RobL Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 (edited) Kit Manufacturer: Revell. Scale: 1/72. Paints used: Gunze, couple of Tamiya and Vallejo. Clear coats: Tamiya semi gloss. Weathering products - a clay wash overall. Aftermarket - acrylic rod and MDF base. I've had this kit "in progress" since February. Lost interest/enthusiasm and then lost it even further upon the outbreak, finally got back to finishing it off last week and this week... I built one of these a few years ago, ended up accidentally breaking it irreparably and had to chuck it. So I thought I'd have another go. This time it turned out better than my original, plus I stuck acrylic rod up the exhausts, something which I didn't do first time around, the plan for that was to make it easier to photograph, although due to the shape of this aircraft it's not an easy subject to photograph imo. There are actually 2 colours of grey on the topside, Gunze RLM 75 and 74, in a splinter camo type of pattern. Although you can't really tell. Not sure why as my original attempt at this kit had the exact same paints on and the two topside greys contrasted much more, unless I actually used a different grey to one of the ones I used on this build. There is also some preshading that I managed to be semi-successful with for a change, it's better on the underside than the top. Not that you can see that in my photos either... Canopy didn't fit, I knew from my previous build that would be the case, so I did my best to mitigate that. It looks worse to the mk1 eyeball than it does in my photos, for a change... I was going to use some aftermarket gun barrels, by Master, because they have the correct muzzle brakes on them, however for some reason the resin they used for the muzzle brakes was a bit "bendy" and I ended up making a mess of the entire implementation of those parts so I ended up going with the kit parts instead, although I would have liked to drill holes in the ends, but the pieces are far too small for me to do that... I also wanted to put a couple of swastikas on the "tail", because the example in the Smithsonian has two on there, although apparently they were applied after it was captured. I couldn't find my Techmod decal sheet anyway, so I ended up not putting said markings on. Thanks for looking. Edited April 23, 2020 by RobL 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Very nice build , I like it ! Wulfman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aces High Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Awesome! Looks truly space age! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camo Viking Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Very nice work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickydicky210 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Lovely build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig88 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Lovely job! One of my favourite planes. I have a couple of these in my stash and hope they come out as well as yours... when I get round to them! Miguel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil5208 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Excellent model and excellent mounting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Very nice!!! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobL Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 (edited) Thanks guys. 7 hours ago, neil5208 said: Excellent model and excellent mounting To be honest I'm not all that happy with the mounting. I can't seem to manage to get a nice curve in the acrylic rods, I use a heat gun and I mostly seem to end up with a bend at a 90 degree angle. Plus I like to not photograph the MDF base, but couldn't really get away with not doing so with this model. Happy-ish but just feel it could be better. Edited April 23, 2020 by RobL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
su27rules Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Awesome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SafetyDad Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Another + 1 here for your base. Normally I'm not a fan of aircraft built wheels-up, but your display shows off the Horten really well. SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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