He 219 A-0 Uhu Zoukei-mura

[Ned]

Blimey that looks good.

[Mottlemaster]

like a new born giraffe , she has got up on her legs for the first time .

result ...not a tail sitter and is level etc  .

now i can at long last get an idea on how much display space this will swallow up  .

I am hoping the next update will be the final one before i post in the gallery .

[galgos]

That’s a great relief that she’s not a tail-sitter Alistair! I’ve always thought Uhu’s have an ungainly elegance to them, she’s beautiful. 

[psdavidson]

looking great standing on its feet

It's huge

 

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[Mottlemaster]

Phew , its finished . when i think about it ,this build could have easily been put on the shelf as a non finisher but luckily the thought of having to pick up the thread and  finish at a later date was not one i could face considering how many hours have been invested .

 

My thoughts of the build and how it went , in no particular order 

 

The largest , most complex kit iv ever attemted

 

Completely the wrong kit for this group build . Stretched my ambition to the limit should have gone with Revel  Me 109 or similar

 

Group build timing did not work out well for me 

During the build period have sold a house and gone from planning permission to completion of Building control on a new house to start Next Jan .  There has just been so much red tape to deal with .which interrupted modeling brain space .

 

Ran into weather related problems of cold temps and very high humidity making spray times limited 

 

Towards the end , the size of the aircraft and the number of fragile bits attached made moving it a problem  (hence no under surface pics today as some parts only attached 10 mins before photos )

 

For my own personal satisfaction with the end result .... My best ever build that is not a conversion ! Its certainly not perfect but it ticks all the boxes i need to be very pleased  .

 

My build of the Zoukei-mura 219 would not have taken place if not for this group build as i would never had thought the time right to pull it out from deep in the stash .

 

And im pleased its not another 109

 

Thanks Max for keeping this group build running over the extended time .

 

 

 

Just seen i need to clean my man cave window .

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

[wimbledon99]

Just seen this in the gallery and and to pop in to say

 

That’s outstanding!  Bravo 👏 

[psdavidson]

Well done on getting that monster finished

It's a cracker

 

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[FG2Si]

Very nice looking 219. It's not an easy kit to build much less paint in that complex paint scheme. One day I'll finish mine. It currently looks like the one at the Smithsonian with the wings separate from the fuselage.

[Stew Dapple]

Turned out a beauty mate, very well done  

 

Cheers, 

 

Stew

[FalkeEins]

..you did well! superb build and finish! I'm well tempted to get one, even though more than likely way beyond my 'skill set'. Now whadya gonna do with it?

[spitfire]

Beautiful finish and nice one at getting it to balance, it took me a few attempts and a lot of lead to stop mine from being a tail sitter.

 

Cheers

 

Dennis

[Alan P]

Very glad you finished it, one of the best builds on the site. It's a monster in this scale and took a concerted effort to build to this standard in the time allowed. 

 

Pleased to hear you're rightly proud of this one, it's an achievement! 👏👏👏

[Thom216]

Absolutely beautiful finish! Glad you took the plunge on it.

[Adler Leon]

That is serously impressive!

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