papa 659's Italeri 1/72 HE-111

[T. van Vuuren]

I was all about to go out and get one of these kits seeing that it is being built so well by Ian.....untill I read about the raised lines (que the tears!)

I do not have the guts to rescribe a whole plane

For me the issue with raised detail is how do you restore it when it has been sanded away o n a seam or such, scribed detail is way easier to fix.

I woud say if you have kits with raised detail just build them and have fun with it, afterall it is for your own enjoyment

Theuns

 

[flyjoe180]

Nice work so far Ian.

As for raised panel lines: there are plenty of examples of raised panel lines in the real world, both on 'vintage' and on 'modern' aeroplanes. Personally I don't mind raised panel lines on my models, unless they are so far out of scale that they need to be sanded down a bit.

 

[papa 695]

Ok time to start painting. Got the glass work painted the interior colour first View attachment 95473

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Then pre-shaded View attachment 95477

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[Alan 45]

This is looking good Ian I like the he 111 and I have the 1/32 revell one but I'm too scared to touch it at the moment :D

 

[dubster72]

That's a fair amount of pre-shading there Ian!

 

[papa 695]

This is looking good Ian I like the he 111 and I have the 1/32 revell one but I'm too scared to touch it at the moment :D

I would like to see that one on the go Alan.

 

[papa 695]

That's a fair amount of pre-shading there Ian!

There's a lot of panel lines Patrick

 

[papa 695]

Got the underside painted

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Just the top to do

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Just wondering about the top camo is it as it say's in the instructions white with dark green lines, or is it white on top of the normal camo Olive green and dark green ?

 

[flyjoe180]

Looks great so far Ian, nice work on the underside and canopy framing. I can't provide a definitive answer regarding your camouflage question, but I would say that the white was applied over the existing scheme. Steve will know when he reappears.

 

[papa 695]

Thanks Joe

 

[Richi72]

Just caught up with this one Ian.

beautiful job so far, that pre shading really pays out.

as for the camo I would say white on top of the normal camo pattern.

Cheers Richi

 

[Dave W]

Looking good Ian.The white distemper finish was applied as a winter camo on top of the normal splinter camo.

 

[papa 695]

Cheers Richard and Dave white on top of normal camo it it then

 

[tr1ckey66]

Hi Ian

Fantastic progress on the He 111 the paint finish looks great so far, the winter scheme should be a real winner.

I too am watching this with interest.

Can I ask, does the kit come with exhausts for the earlier H1 to H4? They differ from th H6 in that the exhausts are joined into one pipe which points toward the rear. I'd love to build a BoB version of this and the info would help enormously.

Thanks

P

 

[papa 695]

Hi Paul if you look at the sprue shots at the start of the thread the exhausts are not the pipe type with this kit Just like the box art i hope this answers your question

 

[tr1ckey66]

Thanks Ian, I'd actually forgotten you'd started the thread with the sprue shots.

Again, the Heinkel looks fantastic and I'm really looking forward to seeing the finished model.

Cheers

P

 

[papa 695]

Not had much time for modelling for a while. My Mother inlaw passed a week ago. But I've managed to get the camo painted on this one, now got to mask it up for the winter scheme

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[flyjoe180]

Great paint work Ian.

 

[treyzx10r]

Ian my condolences for your Families loss. The paint work is looking really sharp,ca'nt wait to see that white go on!

 

[papa 695]

Thank you Trey