Heinkel He 219A-7 Uhu

[Marlin]

WOW Reini.

That looks real tasty.  

As for building, I've not been at my modelling desk the whole summer. 

Been a bit busy with this years renovations in the cottage. 

But come September I'll be back again. 

 

/Bosse.

[reini]

 

First pass with the mottling - using Vallejo Gray Violet. I'ts quite difficult to get sharp small camo work done with Vallejo...

 

 

 

Quite a lot of overspray.

 

 

 

After the second pass - I decanted some of the Tamiya AS-5 and with that I went between the mottling, making them bit more sharper and killing most of the overspray. I think the effect is decent and will do the job.

 

 

 

Removing the tape, here's how she looks.

 

 

 

Decals next, not many with this kit.

 

 

 

All decals done. Getting ready for the final assembly and weathering. I might make it just in time for this GB  

 

 

 

[franky boy]

Nice work Reini 

 

Youre a brave man mottling with Vallejo but it’s come out very well. 

 

James

[reini]

(I'm using Flickr now, which I haven't used before. So if there's any funny business with the pics, let me know...)

 

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It seems that I had done a little bit poor job at preparing the surface for decals. Despite trying my best with Tamiya Mark Fit, Micro Sol and Tamiya X-20A some of the decals weren't settling down properly. Sanding them down a bit made them look OK.

 

 

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Under the wing decals were quite nice after the sanding.

 

 

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Washing the whole plane with Flory Models Gray wash.

 

 

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Wings on. And I broke one of the antenna supports for like a third time, not gluing it back on until I am finishing the plane and adding the actual antennas.

 

 

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In the meanwhile, worked on the extra bits. Here I'm adding some final touches to the landing gears.

 

 

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Some weathering to the propellers.

 

 

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Standing on it's own legs! I just love the way this plane looks. So graceful and aggressive looking at the same time.

 

 

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The underside.

 

Still to do - adding the final weathering, gluing all the antennas and small bits onto the plane, removal of masking tape. Done by tomorrow me thinks  

[reini]

And we are done 

 

 

 

[Greg Law]

Very nice Reini all round excellent build.

[SafetyDad]

That's lovely  Reini! Great paintwork - I love the fading on the black undersurfaces, and your sanding of the decals has worked brilliantly!

Excellent job! 

 

SD

[Alan P]

Excellent modelling 👏👏👏 (I missed this the first time around, directed here by @mark.au and well worth the visit!)