papa 659's Italeri 1/72 HE-111

[yak face]

Cheers Dave and Tony. Take a good look at the back of the plane ( no guns in sight )They had to come off, I will glue the barrels back on when I finish it

AH ,yes that old chestnut ! "i took them off on purpose" Youre not fooling us mate !!!

[papa 695]

AH ,yes that old chestnut ! "i took them off on purpose" Youre not fooling us mate !!!

You can see straight through me Tony

[papa 695]

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Well as you can see I've got all the glass masked and fitted, wings on got to get the undercarriage covers and back wheel on then it's time for some undercoat and paint

[Guest]

Looking good so far.

scott

[aaron]

Maybe a stupid question that I should know but...why are raised panel lines bad? Is it just because the panels can take a wash when scribed? I have some classic kits with raised lines but I really want to build them as they are.

[papa 695]

Thanks Scott

[papa 695]

Maybe a stupid question that I should know but...why are raised panel lines bad? Is it just because the panels can take a wash when scribed? I have some classic kits with raised lines but I really want to build them as they are.

For me Aaron it's just that aircraft don't normally have raised panel lines so it's just to get the right look, but you do get the added bonus of the wash going into the panels better

[aaron]

Cheers Ian, any way I can just build it with raised lines and have it look good? I think rescribbing is beyond me.

[papa 695]

Cheers Ian, any way I can just build it with raised lines and have it look good? I think rescribbing is beyond me.

I was going to add you could just build it anyway Aaron. Looking forward to what you have got to show us

[Guest]

What you can do Aaron with raised panel lines, is trace over them with a soft pencil (it works best over a matt coat) & from a few inches it'll look the same as engraved panel lines.

[Guest]

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]

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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

[Guest]

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