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15 December, 2020

Little progress on my He-111 build

First a little filler here and there. Actually not very much, and a minimum of sanading, so that’s nice!

Then I assembled the landing gears.

I also started sorting all the glass pieces. Here’s the ones for the front.

front glass pieces. — Front glass pieces

Inside the top part of the glass there should be an instrument panel. With some paint and decals added it looks like this.

I added coolers to the bottom of the nacelles and then I painted them and a few other things in RLM02.

Landing gears, gunners seat and bottom of intakes painted. — Landing gears, gunners seat and bottom of intakes painted

I got some detail painting on the gears to do, and pretty soon I really do need to start masking the windows, and check all the seams.

6 December, 2020

He-111H-6 wings glued.

Now I’ve done some more on my He-111. First I had to sort some seams that had opened up. Not sure if the nail polish remover works as good as glue anymore. So back to Revells bottle and re-glue the seams. Then I glued the wing halves and the wing halves to the body.
I also glued the engine nacelles, and I must say the fit is very good. If there’s any flaws it’s probably my own doing.

Stabilizeres/rudders glued. — Stabilizers/rudders glued

Next up will be the landing gears and then the front glass and other details.

One seet of landing gear parts. — One set of landing gear parts

29 November, 2020

He-111H-6 interior done and fuselage glued.

A bit of a quick update as I managed to get a bit more done. Mostly painting and dry brushing and also adding seat belts madae of tape. Then the cockpit and bombay was glued and fit to one half of the fuselage.

Shortly thereafter I glued both fuselage halves together. Cockpit fit very nice and there was no larger issues with the fuselage. Though I needed some tape to hold it together while gluing it section by section.

I think it only will need a minimum of filler/putty, but I’ll try to get the seems as nice as I can by sanding first.

29 November, 2020

He-111H-6 interior paint and wash

Progressing a bit with the cockpit and interior parts. I masked and painted the front fuselage parts RLM66 and also the cockpit. Then I started painting details such as seat cushions and other details. Not sure it’s entirely correct but it will catch some attention once closed in.

I gave it a pin wash in black, and used a cotton but to remove the excess. I noticed that I possibly was a bit too hasty and smudged the wash more than I wanted. I still need to let it dry before I can start dry brushing it.

Next I’ll dry brush and start closing up the fuselage.

13 November, 2020

Heinkel He 111H-6, Revell 1/72

This is a build I’ve started in the “Lovewaffe” groupbuild on Facebook. As the rules required, I’ve included my phone to show date, at least on the required box and content pics.

As can be seen on the second picture a masking set for the glass is included. Could be useful as there are many small window pieces.
I started by removing and cleaning up the parts for the fuselage and the interior.

I then started to assemble some of the interior parts, prior to paint.

I continued with wing parts and nacelles. By the looks of it, the fit is quite good.

Next I need to start painting the interior parts, but I still have problems with my airbrushes. Something I hope will get sorted soon so I can start painting again.

27 October, 2019

SU-34 – quick update.

I had to paint the inside of the upper body to match the interior.

Inside painted. — Inside painted light bluegray.

Once dry I’ll glue the cockpit and also fit front gear well into lower body, and then glue the body halves together.

27 October, 2019

SU-34 – Weathering cockpit and starting with exhaust cans.

The cockpit and the front wheel bay got an oil wash.

The instrument panel got the decal on. A bit fiddly as there wasn’t much space to hold the IP when working with the decal. A bit hard to move around as the decal stuck all the time, but after some work I got it in place.

Using q-tips I removed some of the excess wash, and then I did some weathering with Tamiya weathering sets.

Weathering done. — I did some dirtying down with weathering sets.

When the weathering was done, I could put the IP in place.

The main wheel bays was mounted into the lower body.

I started out with the exhaust cans, who sits on two separate sprues. Some cleaning up to do. Quite easy to put together and have pretty nice detail.

I must say the instructions are a little sparse when it comes to painting instructions.

Now I need to figure which colours to use for the exhaust pipes.

24 October, 2019

SU-34 – detailing main wheel bays.

From the start I just added a few cables in the wheel bays, but after some consideration and checking references, I decided to add a few more details.

I think it turned out pretty good, and will do alright once in place and standing on a shelf.

20 October, 2019

SU-34 – cockpit and wheel bays painted part 1.

I started by painting some pre-shade lines on the cockpit and wheel bay parts.

Next the cockpit got at layer of Hu65 which I’ve been told is a good match to the sukhoi cockpit colour.

Once the base color was on I started doing some detail painting. I also painted the seats black and started adding details there too. The main wheel bays got some cables added.

Next the instrument panel will get intrument decals. I didn’t bother with the decals for the side panels, and will only do som dry brushing to pick out details.

Next I’ll paint the cables and give everything a wash and some drybrushing.

18 October, 2019

SU-34 Main and front gear bays.

The assembly of the landing gear bays was pretty straightforward and the parts fitted nicely.

Next step will be painting both the cockpit parts and the bays. Once that’s done it’s time to fit it into the body halves.