monthebiff Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 Very happy to receive my copy of this wonderful kit earlier in the week and decided to get it straight on the bench, this kit really screams quality and upon closer inspection it does include various other parts required for further boxings of this kit such as open and closed Trop filter, long tail wheel etc so rather than do the Hartmann scheme I have chosen to go another route and build this one with the tall wooden tail which is also supplied. Need to order a set of HGW belts as there are non supplied in the kit but otherwise I'm going to build this alongside my Revell G-2 I have been working on. Regards. Andy D.B. Andrus, HB252, Greg W and 18 others 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somebody Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 awesome. what I've been waiting for...... BTW, where is a good place to get the HGW belt from in NA....Can't seem to find it from the usual online stores. directly from their website? monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 Great to see the new Z-M kit get built! Helpful hint... look for the HGW set for the two-seater Me262B. Twice the belts for the same price. daHeld, Kagemusha, Paul in Napier and 6 others 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted September 14, 2022 Author Share Posted September 14, 2022 8 hours ago, somebody said: awesome. what I've been waiting for...... BTW, where is a good place to get the HGW belt from in NA....Can't seem to find it from the usual online stores. directly from their website? Hope you enjoy the build, I'm in the UK so get my HGW stuff from Hannants so not really sure. I have ordered direct from HGW on occasion and their service is very good. Regards. Andy Regards. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted September 14, 2022 Author Share Posted September 14, 2022 4 hours ago, Thunnus said: Great to see the new Z-M kit get built! Helpful hint... look for the HGW set for the two-seater Me262B. Twice the belts for the same price. Really liked your unboxing thread John, it really is an amazing kit and clearly designed in a way for many, many other boxings in the way certain areas have been designed such as the wheel well area amongst others It will be very interesting to see how far ZM takes the G series but fingers crossed a K-4 would be very nice. Equally some AS machines would be nice as the series expandes. If the 109 builds as well as the Henschel Hs 129 this will be a real treat to build. I have a set of the 262 belts but will keep them for when I build that one so ordered a single seater set instead. Regards. Andy Regards. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted September 14, 2022 Author Share Posted September 14, 2022 This is a very cleaverly designed kit and when I was looking through it to begin with made me immediately think of this K-4 in Roger S Geamperle amazing book Captured Eagles This is where the ZM ethos comes in to play in my mind as everything is there in the kit to do just that. Not this time but very tempted with an additional twist. Regards. Andy daHeld, Rockie Yarwood, Paul in Napier and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 Thoroughly looking forward to following along. monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dpgsbody55 Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Another one to watch. I have the Eduard/Z-M etch set on it's way to me now, which has the seat belts included. Hoping to start mine once I've finished the two projects currently on my modelling bench. Cheers, Michael monthebiff and Kagemusha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted September 15, 2022 Author Share Posted September 15, 2022 Made a start on the cockpit today and confirm this just like their Hs129 is a very well thought out build. After a couple of hours I had the majority of the cockpit built. And a quick comparison with my Revell G-2 I have on the bench also. the G-2 parts are still being worked on but a huge difference in quality, detail and concept but equally a huge difference in price points. Very happy and very enjoyable to put together so far. Regards. Andy LSP_Kevin, Landrotten Highlander, HB252 and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Nice progress so far, Andy. Thanks for posting this build for us all to drool over! Kev monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Hey Andy, Very interesting scheme! I'll be following along as I build mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted September 17, 2022 Author Share Posted September 17, 2022 A little more progress, moving on to the fuselage halves. Firstly I decided to test fit the basic cockpit and what an excellent fit. Some amazing engineering in this kit with everything fitting perfectly but without silly far to tight parts and so far a pleasure to build. Next I turned my attention to fitting the the rear internal fuselage structure, in typical ZM fashion they supply lots of detail such as methanol tank, radios oxygen bottles etc but as non of it will be seen I ommited them Fit of fuselage halves is excellent Just need to work out how to fit the tall tailwheel now Need to have a closer look through the sprues as I think there should be another part as the tall strut sits at a different angle. If it's not supplied in this boxing I will come up with something. Regards. Andy Greg W, Gazzas, Rockie Yarwood and 8 others 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafju Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Very interesting, Thanks this one will end up before i receive mine in France... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 I'm glad to see how well the fuselage fits Andy. You're saving me some research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ade rowlands Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Hopefully that tailwheel can be fitted after the build is done and painted because I know I’m going to snap it off if it has to go in early. monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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