JWM Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Hi The Heinkel He 59 was constructed in 1930, so before re-militarisation of Germany done by Hitler after 1933. It was designed as recce and patrol bomber machine able to use floats and wheels, however she is known mostly as floatplane. After the outbreak of Spanish Civil War in July 1936 already in October ten He 59s appeared there withing group AS-88 (Aufklarungstaffel 88 - so by name a recce squadron) in Legion Condor. They were based in Pollensa on Mollorca. They were able to carry 1 t of bombs or torpedo and front MG was replaced by 20 mm gun. In fact they were used mostly as patrol-bombers to attack merchant ships transporting supply for Republicans. During operations 27 He-59 were used within AS-88, 17 of them were lost however they sunk 52 ships. They were also used in some actions like regular bombers, for example in a raid over a bridge in Catalonia, bombing raids on Tarragona (nice city, BTW) and so on. The model is from 2001 by Special Hobby, so one of early their production. Jas to be corrected in small things like for example adding doors on right side of fuselage and adding additional windows. It is a short run, to be frank rather difficult to build with right angles between floats, fuselage etc... To get it some od struts of floats I made from scratch. Besides what was in instruction I based on the article (ie: mostly on photos and drawings) published in Air Magazine No 15 from August 2003 (by Juan Arraez Cerda) and on another one from FlugerRevus X 73. So, what to say? - apparently I was waiting from 2001 (when I bought model) and finally at least from 2003 gathering courage to undertake this construction... (when during duty visit to Manaco I've bought this Air Magazine).... Here is result: It is surprisingly massive machine, if you compare her with for examle Sm 81 or Sm 55 among whole my collection of SCW (it is No 42): About riging - I did it using EZ before upper wing was glued together. Recently I am doing it this way. This makes me able to strech cables without drilling upper part of upper wing. I did it the same way in case of my two other build - Supermarine Sea Otter (already presented on RFI) and Stranraer (not yet shown here) Comments welcome Regards Jerzy-Wojtek 51 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Lovely Jerzy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VolkerR. Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Great work. It is a beautiful model and an interesting subject. The photos are also very good. Volker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc72 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 That is a nice Heinkel and an impressive collection of Spanish Civil War-models. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorty84 Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 The He 59 is an impressive beast and you really did it justice. Not so easy to get this kit nowadays and it's a pity I didn't catch one while it was available. Your SCW collection looks really nice too. Incredible how many types were used in this conflict. Cheers Markus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Amazing modelling and a fantastic collection, brilliant! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRK4m Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Great aircraft, faultless built and incredible photos - keep on going this way, Brother ! Cheers Michael 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Niiiice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Awesome! Amazing collection too! 👍👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Cracking build, Jerzy. I have my first biplane waiting under the bench. Have you any advice about the rigging? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VG 33 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Hi Jerzy This is very nice and I know this kit as I built one in 2004. Your 20mm gun is quite convincing. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyh59 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Great build and finish, nice to see models of these lesser known 'workhorses' especially of the Luftwaffe ( I'm biased 😁). Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted March 19, 2020 Author Share Posted March 19, 2020 13 hours ago, Shorty84 said: Your SCW collection looks really nice too. Incredible how many types were used in this conflict. Here is very nice web page devoted to all of them: http://bioold.science.ku.dk/drnash/model/spain/did.html So altogether was about 200, and I've build so far 42... Next few are in stash (FK51, He70, Wal, Bf 109A, Dewoitine 27) 2 hours ago, Vinnie said: Cracking build, Jerzy. I have my first biplane waiting under the bench. Have you any advice about the rigging? In last years I've discovered EZ line and I am now in a middle of second 30 m roll of it! Shortly - before assembly drill openings with 0.4-0.6 mm drill (one side, let name it first, for example on bottom wing can be not going through, could be just 2 mm deep). When kit is glued together cut each cable ~1.5 cm longer then necessary. Position with pincet in the first place and put a droplet of CA glue inside. After while put into other hole and stretch it for about 10%. Secure with piece of Tamiya tape and glue with another droplet of CA glue. Cut the excess of cable. You can fill the opening using filler (be careful then with sanding). In difficult places you can temporarily glue a thin (0.3 mm) plastic sprue to the free end of EX and use it as a needle. You can cut it out later or, if it goes for example to the wing when you did not drilled opening through you can press it to be lost in the space inside wing or in fuselage. This way you can repair also in rare cases when EZ cable is taken apart from one side in a finished model. This "needle" can be very helpful since the electrostatic forces bound the cable during assembly. The other trick is with horizontal bars, which are often in many airplanes (as here) in place of crossing cables. Never glue it with CA. It is too strong and spoil your work when will glue in wrong position by accident. I am just painting them with acrylic varnish and put on the place. Varnish, when dry, work then as glue, strong enough. 1 hour ago, VG 33 said: This is very nice and I know this kit as I built one in 2004. Your 20mm gun is quite convincing. Patrick Back in 2004 I was too afraid about riging with stretched sprue, what was mine basic technique of those years (except only Potez 540, where I tried the thin guitar string). The EZ solved this problem and I was not afraid any longer to build it! Many thanks John, Volker, Doc72, Marcus, Wulfman, Michael, RMCS, Kapam, Vinnie, Patrick, Andyh59 for your kind words! Regards J-W 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 37 minutes ago, JWM said: Back in 2004 I was too afraid about riging with stretched sprue, what was mine basic technique of those years (except only Potez 540, where I tried the thin guitar string). The EZ solved this problem and I was not afraid any longer to build it! Regards J-W Thanks JW, appreciate that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 @JWM. What size EZ line do you use for 1/72. Thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 JW, excellent work on the 'Zapatones' ('Big Shoes' in Spanish). I envy your collection of SCW aircraft, although I do have some of the same aircraft built up. One of these days my collection will be as big and impressive as yours (hopefully)! Best Regards, Jason 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted March 19, 2020 Author Share Posted March 19, 2020 51 minutes ago, Vinnie said: What size EZ line do you use for 1/72. Thanks. It is "EZ fine" Have a great result with it! Regards J-W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 Really nice build and awesome collection 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 That looks great. A very interesting type this. Not that I'm a fan of the regime but those Spanish Nationalist markings are very attractive. That's a very impressive collection from the Spanish Civil War you have there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luka Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 That's a solid looking build. Impressive collection too, and do I spy some Chinese fighters down there? Totally love that improvised water surface too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted March 24, 2020 Author Share Posted March 24, 2020 Thanks Russ C, Maetbox and Luka for comments On 3/22/2020 at 4:04 PM, Luka said: That's a solid looking build. Impressive collection too, and do I spy some Chinese fighters down there? Totally love that improvised water surface too! Indeed, this is a set of Second Sino-Japan War 1937-41 and Nomohan Incident included to this war. Only two Japaneese (Nell is done in end of seventies, Babs from about 2000) and group of Chinees (the biplane in second row is Douglas O2M - resin kit by Ardpo, Northrop Gamma 2e is scratch conversion from William Bros, and Azur Vultee v11, first row is Curtiss Hawk - Monogram conv., Dew. 501, Breda 27 and three Polikarpovs: Russian I152, Chineese UTI-4 and I-153). I have some almost ten Japaneese in stash and only one more Chineese.... Thank you for comment on water - I invenetd this doing photos of Norwegian He115... Cheers J-W 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Very nicely done. 👍 👍 👍 Cheers, Bill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Nice build of an unusual subject. Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro1 Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Nice one Jerzy! A very impressive beast. Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 A very nicely done He-59, I did not realise it was so big, and a fantastic collection on display too. Duncan B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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