Chris Jephcott Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 (edited) This is the Zoukei-Mura 1/32 Ta-152H1. A kit that has been sat on my shelves for far too long, it kept on winking at me - and kept on being put back. However, I finally summoned up the courage and off I went. The kit itself has a reputation for having a bit of a bad fit, but I found that with a decent amount of dryfitting, a lot of sanding and a small bit of patience, that it actually went together really quite well. There were a few problem zones - the wing root on the underside was one, as were the wing fillets (which had to be sanded to paper thin in order to get a decent join!). However, as with every Zoukei-Mura kit, the end result is rather spectacular. With all that glorious internal detail, it would be a terrible shame to have it all sealed up. Zoukei-Mura provide decals in different colours for the fuselage numbers and squadron markings giving the builder an almost unimaginable amount of possibilities when finishing the kit. I opted to go for Red 7 for no particular reason other than the fact that the red number (in my opinion!) helped to set the fuselage out a little bit and make it look a little bit less drab. Other options included Blue, Green and Yellow! Anyway, the markings are fictional, the kit was great fun to build and I'm now looking forward to my next challenge - a WNW Felixstowe. Prepare the liquid calmer Sir! Enjoy! Chris Edited October 3, 2018 by Chris Jephcott 34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorby Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Exceptionally well built model (that wasn't supposed to sound as suggestive as it does ). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unfinished project Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Superb build stunning representation of this German Machine 👌 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberto Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Great build and stunning paintjob. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Stunning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Jephcott Posted October 3, 2018 Author Share Posted October 3, 2018 Thank you very much everyone for your very kind comments!! I had a decent amount of trepidation about this kit before I started, but, in actual fact, it was a good and (most importantly!) enjoyable build. many thanks again! Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattlow Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Excellent result Chris. Matt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Nicley done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Jephcott Posted October 4, 2018 Author Share Posted October 4, 2018 Thank you very much!! Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Morning Chris! What a result eh?! Superb work. Now, Felixstowe, no excuses!! Going back to the Ta-152, that mottling is some of the best I've seen, you'll have to share your techniques when we meet up next. Any idea why it was called the Ta-152 when clearly it's a high altitude Fw-190? I wonder why they went all curve-ball with the type designation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattlow Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Mark, Ta was given to several late war FW produced aircraft in honour/recognition, I suppose, of Kurt Tank FW's chief designer. and test pilot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Wulf Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Jephcott Posted October 4, 2018 Author Share Posted October 4, 2018 (edited) Matt’s quite right - the Ta was applied to FW aircraft after the name of Kurt Tank, who designed them. See also the Ta-154 and others! And Mark, the key to my mottling is just one simple thing on top of Gunze paint - Hataka lacquer thinner. I don’t know why, or the science behind it, but one day I was playing about and added it to white tamiya paint - and low and behold... it didn’t splatter at all!! So I thought it was worth a go with other splattery type colours. And It worked. Probably about a 60 paint/40 thinner mix, sprayed at 15-20psi and using very gentle airbrush control to stop it from puddling. Chris Edited October 4, 2018 by Chris Jephcott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Sherratt Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Some excellent modelling there, like that a lot. John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Jephcott Posted October 4, 2018 Author Share Posted October 4, 2018 Thanks John, it’s a great kit... there’s always a few things i’d Do differently next time though! chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dim_Thessalonica Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 A very good kit perfectly rendered! The paint job is excellent, I like especially the undersides. I am not a Luftwaffe fan, I wish I could build it with other markings. Maybe a What-if? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtickWarspite Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Looks fantastic, well done! Those wings are so long! If they went any further they'd taper to a point 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Jephcott Posted October 23, 2018 Author Share Posted October 23, 2018 Just catching up with a few posts - but thank you very much for your kind comments. I was surprised when ZM said that the undersides should be a mix of bare metal and RLM76. But the overall effect looks good (or at least according to me!) Thank you very much! Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 excellent work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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