I just can’t keep myself away from the bench recently…and hey, that’s not a bad thing! I dug a kit out of my stash that I’ve had for a while. It’s the old Matchbox Heinkel 115 kit. I bought this from an antique store that has a nice selection of old model kits. The copyright date on the box is 1989, I was only three when this kit was originally sold on shelves! I can’t help but wonder how long the kit in my possession had been on that antique store shelf before I bought it- and where it had been before that! Maybe I can’t figure out it’s past, but I know what it’ll become in the future! I am not going to go overboard (excuse the pun) with the interior detail on this one…it was a very basic kit in it’s day, and I think part of what’s gonna make this build so cool is keeping it basic!
Well here’s a shot of what I’ll be working with. You’ll have to excuse some of the clutter- I’ve been in the process of moving and things are still where they shouldn’t be. I ended up buying an Eduard mask for this kit because let’s face it… pre-cut masks just make things a little easier!
Cockpit floor and interior walls are painted, and so are the crew. I ended up using RLM 66 schwarzgrau for the walls and floor. I haven’t been able to find a source regarding the interior color of the He-115- so I just winged it.
Engines and props painted. I dry brushed a little Testors aluminum onto the cylinder heads. The props were painted with RLM 70 schwarzgrun.
Nice choice, will keep an eye on this. I have been thinking about getting the Revell boxing of this. So will be interested to see how it builds.
Hey you could do a lot worse than an old Matchbox kit.
You’re definitely right, USMC! This is probably the easiest kit I’ve ever put together. Everything is fitting in place perfectly. The fuselage is all set! 
And the BMW radials are all set as well! 
coated the clear parts in Future.
Put together one of the wings. The fit was perfect, too soon to tell if I’ll need any filler but so far, so good!
USMC, I know what you mean, I built their Chinook a couple of years back and I am glad Revell have kep[t there kits going.
Looking good there rocker.
I have the same kit but it’s packed away in a storage unit. .still rebuilding from hurricane Sandy and haven’t been able to do much building. …hope to be back at my bench in a month or so. Your build is looking great and I will be lurking. …lol
Haha thanks troublemaker! I dig your profile photo- is that a Ki-46? I just picked up a Hasegawa one a few weeks ago. Here’s a shot of the nose section- the two halves of the nose were a bit tricky to put on, so I placed the fuselage between the jaws of a large pair of hemostat tweezers on a mount and glued the clear parts on with the body of the aircraft standing upright. It worked and nothing fell off!
The float halves have been glued together and in the morning they’ll be dry.
Looking good so far!
Lots of nice canopy to mask on this one. Looking good.
Man, I love this plane! Not as much into the WWII birds as I used to be, but this one is something special. I’ll be watching closely. [Y]
I can count my shelf queens on 1 hand. This is one. i was not up tot he task at the time. So I will be living vicariously through your build. Nice work
Thanks for the kind words everyone! This build is going together quite easily. As I type this, the cement on the portside wing is drying. The floats are all set, I’ll just have to attach the nose cone and MG to the front of the aircraft, and attach a few small pieces and structurally, the plane will be complete!
Got a little bit of time to myself this evening to work on the 115. All the clear plastic is cemented on, it’s looking pretty good! 