Revell (ex-Heller) T-6G (Luftwaffe) - 1:72

[klr]

My second entry for this GB will be an old friend. The Heller kit, which I first built in the mid-1980s. This Revell boxing is (as it says on the box) made in Mexico, presumably by Lodela, from whom Airfix also sourced this kit.

 

My intention is to build the Luftwaffe subject on the cover. However, that kit is molded in yellow plastic. It's difficult enough to hand-paint a kit all yellow, but onto yellow plastic? No thanks. So I'm using the silver plastic from the current Revell release of a US "warbird".

 

I need to work out the precise shade of yellow, and the finish, but I can press ahead with building the kit in the meantime.

[Wez]

Another colourful and interesting choice.  Good luck with this one, in spite of its age, the Heller kit is still a good kit.

[klr]

I've made some progress on this, but not as much as with the Academy kit. The cockpit was trickier than I remember from the first build:

 

Basically, the rear control column was too far back, "pushing" the rear seat into an unnatural position. I had to break off and reposition the control column further forward.

 

Since then. I've closed up the fuselage, and assembled the wings, but mating the two is proving a bit of a challenge. More on this in the next couple of days.