Lockdown He 219 A-2

[AlanG]

YAY STEVE! Total pleasure seeing you (and your builds again). You've been sorely missed.

Love the He219. I have a couple of 1/32 kits to build

[Fernando N]

Very nice work Steve:thumb2: and sorry to hear about your job…

Thanks for the weight tip, I’ll stuff the front end full with lead on mine .
Looking forward to see your He 100.

[papa 695]

Great to see you back Steve, and a great build to show us.

[flyjoe180]

Hey Steve, nice to see you back. Great He219 build, interesting facts as usual from your vast knowledge of such things. Look forward to seeing some more Stona magic

[BarryW]

Hi Steve

Great to see you back and posting a great build. You certainly caught that camo scheme.

Special Hobby? You certainly don't mind some headaches, but if anyone can turn that He100 into a decent model you can.

I quite fancy the ZM He219 personally, one day perhaps....

Stay safe

[tr1ckey66]

HI Steve
It really is great to see you back on the forum. And what a comeback! The 219 looks fabulous. The counter weight problem is a shame but doesn’t detract from a glorious finish.

Hopefully this situation will be over as soon as possible and normality can resume.
Stay safe and keep posting!
Cheers
Paul

[stona]

Thanks for the weight tip, I’ll stuff the front end full with lead on mine .
Looking forward to see your He 100.

Hi Fernando

There is not much room in the nose to fit any weight. I put the suggested 50g in the front of each engine nacelle and it is not enough. If you can get a few grams somewhere in the nose (maybe some fine shot or that liquid gravity stuff?) and up the weight in each nacelle to 60g it might just work. Mine is not far of balancing. The kit undercarriage is quite substantial and should take the weight okay.

I've resorted to an old school solution. Drill a small hole in the front tyre, glue in a short length of wire which can be passed through another small hole in the base board and secured underneath to hold the nose down. At least the result doesn't look like a tail sitter

Cheers

Steve

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Great build Steve.

[colin m]

Nice build Steve. It's not an aircraft I'm familiar with, and from the back looks quite nice, then you see the front of the aircraft, oh dear. However, as with typical German engineering, I'm sure it was very functional.