Heinkel He 177 'Grief' under construction

[Guest]

Speaking of rotten kits,

I remember one really awful Tamiya kit-an Fw 190 D9 with no (none at all) cockpit detail. It was awfully cheap and I fell for the trap.

[Guest]

Hi chaps,

Did not get much done today but this is all I did :\

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[Guest]

Adrian ,got started on mine this weekend been shadowing your build hope you do'nt mind.I've not decided which paint scheme yet have you made a choice for yours yet?

[Guest]

Sorry for not posting for such a long time.

@Trey: I've still not made up my mind yet but I plan to do a nightfighter paint scheme using the references Richard gave. It is on page 3.

Anyone knows what colour the luftwaffe prop blades are? My references say gloss black but the instructions (as well as the piccies Richard gave) say matt black? Anyone has an idea?

I may follow this with a dio but I'm still thinking of what the use for the base...

Cheers,

Adrian

[stona]

I'd be surprised if they were black at all. Metal blades should be RLM 71 (black green). Wooden blades may have been in RLM 71(dark green). There is some evidence of wooden blades being in a dark blue/grey colour,maybe RLM66,late in the war.

I'd do them RLM 71,I think they were metal. Here is a picture of a blade from an He177 with traces of original paint.

I wouldn't do it totally matt. The blades were well looked after,for obvious reasons,so slightly satin. If you do a Luftwaffe wooden blade they should be the shiny side of satin as they had a protective coat on them which did look a bit shiney.

Cheers

Steve

[Guest]

Thanks Steve. Great to have you around

Sorry for the agonisingly slow progress guys. Kinda busy with school work lately and I can only afford to do modelling on weekends

Hope you understand

Adrian

[Guest]

Adrian just a heads up I had a real time getting the tailgunner pod to fit(lots of filler)hopefuly its just a fluke and yours will fit better .Also the panel lines at the botttom do'nt line up and the left landing gear door opening inboard side had a defect in th mold that had to be trimmed away. Hope you have a better kit than the one I got.

Trey

[Guest]

Hi Trey,

I do not have such problems with the kit. Although the panel lines on the wing do not line up

Adrian

[Guest]

Hi chaps,

just a few piccies

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[Guest]

Adrian, looking good! I'm still fighting the fit issues but I'm not far behind.

[Guest]

Thanks Trey,

I hope (if the weather permits) that I can paint the prop, tyres and repaint the landing gear this weekend.

Adrian

[Guest]

Here's a very small update. Got a bit done on the diorama. got the mechanic ready. He will be placed sitting on the nacelle as shown.

And sorry for the poor quality of the pics

More updates tomorrow

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[Guest]

Good to see this one still coming on Adrien. It looks a huge aircraft.

[Guest]

Adrian good to see some progress,I've got the bulk of the paint done on mine this thing drinks it up

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Thanks for following this build Trey. Nice to have someone

And yes Graham, it is not that small. 40cmx30cm.

More piccies!

Adrian

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