Reini78 Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 #27/2023 Dear fellow modellers, this is most probably my dad´s last finished model for this year. So we already wish you and your loved ones a Merry Christmas and all the best for 2024. LF Models kit built oob, only added Eduard PE seatbelts and EZ Line for the antenna wire. Painted with Tamiya XF-5 Flat Green, XF-10 Flat Brown, XF-82 Ocean Gray 2 (RAF) and an old selfmixed RLM65. It´s a typical shortrun kit but overall not a bad one. It´s full plastic, no PE, no resin no vacform. Build thread here https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235131500-failed-rival148-heinkel-he112b-1-royal-hungarian-airforce/ The He112 was the Bf109 rival which never really made it to success. Besides being hardly in German Luftwaffe use, 30 went to Japan, another 30 to Romania. 19 were used by Spain and only 3 flew with the RHAF. Our Austrian Airforce also ordered 42 (later reduced to 36) He112B in late 1937, but due to our Anschluss to Germany they never were delivered. During summer 1940, tension rose between Hungary and Romania over Transylvania and both mobilized their forces. If the conflict would have became hot, it would have been the first encounter between He112s. In April 1941, during the Yugoslavian campaign, the Hungarian 112s received the typical yellow recognition markings for that area but never saw any combat. By spring 1944 none of the Hungarian He112 were servicable anymore. All three were destroyed most probably during the Allied bombing attacks on Hungary in summer 1944. DSC_0001 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0002 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0003 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0004 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0005 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0006 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0001 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0008 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0009 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0010 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0011 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0012 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0013 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0014 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0016 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0017 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0002 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0020 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0021 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0022 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0023 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0024 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0025 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr and together with a Bf109D (Classic Airframes) and a Ju87B (Italeri) DSC_0026 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0027 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0029 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0030 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr 44 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armorrich Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 What a beautiful flight line you have going there!!! All are really nicely built and finished. Very pleasing to look at and study. Cheers....Rich 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiampieroSilvestri Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 Sehr schön! Grüsse Giampiero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Lancaster Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 Nice collection! I really like the finish you’ve achieved on the 112! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dov Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 Well done, and also Merry Christmas! Happy modelling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeusa Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 In the group photo, you could make the argument it is a family picture with the Stuka as the father, the 109 as the mother and the 112 as the offspring. You have to feel sorry for the 112 as it came so close to being an operational aircraft, but as chance would have it, the 109 was at the right place at the right time with the right performance. I've always like the lines of the 112 as it looks graceful, but not fragile. Your father's build and finish, as always is just top notch. Your photography is just superb. I wish you and your family well for Christmas and look forward to a happy New Year when your father's next piece of art arrives. Thanks for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted December 15, 2023 Author Share Posted December 15, 2023 On 12/14/2023 at 12:53 PM, Armorrich said: What a beautiful flight line you have going there!!! All are really nicely built and finished. Very pleasing to look at and study. Cheers....Rich On 12/14/2023 at 1:22 PM, GiampieroSilvestri said: Sehr schön! Grüsse Giampiero 23 hours ago, The_Lancaster said: Nice collection! I really like the finish you’ve achieved on the 112! 23 hours ago, dov said: Well done, and also Merry Christmas! Happy modelling 19 hours ago, georgeusa said: In the group photo, you could make the argument it is a family picture with the Stuka as the father, the 109 as the mother and the 112 as the offspring. You have to feel sorry for the 112 as it came so close to being an operational aircraft, but as chance would have it, the 109 was at the right place at the right time with the right performance. I've always like the lines of the 112 as it looks graceful, but not fragile. Your father's build and finish, as always is just top notch. Your photography is just superb. I wish you and your family well for Christmas and look forward to a happy New Year when your father's next piece of art arrives. Thanks for sharing. Thanks a lot guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradders Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 WOW! Love this and the other Hungarian marked models; the comparisons are also very informative. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted December 16, 2023 Author Share Posted December 16, 2023 20 hours ago, Bradders said: WOW! Love this and the other Hungarian marked models; the comparisons are also very informative. Thank you, appreciated! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF67 Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 Lovely group of models. To my eye (so very subjective!) the 112 as an aeroplane (not your model) “looks” wrong? The proportions just don’t seem right. I’m sure others will disagree🤪 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 Very nice model, thanks for sharing! And I agree with Bill, the He-112 has such strange proportions. The wing seems so stunted and the horizontal stabilizer so big. Wonder what the design decisions behind those choices were? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted December 17, 2023 Author Share Posted December 17, 2023 On 12/16/2023 at 11:46 AM, BillF67 said: Lovely group of models. To my eye (so very subjective!) the 112 as an aeroplane (not your model) “looks” wrong? The proportions just don’t seem right. I’m sure others will disagree🤪 21 hours ago, Herb said: Very nice model, thanks for sharing! And I agree with Bill, the He-112 has such strange proportions. The wing seems so stunted and the horizontal stabilizer so big. Wonder what the design decisions behind those choices were? Thanks Bill and Herb! Yeah, the wings look too short somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 Superb! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted December 18, 2023 Author Share Posted December 18, 2023 19 hours ago, wellsprop said: Superb! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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