Jørgen Tangerud

Those placards looks nice, ordering those and some fabric seatbelts. Did you use anything to have a Rolls Royce logo on the engines?

The twins needed something to sleep in, so in pure Tamiya spirit, it was like building Lego.

Been dreaming about building one of Tamiya`s 1/32 birds, and when i was asked to build one, and even get payed for it, i wasnt hard to ask. This will most likely be a long project, the goal is to have it ready for Skala 2023, IPMS Norway`s annual expedition. Box: Had to start of with the wonderful Merlins. Will be so to say oob, might add some fabric seat belts, and some Vingtor decals for a Norwegian machine. Stay Tuned

Ok, too bad, but i guess its ok to get that from eduard, looks realy good aswell. My adress is: Jørgen Tangerud Økrigata 15 1340 Skui Norway Just tell me if you want something for it trough paypal or something.

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Im pretty sure it is the "deep" version, and i think the Sniper pod is named Panthera, but maybe just a export name.

Thats kinda important yeah, 1/72, post edited, thanks

Hey all. Working on this as a gift to a friend that has been CC on it for some years, including during its operations in Libya. Want to build it as it was configured during the Libya ops, but cant find all the stuff i need. Using the Italeri 1/72, and devals from Wingtor. Aim-120x2 Sniper Pod An-Alq-131 GBU-31x2 Anyone here know where i can find it? Eduard got them, but thats kinda expensive. https://www.jottacloud.com/s/123677d9cfd5a78499c8259faaa8d623cb9 https://www.jottacloud.com/s/1234dbf500b503b4d5e8f0f7d8318e09871

Im in on this

And there mine looked mediocre again, hehe. Well done, impressive paintwork Didnt think that machine had the trop-filter tho Looks good anyways ofc

Yeah, thats the issue i thought of fixing, but saved it for the next one. Eduard should fix it with their brass-legs Thanks for the nice words

Yes, its buildable Chose to ignore the so called flaws, and built it oob.

That is good for those that build it (myself included)

Forgot to update this post in a while, but did a mistake on the painting and decaling the tail, so its still not completed. well, pictures says more than words.

My very first civilian, very weird with no pit`work, no window-masking etc, but fun to try Nice noseweight solution

Bird is primed. Still some minor things to fix, but overall it seems good. Also got the landing skid, and the trolly ready, neat little thing The wheels are vinyl, and they got a seems at the middle, but not sure whats the best way of removing it, any tips?

Got some more done on this little bird. Wings close to beeing ready to join with the body. Speedbrakes are supplied as PE, but glued it in place. Slats are also glued in their fixed position. MK108 cannons And the engine/tank compartment. Got some fit problems with the rear part/front part of the main body, hope i can sort it out, else i must glue it in place so i loose the option to show it seperated.

By reading in other forums (LSP), it seems that very much of the PE from Eduard made for the Hasegawa one, fits right in. I will build it oob tho.

The Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet, designed by Alexander Lippisch, was a German rocket-powered fighter aircraft. It is the only rocket-powered fighter aircraft ever to have been operational. Its design was revolutionary, and the Me 163 was capable of performance unrivaled at the time. German test pilot Heini Dittmar in early July 1944 reached 1,130 km/h (700 mph), not broken in terms of absolute speed until November 1947. Over 300 aircraft were built however, the Komet proved ineffective as a fighter, having been responsible for the destruction of only about nine Allied aircraft (16 air victories for 10 losses, according to other sources). The build: When HLJ started preorder on this one i signed straight away, as this airplane has allways fascinated me. Think i build the Red painted one in 1/72 when i was a kid, but that wont be the colorscheme this time. I didnt take any sprueshots, but that is well covered in the review here: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234948468-me163b-komet-meng-132/ This walkaround page is also very nice, showing very much details. http://www.aircraftwalkarounds.be/Images/Messerschmitt163BKometPart1/index.html I will build this one straight oob, but the kit screams for open panels and superdetailing Well, not much of a wip without pictures, so heres some from a slow start Boxart: Cockpit tub : Meng have molded the fuel tanks with noe structure at all, so i have tryed to make some by adding thin Tamiya-cement, for then to go over it with a stiff brush. Some pit-parts ready for painting: Cockpit painted and weathered, still a bit too shiny, will dull it down some more. Instruments are PE with seperate decal-dials. Looks weird, but thats the Kristal Clear who hasnt dryed up yet. Also started on some mainframe assembly, and i must say i like the way Meng has enginered the body-wing joint. The joint looks to be totaly perfect Stay tuned....... ps: why cant i link directly to my pictures on google+ ?

Starting to get to point where i have to choose between settling on the result, or try to make it better, but giving my self more work restoring details. Im settling on the first option, and are calling the nascelles done, now the plane are washed, and tomorrow ill try a layer of primer to see how the result is

Some real challenges with the nascelles on this one, not sure what Eduard have been thinking when making this. Will make it as good as i can, but doubt it will be perfect.

Eduard 1/48 Started working on this kit, and must say that so far the build has been a joy. I have read that the nascelles can be a pain to fit, but i wont cry until i have tryed Boxart: The Profile: And a photo of the real thing, borrowed from a pdf by Kjetil Aakra and Olve Dybvig. As the Norwegian based 110E`s got a new mount for the mg, the gunner also got a new seat, so inspired by the works of Olve Dybvig and the original picture, i have tryed to replicate that. Some more pics of the interior, that is now secured in the body. To be continued......

Its a lovely kit isnt it? Im on the end on the build on mine, and are planning a new one with the eduards stuff that are coming now in october. At least that fuel-line broke on a bit that was to be painted, its worse that the attachment point are on the bit that are ment to be masked off.... Heres a little tip for the exausts so tou can mount them towards the end.

Not much progress on this one, as im avaiting the squadron vac-from canopy, the one is this kit cant be used on the subject im builidng due to the mounts for the fug radar. Im also trying to source some decals, but that seems quite hard. Does anyone know the size of the letters on the ar234 btw?

Howdy. New project, this time inspired by my fathers booklet about the subject, so the plan is to build it as one of the machines that opereted, and was in Norway when the war ended. I got the kit on sale from Hannants, but unfortunatly it only has the nightfighter front-glazing, with some ugly mounting-tabs for the antennas. So i have asked Hasegawa to buy a clear-sprue from their other 234 set, and are also concidering Squadron`s vac-formed, due to the nice top-frame with hatch. Maybe someone in here have a spare canopy from the non-antenna version? Anyways, whats a WiP without pictures..... The kit Reference, my dads booklet One of these profiles its what i aim for. I ordered the photoetched set from Eduard, besides the precut masks. Didnt take much photos during the fiddly work with the etch, but here is the nearly finished office. Its by far the most etch i have ever put into a cockpit, but on the other side, the work will be visible on this one. The instrument panel, with cabling The gearbays also got some etch, but that will be close to invincible. If anyone got tips on where i can get the correct letters for the profiles i posted, i will be very thanksfull Stay tuned....