Planebuilder62 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Hi there I bought this a few years ago and I am hoping for some advice here on BM for alternative colour scheme for this build. A few years ago I built a Zwilling, the panel lines were scribed and very thin masking tape was put on the spinners to make the rough spirals. On with the pictures. Regards Toby 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arniec Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Good luck with your build Toby. There aren't to many different schemes for this version. Hope you can find one. just try to google it, and maybee you will find a different scheme. But most of them were in standard camo with a wellenmuster or blodges of a different color on top. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Here's a link to my Mediterranean Italeri He111 build from 2016. I thoroughly enjoyed building two simultaneous He111s in overlapping GBs, so will be watching with interest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 There's not a lot out there on He111/V-1 combos. Chris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Hills Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 5 hours ago, dogsbody said: There's not a lot out there on He111/V-1 combos. Chris This reference is useful for my Faller 1/100 build 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planebuilder62 Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 (edited) Many thanks Dogsbody for the pictures and drawings. I have a question for those of you familiar with the Italeri kit. Clear part 27C which is the clear upper aft section on my kit stands a little proud of the fuselage at its aft edge. An attempt to pack out the fuselage witht the thinnest plast card did not cure the problem. Have anyone seen this before and have a good fix short of bonding a thin layer of card around the fuselage top surface to sand down to match the clear part? regards Toby Edited July 27, 2020 by Planebuilder62 typo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Planebuilder62 Posted August 20, 2020 Author Share Posted August 20, 2020 Building has been happening slowly during the summer. The side windows were adjusted so they were proud of the outside surface of the fuselage and then rubbed down and polished. The forward 4 windows were made ready for painting on the insde. The gondola windows were fitted and the filled from the outside as they were not transparent on the H-22`s. The fuselage was painted RLM 66 and closed up. The nose transparencies have been glued on one at a time with glue from a tube. I expect a lot of work is needed to blend them together and with the fuselage, from my experince using Kristal klear will dissolve when lots of wet sanding is done. The glue marks on the transparecies will all be coved by paint, I hope. The gun in the nose has been cut into 2 parts and a sleeve fitted to the window. When painting is complete the gun barrel will then have a socket to fit into. The spent shell/belt feed to this gun was made by taping 2 bits of thin electrical cable around a length of 0,2 mm Albion brass wire. The gun breech was driilled and the brass wire super glued in. It seems to fill the space nicely. Next step is to mask the nose and paint it RLM 66. regards Toby 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREG DESTEC Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Great work Toby 👍 I am getting ready to paint mine. I'm not looking forward to masking the transparent parts. Cheers Greg 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planebuilder62 Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share Posted August 21, 2020 The RLM 66 has been sprayed on the show up the gaps and the steps with the tranparencies. Some work to do here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 This maybe too late. I have noticed just yesterday that the H-11 onward has the two front fuselage windows reduced to round inset windows. This includes your one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planebuilder62 Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 Thanks Greg The paint has been removed from the forward windows and polished up. The wings are on and tail plane is going on one side at a time, pictures in a couple of days. I must say this kit is a bit of a dog, nothing seems to fit without shims or trimming. A lot of putty is needed around the front canopy as well as the eninges that leave large gaps to the nacelles. Oh well, onwards and upwards. regards Toby 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planebuilder62 Posted September 6, 2020 Author Share Posted September 6, 2020 Some progress has been made at last, here are some pictures after the filler has been put around the windows. The tailplane is on and square and both wings are on the the correct dihedral. On to the pictures 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planebuilder62 Posted September 6, 2020 Author Share Posted September 6, 2020 As the nose glazing required lots of filler, there was some damage to the masks and some Milliput residue around the masks was difficult to remove. I took the unusual step of removing some of the masks and cleaning up the transparencies. Here are the before pictures. Here are the new masks in place. And now with a new coat of something linke RLM 66. The transparencies now look like they are in integral part of the airframe I think. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREG DESTEC Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Great work Toby 👍 Well worth the effort. My glazing is less than stellar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arniec Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 That looks very good. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 Well done with the recovery. 👍 I'm expecting an issue like you had when I remove mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planebuilder62 Posted September 14, 2020 Author Share Posted September 14, 2020 Got the painting done with Xtracolur mixed with Rustins Dryers to speed up the drying time. The Italeri decals were toast so a mixture of Xtradecals, Fantasy PrintShop and Techmod were used. Here are the pictures. Regards Toby 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREG DESTEC Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Looking good 👍 Is the underside black? Cheers Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planebuilder62 Posted September 15, 2020 Author Share Posted September 15, 2020 Yepp, black underneath. Soon to have some RLM 76 clouds adding to the top surface. Regards Toby 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planebuilder62 Posted September 15, 2020 Author Share Posted September 15, 2020 Here are some pictures of the RLM 76 clouds and the black undersides. It was surprising how the splinter scheme disappeared under the clouds. regards Toby 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planebuilder62 Posted September 20, 2020 Author Share Posted September 20, 2020 The upper turret was missing a support for the machine gun so one was scratch built. And then the undercarriage was fitted and the antenna and pitot tube. Alclad matt varnish was sprayed on, the masks removed and the machine guns fitted and the V-1 attached A piece of wire replaced the kit item to connect the spark plug to the mothership fuselage, and then it was done. Here are the pictures. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arniec Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 That is a great looking model! I love the camo! Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Well done that was come up very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mottlemaster Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Looks great.A job well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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