Tokyo Raider Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Greetings Friends! Well, just like the letdown my favorite Football team gives me... I was on the way to scoring big with this excellent ICM Bomber kit. This He111H is a really large model in 1/48 and the fit was really good, except for a few spots easy to fix. I kept doing well on each step of this kit and thought it was going to be my best model... THEN, I pulled off the masking on the side windows and discovered I had hit them with overspray from the inside (somehow). Flustered I goofed up gluing in a gun in the lower gondola and crazed the window... Well, I was 'Almost Famous' as we say in the Horse Show World! I really enjoyed this build and have a lot of pride still in the build. The Kit was fantastic and I highly recommend it! Go get one while you still can, as it was a great effort from ICM... I did add a few things: The Eduard 'Look' PE harness and Instrument panel, Eduard Resin Wheels, and scratch build decals to match a sharp scheme I found on the internet. I have seen reference of this airplane in Norway in April 1940, but also in France in Summer of 1940. Its from KG100, and had the undersurfaces painted in BLACK but still had the crisp topside splinter cammo. The Red 'F' decals were custom decal and custom painted. I liked this scheme with the red spinners, and its unique in that its not on a decal sheet anywhere. The profile painting for this He111H had the bomb bay compartment side windows open, so I left the windows in, many He111's had these painted over or sheet metal covered. This is actually a neat feature of the kit as the bomb load and the Bomb racks are visible in these windows. This bird also had a more advanced Navigation system with THREE masts. I had to scratch build the extra two masts, but many He111H's had these three masts. The undersurface Insignia is painted out and slightly visible and that came out nice. Exhaust is on lower surface only because this 'H' bird had the 'log' type manifolds and dumps the exhaust under the wing. ICM gives you (2) highly detailed engines with full engine mounts to build and I left some of the doors open on the left hand engine. Its really nice kit! Enjoy the photos and let me know what you think of her. This kit kept me out of the bar for a great 2 week build. 71 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick b Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Very, very nice Bob. Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Nicely done indeed !! DaveH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 That looks just fine to me. Two weeks eh, that's fast! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VolkerR. Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Looks perfect to me. Inspiring build, I will have to build one myself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyo Raider Posted March 14, 2022 Author Share Posted March 14, 2022 (edited) 28 minutes ago, VolkerR. said: Looks perfect to me. Inspiring build, I will have to build one myself. Hi Volker... yes you will like the kit! It is really nice and kept me interested and engaged. I liked it so well, i ordered the ICM north africa he111H-6 kit and the ICM he111H-20 with top turret. Kinda funny, I push myself to build my stash, and just realized for every ONE I build, I replace it with TWO more kits! Edited March 14, 2022 by Tokyo Raider 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 It turned out great Bob!!!!! MIke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackroadkill Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Two weeks?! Two weeks?! TWO WEEKS?! I'm dumbfounded..... What a cracking model - I love it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zigomar Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Very well done ! Yes it is huge and I remenber when I did the Pro-Modeller one that I had trouble to put it on the shelves. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giampiero Piva Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Very nice model, congratulations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Alan Bardell Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 That's a lovely He111 - great build sir. B R 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiet Mike Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 You've done that kit justice, what a great build! Lovely details. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrei G Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Really great result! Two weeks it is really fast, when I had build my He 111H-16 it tooks me almost two months. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiet Mike Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 2 hours ago, Andrei G said: Really great result! Two weeks it is really fast, when I had build my He 111H-16 it tooks me almost two months. Amatuers. My last build was 11 months 😆 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Great looking `111 there, really nice work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 A perfect build Heinkel. I really like the effect of the overpainted under wing cross for example, just to mention one of the many great details. The H-6 in the Revell box is in my stash and i am really looking forward to the build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 great work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Dyck Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 Absolute stunning model. Very precise and clean canopy masking. What’s not to like? Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mycapt65 Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 Wow! It looks so good it makes my want to build one and I don't even like the type. 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 Bob, One of the best 'einkels' I've seen. I look forward to the other two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 That is just a wonderful model Bob! It really looks great to me man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maginot Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 Great finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinChipmunkfan Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 Great looking He111 Bob- very well built and painted. I have the same virus as you- build one buy two, I don't think there is a cure. Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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