Ratch Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 With a smidge over three weeks left I think I can squeeze this in. The Heinkel He 112 is a German fighter aircraft designed by Walter and Siegfried Günter. It was one of four aircraft designed to compete for the 1933 fighter contract of the Luftwaffe, in which it came second behind the Messerschmitt Bf 109. Small numbers were used for a short time by the Luftwaffe. Interest was shown, but not fulfilled, by other countries. The final and perhaps most successful customer for the He 112B was Romania. The Forţã Aeronauticã Regalã Românã (Royal Romanian Air Force) ordered 24 aircraft in April, 1939, and increased the order to 30 on 18 August. Deliveries started in June, with the last being delivered on 30 September. By this point, war had broken out, and with better models on the market – including Heinkel's own He 100 – no one else was interested in purchasing the design. The production line was closed after a total of only 98 aircraft, 85 of those being the B series models. The kit is packed in a sturdy tray & lid type of box. The instructions are printed on a single sheet with one exploded diagram illustrating the components and two finish options illustrated. This side of the sheet is printed in French with English and German on the reverse. The decals appear to be in register, although the carrier film appears to have a yellow cast. The mouldings are in olive plastic and crisply produced on four runners with an additional clear sprue. Panel lines are raised, but there is moulded detail on the cockpit walls. Alternative nose panels are provided to facilitate BO and BI marques. Transfers are supplied for: 1. BO III/JG 132 Fürstenwalde 1938 2. B1 Romanian Air Force, Bessarabia 1942 I have a Falcon Clear-Vax canopy from set No. 5. Runners are washed and currently drying. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Delighted to see this one joining us, best of luck. Cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 The kit decals are quite yellow, so I've dug these out from the spares bank 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Great stuff @Ratch We dont see enough Romanian builds, great chance to right that wrong ! Best of luck. Cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 The He 112 has a big chance of becoming no.2 runner behind the 109 in this GB, but it's such a beautiful aeroplane. Go and make Ernst Heinkel proud of his baby! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalkeEins Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 I just came across a piece in the German fighter pilots association magazine written by a well-known Luftwaffe fighter ace. He states (or stated, as he was writing 40 years ago) that preferring the Bf 109 to the He 112 was one of the great failures of the Luftwaffe.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyOD Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Love this plane. Look forward to your build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted January 1, 2021 Author Share Posted January 1, 2021 I have assembled the cockpit and airbrushed RLM02 as the base colour. The appropriate panels were glued to the nose cheeks. The instrument details were brush painted and strips of Tamiya tape were cut to make safety harness straps and fitted to seat. I secured the seat to the starboard fuselage, test fitting with the port side. I constructed the propeller and joined the fuselage trapping the propeller. Even having test fitted, much tape was required to ensure the fuselage met. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted January 3, 2021 Author Share Posted January 3, 2021 I'm in a quandry over the colour under the canopy; cockpit RLM02 or white for the upper surfaces of the B1 of the Romanian Air Force, Bessarabia 1942 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Why white? I don't think that was the uppersurface colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share Posted January 4, 2021 It looks white to me WINGS PALETTE - Heinkel He.112 - Romania (scn.ru) If I could post the image I would Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Wings Palette, famed for its inaccuracies. Never model purely from any profiles. I've seen several photos of these light coloured Heinkels and (as far as can be seen in b&w images) the colour appears to be the prewar light grey often called RML 63 Hellgrau. Think of the colour usually shown on Spanish Civil War Bf.109s. Except that 63 was a greenish gray when new, although it did fade to match the civilian light grey varieties used by Lufthansa and other mid-30s users. The precise shades of these presumably varied between paint suppliers anyway, before they standardised the formulae in the very late 30s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share Posted January 4, 2021 Thanks @Graham Boak The Heller instructions have it down as Pearl Grey - I'll look for something light from Vallejo. Here's the pit - some gaps to fill at the wing root. I've decided to brush paint this. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted January 6, 2021 Author Share Posted January 6, 2021 Vallejo Model Color 70883 152 Silvergrey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted January 8, 2021 Author Share Posted January 8, 2021 Humbrol Acrylic 24 Matt Trainer Yellow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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fightersweep Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Nice work Ratch! That's a colourful He-112 you have there, and it's will really pop when the decals go on. Don't envy you the yellow though. Never an easy colour to work with. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 I think it'll be a six-footer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted January 16, 2021 Author Share Posted January 16, 2021 I've just completed the Heinkel. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightersweep Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Nice job! The Heinkel looks superb. Love the colour scheme Interesting to see the side on profile of the He-112. That seems to be an excessive amount of canopy behind the pilot! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted January 16, 2021 Author Share Posted January 16, 2021 3 minutes ago, fightersweep said: That seems to be an excessive amount of canopy behind the pilot! Drag reduction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightersweep Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 It probably was the reason, but it certainly gives it the look of a twin seater. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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