1/48 He 178 V1

[2Step]

as response to a question about the kit on a different photo.

And ...

YES, it is a pretty simple kit

YES, i did manage to misread the instructions for a simple kit and somehow s*****d up the undercarriage

YES, the pilot is from a set of Soviet personnel and not the original test pilot

YES, it was one of my early 1/48 kits

YES, it was my first kit with a lot of metal finish and

YES, all this shows ...

 

 

 

 

 

[jeaton01]

The landing gear is not easy on that kit.  I think yours looks fine.  Here's what I thought to do with the main gear:

 

http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/he178/008he178.html

[Greg Law]

I have the special Hobby kit of this which I will be doing in the not to distant future once I get past my Group builds. 

[2Step]

@jeaton01

 

thanks for the picture, yours looks way better. Back than, I did not have so much research material, now I am being more thorough (which actually mostly ends up me knowing even better what is wrong with kit if I wasn't capable of reproducing the original detail in the finished model...)

 

I always wondered about buying the kit (or the V2) again to make up for my misgivings. But as long as the unbuild pile is full of other kits ....

Edited September 30, 2019 by 2Step