines would most likely go. I used MRP paints for this build, and started with a usual black base, and filling in the colours to break up the monotony. A light weathering, kit decals and then all the details, and the final product looked like this. Upon completion, I was suprised at how small the He100 was. Compared to the FW190, it looks almost dainty. Id always imagined it to be a smidge larger the the 190, but in fact its closer to ME109 size. Happy New Year, everyone! Denzil Edited December 31, 2020 by RadBaron Michael931080, Greg W, Wackyracer and 21 others 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wackyracer Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Super nice build and thanks for the guides. RadBaron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Looks good Denzil , Happy New Year to you too RadBaron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Firstly Happy New Year, second that looks great, you don't see many of those built which is strange for such a fascinating "What If" subject, and it's German.. Cheers Dennis RadBaron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Happy New Year to you as well! Great work on the build Denzil, it looks outstanding! I have considered building this kit for awhile now and your build has inspired me to get off the fence and order it. Ernest RadBaron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadBaron Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 8 hours ago, Wackyracer said: Super nice build and thanks for the guides. Thanks mate! Don't take my work as gospel, I just applied simple aircraft systems and structures theory to the kit to fill in the blanks 6 hours ago, dennismcc said: Firstly Happy New Year, second that looks great, you don't see many of those built which is strange for such a fascinating "What If" subject, and it's German.. Cheers Dennis Thankyou mate, same to you! I agree, it lends itself to all manner of what-if finishes! 7 hours ago, MikeMaben said: Looks good Denzil , Happy New Year to you too Cheers, mate! 6 hours ago, Greif8 said: Happy New Year to you as well! Great work on the build Denzil, it looks outstanding! I have considered building this kit for awhile now and your build has inspired me to get off the fence and order it. Ernest Thanks mate! Theres nothing difficult about it, just lots of the usual cut, file, fill, sand repeat! I look forward to seeing your results!! Out2gtcha and MikeMaben 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Wow, that looks amazing! I really like the bent wing look of it, as you really dont get that feeling when looking at the box art. RadBaron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadBaron Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 (edited) 32 minutes ago, Out2gtcha said: Wow, that looks amazing! I really like the bent wing look of it, as you really dont get that feeling when looking at the box art. Thankyou mate! Yeah, its deceiving, looking almost inverted-gull, but its just due to the taper of the short wings. They're flat across the bottom of the centre section, with a good smattering of dihedral on the outer panels. Edited December 31, 2020 by RadBaron Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Nice work Denzil, funny enough I bought the kit not that long ago, plan on doing a Japanese Navy what if with oblique gun. Out2gtcha and RadBaron 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadBaron Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 20 minutes ago, Kagemusha said: Nice work Denzil, funny enough I bought the kit not that long ago, plan on doing a Japanese Navy what if with oblique gun. Oooh now THAT will look cool!! Out2gtcha and Kagemusha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Very cool Denzil. RadBaron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadBaron Posted January 1, 2021 Author Share Posted January 1, 2021 6 hours ago, Whitey said: Very cool Denzil. Thankyou mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Super nice Denzil. Love what you have done on this one... Troy RadBaron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Really well done! Very nice to see! RadBaron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadBaron Posted January 8, 2021 Author Share Posted January 8, 2021 On 1/1/2021 at 5:18 AM, MARU5137 said: Denzil, COOL looking model. Looks Amazing. On 1/1/2021 at 7:56 AM, Troy Molitor said: Super nice Denzil. Love what you have done on this one... Troy 12 hours ago, GDW said: Really well done! Very nice to see! Thankyou very much guys, I appreciate it! Greg W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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