He 219 Uhu

[Guest]

Here it is, my first plane!! Having had a few hundred pounds shoved in to my hot little hand, it's rather unfortunate that my bank happens to be almost directly opposite a model shop! I know, it's a tough life!

Strangely enough, rather than queue up, I used one of those automatic paying-in machines for the first time & it rejected 2 £20 notes as being too curly on the edges-sounded like a message from him upstairs to me so into Modelzone I went!

Not knowing what I fancied, I had a browse & this kit caught my eye. I've always thought the He219 was a great plane, often described as the best nightfighter of WW2. And at the sale price of £20, I had to have it!

It all looks good, nicely moulded & with typically clear Tamiya instructions. I'll keep you posted-bit worried about that mottling now though!

Patrick

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[Guest]

This should look really good once it's built.

scott

[spanner570]

You probably caught the mottling off the auto paying-in machine.......I would get the model made a bit sharpish if I were you!!!!!

[stona]

It should be a joy to build. I don't know which version you are doing but the earlier,often black bottomed ones weren't actually mottled. They received a coat of the darker RLM75 followed by a tight squiggle of the lighter RLM76. It's a sort of reverse mottle. It'll be a good airbrush excercise!

Later ones were reversed and received a coat of RLM76 followed by a mottle of RLM75. Later still they splodged late war browns and greens on them but that is a can of worms. There are always exceptions and no rules!

Cheers

Steve

[yak face]

:beer:excellent choice patrick, this is going to look great! glad to see tamiya have thoughtfully provide a cast metal cockpit to act as a noseweight , just as in real life these planes are very tail heavy , good luck with the squiggles (sounds like youve got an upset stomach!!!!?) cheers tony

[stona]

Some background info here

Pauke, Pauke! » Heinkel He 219 "Uhu"

Steve

[Guest]

Cheers chaps, the building looks pretty easy (providing there are no fit issues) though the painting could give rise to some swearing-if it goes badly I can't slap mud on it & call it 'weathered'! It's quite funny really, when I've read posts where Steve gives the proper RLM colours to others, I've nodded sagely, but now it's my turn, it's a whole new ballgame! I think I'll paint it as well as I can without worrying too much about authenticity. Shame it's FA cup weekend or I'd have more time! Patrick

[stona]

Quite right too. The RLM colour is just a guide to how it actually looked,don't sweat about it. 76 is a light blue/grey and 75 a dark grey/green. I've not got much on the UHU but I'll have a dig and see what I can come up with.

I've just slapped RLM71 on my Ju88....didn't like the look of it so I've lightened it with completely unscientific addition of white and yellow!

Cheers

Steve

[Guest]

I look forward to this one Patrick , keep us up to date mate , like you I have a 1/48 spitfire to do at some stage its all primed and ready to go but don`t feel ready to tackle it yet , with a bit of luck I can pick up some tips , I`m sure Steve will be your wingman if you need any advice on this build.

Richy

[Guest]

Cheers for that link Steve, it was very interesting! And Paul had better watch out now that my Mosquitojager is on his tail! Patrick

[Guest]

He 219 Uhu * An update - finally! *

Well this must be an attempt at the record for chronologically longest thread of all time!

After much pfaffing around, the Uhu is ( kinda ) built! Sorry the pics aren't up to much, I snapped them without much preparation.

More to follow! Hopefully in less than a year!

Patrick

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[AlanG]

I couldn't get that link to work Steve

[Guest]

I couldn't get that link to work Steve

That's probably coz this thread is almost 2 years old Allyne! The link's most likely moved but Steve will know where it's gone.

[AlanG]

Doh! Never noticed that lol

[Guest]

He 219 Uhu * I love the smell of primer in the evenings! *

Just some shots of the primer on, hopefully I've not missed anything! The Lichtenstein aerials differ from some photo's I've seen - the instructions show them slanted but actual examples of the plane have them vertical.

Next is the greyish base coat & then the dreaded mottling!

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