Hi all,
Here is a project I have been playing with for months, hence my inactivity here at times. I didn't blog it as it was an attempt to finally finish something. I'm not a wing thingy builder, but my friend prodded me into this one. So for those not familiar with this Blechdose, a few facts...
Developed late in the war to stem the tide of Allied air supremacy, Heinkel Works developed a fighter that was jet powered, used cheap materials and could be built by unskilled labor. It used a BMW 003 jet engine and did, in tests, reach a top speed of 1000 kmh. In reality it was limited to 500 to 600 kmh as the wings were made mostly of wood and at higher speeds, the ailerons could fly off . It was armed with 2 MG151/20 mm cannons and had an ejection seat. It was as usual, too little, too late as the lack of fuel and trained pilots made it combat ineffective.....
I based my model on the first prototype (number 300001) built by Junkers on 25 February, 1945. The Junkers Factory was located in Bernburg, Germany. Overall, there were 7 factories building this plane. The pics are not the best, but here goes,
The Revell kit was pretty easy to assemble and needed no putty. I started to go correction crazy, but slapped myself and stopped. The kit's BMW engine is totally wrong, but I did my best to detail it. Decals are good, but I didn't follow the basic rules while applying them (silvering city) and not evenly placed. Tail numbers were over 25 years old, yellowed and each is made of 4 - 5 pieces. A little etch and wire was thrown in too. AK and Vallejo paints were used for the hissy and hairy work. I have learned a lot and will do better next time....
Thanks go to my friend Thorsten (always a boot in my butt to keep going and finish this), Barry (for the inspiration from his wonderful 1/32 builds) and Andrew adt70hk (for his BoB builds and the ideas I nipped, but didn't use on this build) plus Ron and other wing thingy builders whose works also inspired me.
The best thing was, there were no road wheels to clean up...........
Prost
Allen
Here is a project I have been playing with for months, hence my inactivity here at times. I didn't blog it as it was an attempt to finally finish something. I'm not a wing thingy builder, but my friend prodded me into this one. So for those not familiar with this Blechdose, a few facts...
Developed late in the war to stem the tide of Allied air supremacy, Heinkel Works developed a fighter that was jet powered, used cheap materials and could be built by unskilled labor. It used a BMW 003 jet engine and did, in tests, reach a top speed of 1000 kmh. In reality it was limited to 500 to 600 kmh as the wings were made mostly of wood and at higher speeds, the ailerons could fly off . It was armed with 2 MG151/20 mm cannons and had an ejection seat. It was as usual, too little, too late as the lack of fuel and trained pilots made it combat ineffective.....
I based my model on the first prototype (number 300001) built by Junkers on 25 February, 1945. The Junkers Factory was located in Bernburg, Germany. Overall, there were 7 factories building this plane. The pics are not the best, but here goes,
The Revell kit was pretty easy to assemble and needed no putty. I started to go correction crazy, but slapped myself and stopped. The kit's BMW engine is totally wrong, but I did my best to detail it. Decals are good, but I didn't follow the basic rules while applying them (silvering city) and not evenly placed. Tail numbers were over 25 years old, yellowed and each is made of 4 - 5 pieces. A little etch and wire was thrown in too. AK and Vallejo paints were used for the hissy and hairy work. I have learned a lot and will do better next time....
Thanks go to my friend Thorsten (always a boot in my butt to keep going and finish this), Barry (for the inspiration from his wonderful 1/32 builds) and Andrew adt70hk (for his BoB builds and the ideas I nipped, but didn't use on this build) plus Ron and other wing thingy builders whose works also inspired me.
The best thing was, there were no road wheels to clean up...........
Prost
Allen
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