JWM Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Hi, This is my fourth (or rather fourth and half, due to extras 3 engines and one fuselage) Heinkel He 111 constructed within He 111 STGB. The construction is reported he: It is Hasegawa He 111 Z-2 kit under small conversion into Z-1 variant. The fuel tanks are resin cast copies of Italeri Do 217 one, the Walter HWK boosters taken from spare in Me 323 by italeri )there were 8, i installed inmodel only 4 following the pictures), side codes home design and printed, other decals either from drawer or Hasegawa. Machine is in winter scheme from Eastern Front 1942-43. Here she is: And from bottom Comments welcome Regards Jerzy-Wojtek 35 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opus999 Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 That is really nice! I love the worn winter camo! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhutchi Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 That looks excellent (and strange too) What was the purpose and usefulness of such a thing? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alt-92 Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 23 minutes ago, jhutchi said: What was the purpose and usefulness of such a thing? Glider tug, powerful enough to drag a Me 321 Gigant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted October 18, 2020 Author Share Posted October 18, 2020 1 hour ago, jhutchi said: That looks excellent (and strange too) What was the purpose and usefulness of such a thing? Thank you! 41 minutes ago, alt-92 said: Glider tug, powerful enough to drag a Me 321 Gigant. Indeed, like this one: Regards J-W 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 I didn't know there was a Hasegawa Kit of this or a conversion kit for it. I have the old Italeri kit. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted October 18, 2020 Author Share Posted October 18, 2020 Chris, Gigants in 1/72 are only by Italeri (and reboxes of them) . In a large spectrum of various variants of He-111 by Hasegawa (shame that without the step-nose variants, or even earlier step nose and elliptical wings! -OK, forget the shames) there was shortly available Z-1: https://www.scalemates.com/pl/kits/hasegawa-00995-heinkel-he-111z-zwilling--101153 BTW in sister scheme to mine, it was likely DG+DZ since on box art the low bar of last character is visible. Photos in winter camo are for DG+DX, DG+DY, DG+DZ. Only dozen of them were done so hard to find some original scheme... For some unknown reasons now this kit is rare like hen teeth and only long range what if (only existing in projects) Z-2 variant is present from time to time on the market https://www.scalemates.com/pl/kits/hasegawa-01940-heinkel-he111z-2-long-range-bomber--101167 Therefore I bought it right after I did mine two Giants few years ago, on a "discontinuation sale" in a Polish model shop, so really being afraid that Z-2 will vanish from marked as Z-1 did. BTW - on this sale few years ago it was a bit more expensive (~10%) than it is today, in range of 100 $ . Since I had Revell rebox of Hasegawa H-6 I wanted to heave Zwilling also from Hasegawa, not to be different in shapes with H-6 in places where it should not be different.... Hope to see one day your Gigant and Zwilling on BM! Regards Jerzy-Wojtek 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2996 Victor Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 What a superb build of a fantastic machine! I've always wondered why the tail units weren't joined by a continuous tailplane - the torsional forces on that wing centre section must have been huge in turns. Kind regards, Mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted October 18, 2020 Author Share Posted October 18, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, 2996 Victor said: What a superb build of a fantastic machine! I've always wondered why the tail units weren't joined by a continuous tailplane - the torsional forces on that wing centre section must have been huge in turns. Kind regards, Mark Thank you! Indeed, there is a photo of prototype (?) Despite very poor quality and different shape of central wing a bar connecting fuselages is seen. Apparently in final variant of central wing the bar was no necessary any more... Regards J-W Edited October 18, 2020 by JWM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jfgred1 Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Really good build. Are you going to make a diorama with the Giant together? Even in 1/72nd scale, it will take a good chunk of space... Enjoy and keep them coming. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 4 hours ago, Jfgred1 said: Really good build. Are you going to make a diorama with the Giant together? Even in 1/72nd scale, it will take a good chunk of space... Enjoy and keep them coming. Thank you. The diorama? There is a potential for it indeed, but it will take too much space as you said... Since I did Me 321 I was oblige to do the engine for it ... Regards J-W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Nicely done, Jerzy. What a strange looking machine. I hadn't seen one before. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Very impressive indeed. I'd say it counts as two and a bit aircraft - even though only one pilot was carried! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 9 hours ago, Vinnie said: Nicely done, Jerzy. What a strange looking machine. I hadn't seen one before. Thank you! Not very often seen, indeed ... The companies are not presenting statistics how many kits of given type were sold, maybe it could be interesting to see the "best seller" lists for year, month or ever sold? Like with LP or CD? 8 hours ago, IanC said: Very impressive indeed. I'd say it counts as two and a bit aircraft - even though only one pilot was carried! Thank you! In some way you may think, that two He 111 needed four engines and He111z z with Me 321 on ropes behind had five engines, it means that Me 321 alone was driven by a single He 111 engine ! Regards J-W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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