1/72 Horten Go229

[Flashman]

I'm usually a firm Cold War man (with a fair bit of modern), but recently I've been getting rather interested in the last days of the Reich and the aircraft that they were producing: I love the idea that while these apocalyptic battles were going on closer and closer to Berlin, Nazi scientists worked feverishly using untapped technologies to create devastating new superweapons to unleash on the allies...well, you get the idea! So I ended up buying the 1/72 kit of an aircraft that's actually been thrown into the limelight recently with the Zoukei-Mura 1/32 kit. It's been in my stash for a couple of months now but with halloween approaching, I thought that it would be a good time to build this undoubtedly sinister looking aircraft.

Lovely box art showing the Go229 in action:

Nicely detailed fuselage:

Cockpit parts in place and given a quick blast of rattlecan Humbrol Dark Sea Grey

Wings clamped and drying:

Instrument panel painted and decaled:

Seat basecoated in Tamiya XF-61 Dark Grey, painted in Vallejo Model Air American Blue, harness straps and headrest done in XF-60 Dark Yellow, buckles done in XF-56 Metallic Grey, then the whole thing washed in Citadel Devlan Mud

Off camera, I also gave the cockpit area a wash and did the rails and picked out the details in Metallic Grey

Until next time!

[Flashman]

Have done some more work on the 229, am going walking on the york moors tonight so wanted to get a bit more up before I go away:

Cockpit assembly:

Air intakes:

Lining up the exhausts on the inside- could be a better fit!

[Bish]

Nice start here, i'll be keeping an eye on this. I am a bit of a Luft 46 fan myself and this kit is in the stash, so will be interesting to see how it builds.

[Vesa Jussila]

Nice start. Interesting subject.

[The wooksta V2.0]

Nice work but the cones in the intakes should have holes in them - they contain the Reidel starter motors which had a pull grip to start them. Best drill them out and represent the handle with a fine piece of stretched sprue.

[Flashman]

Bit of a delay in posting this, after getting back from the aforementioned hiking trip I was so crippled by muscle cramps that I couldn't get up the spiral staircase to my loft mancave- a bit shocking when you're a young man! Anyway, my legs have become a bit looser now so I've done some more work:

Guns and intake in:

Side brace shafts along the side of the fuselage in:

And fuselage closed up:

[Flashman]

Have done some more work, starting to look like an evil death-dealing spectre now!

Landing gear painted in Metallic Grey and washed in Humbrol Dark Grey

Wings on and primed:

Two thin coats of tamiya XF-61 Dark Grey, will do another one:

Canopy dipped in clear and drying:

Starting to come together!

[Flashman]

With the modelling mojo in full flow today I've pressed on:

Landing gear assembly progressing:

Camo pattern done with Tamiya XF-61 Dark Green and masking:

Underside done with Tamiya XF-18 Medium Blue lightened with XF-2 White:

[Darby]

Always a good kit to build this one. I've found in the past the wind shield and canopy sometimes need a bit of fiddling.

Always plenty of room for a bit of whiffery

[Flashman]

Finishing up now:

Landing gear and undercarriage bits on:

Decalling started- just when you thought it couldn't get any more sinister! (also, Citadel Devlan Mud used for exhaust streaks):

Also put the guns on, did the canopy (masked and hand painted separately to the kit, how I usually do it) and the rest of the decals.

And we're done! Check it out on Ready for inspection to see it in its full glory.