I’ve had this kit for over a year now, and having painted the top, and not having the color come out right, then the horrable masking job I did letting the paint blead thought. Then on top of that having problems with not filling and sanding seems, I decided to sand the paint off the area’s I painted and start over, then along with other problems I made up my mind and starting the kit over.
I just have few questions,
Does anyone make a masking kit for this 1/48 Heinkel He?
If this is the Revell / Monogram kit - Squadron has them Stock No: EUEX006
Looking forward to seeing some more of this build. [tup]
Thank you Summit for your info, I am thinking about buying an extra Canopy set. I did take the paint off the front two canopy, but having soaked them in paint thinner that wasn’t clear let them a bit dirty. The other thing is most of the machine guns broke off to, I’ll have to find a way to replace them some how.
Broken guns / missing guns I have seen that more times then I have needed to. I have repaired / replaced many a guns with (1) small stripped out wire,(2) electrical wire with the insulation still on, with the insulation pulled over the wire just a bit to give that hollow barrel look (3) stretched sprue . A lot of guys use Hypodermic needle tubing also.
The He-111 is my most favorite medium bomber. [tup] Ive got a pile of the old Airfix 1/72 hidden away.
How is the 1/48 Revell /Mono kit ? I have been thinking of picking a few up …[:P]
Sean The R-M 111 is not bad. The wingroots need attention to get them right. I built a 1/48 He111Z about 12 years ago using 2 111’s and a solid resin center wing. One of my cats knocked it off the shelf. I will rebuild it have all the parts. but it is huge.
This is a picture of a photo
THis is the center wing with a 48th Me109
Tempest, I’ve always thought the 111’s joined together looked weird and neat at the same time. Just wish Monogram didn’t discontinued the 1/48 Heinkel He models. I was lucky finding my at my LHS for 38$ dollars.
Sean, I do have some wire that is the same size as the machine gun’s. The hard thing is getting them stright.
Heres the V-1 that is with the kit, the right wing broke off. I tryed glueing it on but didn’t work out well.
A really easy way to get wire straight - I use a pair of tweezers with a flat handle and use that handle flat to roll across the wire while I am rolling the wire also on a solid surface. (cutting mat works) I know it is hard to picture in your mind but experiment with it and you will most likely get the hang of it.
John - wow that is a monster ! What was the wingspan on that ? I have a 1/72 Zwilling I need to build for the GIGANT I am building in spare time. Too bad your cat did a number to it. If you decide you dont want to mess with it let me know, I have hundreds of kits that need to be built. [:-^]
Ok I will have to try that out. Oh and I want to get set of canopy peices, but don’t know if # SQ9622 is what I want to get? Or SQ9621? they don’t have a picture of all comes with it. What I need to replace the four window sides, two ventral windows, two gondola windows, gondola canopy, and both front canopy, and over head canopy, If I can.
You’ll need both sets- one has the main canopy- and it’s the one for the late version, too, so you’ll be good there. The other set has all the options for the lower gondola- you’ll need them too. Bear in mind that you’ll have to cut the kit nose piece in half along the upper/lower line between the flat panes/curved panes. Hope this helps!
Yes it will, thank you Chukw.