jrlx Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Hello, This is my rendition of Special Hobby's reboxing of MPM's Heinkel He 178 V1. This was the first jet aircraft to fly in the History of Aviation, in August 1939, a few days before the beginning of WWII. This kit is a short-run affair and presented all kinds of challenges. In fact, it fought me back in every step of the build. Anyway, I learned a few tricks but it isn't a "quick build", as I expected from the small number of parts. The WIP can be found here. Some notable points of the build: The kit comes with a small PE fret with the instrument panel and a few other external details but no seat belts I added seat belts from Eduard's WWII Luftwaffe Fighter seat belt PE set Panel lines had to be completely rescribed, as they weren't aligned when joining the two halves of the fuselage Metallic colours are Alclad's Aluminium, Polished Aluminium and Burnt Iron I used a black base technique (Alclad's Black Primer) and pre-shading with Gunze's Acrylic Sky The main colour is Gunze's Acrylic RLM02 Weathering was kept light: I used a dark brown acrylic wash and removed most of it (Vallejo's Greased Earth) Panel lines were enhanced using the same wash Here are the final pictures. IMAG7343 IMAG7344 IMAG7346 IMAG7347 IMAG7348 IMAG7354 IMAG7349 IMAG7350 IMAG7351 IMAG7352 IMAG7353 IMAG7355 IMAG7356 IMAG7357 IMAG7358 Thanks for looking. Jaime 33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Looking at your very fine final result, one would never suspect the serious challenges that this kit placed in your way. Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giampiero Piva Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Very nice ! Congrats. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roginoz Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Built this model a while back and, having seen your excellent rendition, think I'll strip mine down 'n' start again. I think I lost the love half way through the build and, having seen your result, I know I can do better. Doubt it will be better than yours, though ! Rog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 I watched all the remedial work you had to do, and now see this excellent result. Well done indeed on a fine example of an important step in aviation history. Terry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Having attempted this kit myself I know how much work you must have done to get it over the finish line in such a good shape, well done. Duncan B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted June 16, 2021 Author Share Posted June 16, 2021 5 hours ago, billn53 said: Looking at your very fine final result, one would never suspect the serious challenges that this kit placed in your way. Well done! 4 hours ago, Giampiero Piva said: Very nice ! Congrats. 3 hours ago, roginoz said: Built this model a while back and, having seen your excellent rendition, think I'll strip mine down 'n' start again. I think I lost the love half way through the build and, having seen your result, I know I can do better. Doubt it will be better than yours, though ! Rog 57 minutes ago, Terry1954 said: I watched all the remedial work you had to do, and now see this excellent result. Well done indeed on a fine example of an important step in aviation history. Terry 32 minutes ago, Duncan B said: Having attempted this kit myself I know how much work you must have done to get it over the finish line in such a good shape, well done. Duncan B Thank you very much for the very kind comments! Cheers Jaime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 A lovely build, looks as cute as a bunny ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted June 16, 2021 Author Share Posted June 16, 2021 2 hours ago, Wulfman said: A lovely build, looks as cute as a bunny ! Wulfman Indeed Thank you very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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