Adam Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Almost finished my little He-162 Spatz. This is the Tamiya kit which I think is excellent and more accurate than the 1/32 Revell offering - there's something about the Revell 162's nose that looks wrong to me - anyhoo, on with my build. Tamiya I think get it just right in regard to detail. What they do, they do well leaving plenty of scope for scratch building and AM stuff to jazz up the build. I've chosen to reproduce "Red 1" flown by Lt. Gerhard Hanf of 2.JG1 at Leck. This 162 had "Nervenklau" painted on the LHS by ground crews meaning nerve claw. So the story goes, Hanf used to roar off to the airfield early in the morning on his motorbike rattling the nerves of the still sleeping ground crews. Red 1 ended up in USA and was flown by the legendary Bob Hoover and a major reason for building this particular bird. Some plumbing in the wheel bay. DSC_1608 by Adam Dormer, on Flickr DSC_1619 by Adam Dormer, on Flickr Some extra details and plumbing added to the cockpit. DSC_1621 by Adam Dormer, on Flickr DSC_1620 by Adam Dormer, on Flickr Slowly and painstakingly adding plumbing to the BMW engine. 20180620_170844 by Adam Dormer, on Flickr Painted & grimed/oiled.I don't believe I went overboard here in reference to photos. They were not flown that much, but they would have leaked like sieves and were largely kept outdoors - fuel + oil + dust = grim. 20180620_170806_resized[3741] by Adam Dormer, on Flickr 20180620_170719_resized[3740] by Adam Dormer, on Flickr 20180613_160708_resized by Adam Dormer, on Flickr Plenty of jobs left to do. Finishing up scratch building the canopy lock - 7 separate parts to far! Master Models gun barrels and nose wheel position indicator added with pitot tube, loop radio antennae plus Revi gun sight to follow at end. Final matt "dust" coat to come. A few more wires and tubes to add to the engine as well. BradG, LSP_Kevin, F`s are my favs and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted June 26, 2018 Author Share Posted June 26, 2018 (edited) Some work fitting the canopy lock and adding the little "loops" to the canopy frame as part of the canopy locking system - micro-surgeons eat your heart out! Canopy by Adam Dormer, on Flickr Spatz with canopy by Adam Dormer, on Flickr Edited June 26, 2018 by Adam F`s are my favs, BradG, LSP_Kevin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Terrific work - the details are amazing. Keep ‘em comin Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted June 26, 2018 Author Share Posted June 26, 2018 (edited) Terrific work - the details are amazing. Keep ‘em comin Peter Thanks Peter! I've put in far more effort into this little kit than I thought I would - it was supposed to be a quick mojo improving build. The BMW engine on the stand is a separate model in itself and requires more scratch building than the 162 itself. As a scale, I prefer 1/32 but build 1/48 when I believe the model in this scale is better than the offering in 1/32, or it simply does not exist in 1/32. Thanks again for your comments and I'll keep the posts coming! Edited June 27, 2018 by Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Adam - wrong Peter! Great work, though. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted June 27, 2018 Author Share Posted June 27, 2018 (edited) Adam - wrong Peter! Great work, though. Kev Whoops - edited accordingly! Stiil, detail work is inspired by Peter the Great and I will press on with more tube/pipework! Edited June 27, 2018 by Adam LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kahunaminor Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Nicely done that man. The devil is in the details and you have certainly added some devil. Regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted July 3, 2018 Author Share Posted July 3, 2018 I keep finding more and more real estate to populate with detail on this little engine and the more I do it, the better my skills become. Some of my first attempts are a little crude compared to where I'm at now. It's more about working with the materials I have - brass tube, bits of wire I've collected over the years, etc. I have some thin stainless wire I can't remember where I got it from - off some instrument I think. It's pretty springy and hard to bend. So how to fix this I thought to myself as it's the perfect gauge for some fuel lines on the engine. I thought why not heat it, so I found a trusty BIC lighter and turned the wire red hot and bingo = perfect colour and easier to bend - yay! I'll have to repeat this process for the Airfix Meatbox Mk.8 I attempt down the track as this kit as two beautiful little engines to detail - I'd only do the one as two would surely kill me!Plumbing is now mostly done. I have the electrics (yellow) and what looks to be a air line (blue) to add finally, then paint and grime. 20180703_114932_resized by Adam Dormer, on Flickr 20180703_114959_resized by Adam Dormer, on Flickr mustang1989, LSP_Kevin, Kahunaminor and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted July 3, 2018 Author Share Posted July 3, 2018 (edited) Revi gun sight fitted and I wanted to show the brilliant Yahu instrument panel which are just jewels in my opinion. The kit comes with a decal for the instruments, so well worthy of a upgrade in my opinion. The instrument panel was the only AM part I purchased, as I did want to minimise AM purchases as much as possible on this build. The seat beats I found in my etch spares. 20180703_124023_resized[3851] by Adam Dormer, on Flickr 20180703_123917_resized[3853] by Adam Dormer, on Flickr Edited July 5, 2018 by Adam Kahunaminor, mustang1989 and LSP_Kevin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Some excellent detail work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Details are at a premium on this one!! Love it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 As I just can't find anything else more to do on Spatz and reached a point of diminishing returns should I try, it's done - PHEW! First model finished in two years. This was supposed to be a simple mojo enhancer as Tamiya builds usually are, but it ended up being a epic super-detailing build, particularly in regard to the engine. I added over 70+ individual pieces to the engine - just lost count in the end. So, at least I have something for Model Expo next year finished! 20180725_133654[4017] by Adam Dormer, on Flickr 20180725_133531[4018] by Adam Dormer, on Flickr 20180725_133438[4019] by Adam Dormer, on Flickr 20180725_133232[4021] by Adam Dormer, on Flickr 20180725_133156[4022] by Adam Dormer, on Flickr 20180725_133132[4023] by Adam Dormer, on Flickr mustang1989, TorbenD, Tnarg and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 This build is just "all that" Adam. Truly some top notch stuff on display here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted July 26, 2018 Author Share Posted July 26, 2018 16 hours ago, mustang1989 said: This build is just "all that" Adam. Truly some top notch stuff on display here. Thanks mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted August 7, 2018 Author Share Posted August 7, 2018 Spent a little time mucking around with the camera on Spatz this morning. I like trying to reproduce images similar to how the real thing appeared at the surrender and beyond at Leck airfield in May 45. One thing I've learnt is by comparing colour and B/W images, it gives a good clue as to whether one has achieved the right tonal effects with a colours. There is a decent enough difference between RLM 81 (brown) and RLM 82 (green) in colour, but it's hard to make out the two in the original B/W images. The key is ensuring in particular the RLM 82 is not too light and this is easily verified by some existing He-162s that still sport the original paint. There were no doubt substantial variations in these paints during wartime, so in effect everyone is right and wrong. Throw into this paint fade and lighting/film effects so it's all very much guess work. Photos taken without a flash using long exposure and small aperture. He-162 BW (1024x698) by Adam Dormer, on Flickr DSC_2451 Colour (1024x728) by Adam Dormer, on Flickr DSC_2449 (1024x610) by Adam Dormer, on Flickr He-162 Colour RHS BMW (1024x610) (1024x610) by Adam Dormer, on Flickr DSC_2450 (1024x583) by Adam Dormer, on Flickr DSC_2448 by Adam Dormer, on Flickr DSC_2446 (1024x723) by Adam Dormer, on Flickr LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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