Tonys Airfix Henschel hs123

[yak face]

Heres my contribution to this GB , the Airfix Henschel hs123. It was first released in 1970 and was a good kit for its day . I made this as a kid - it was moulded in white plastic then and did it in the spanish civil war scheme . I loved it then and now is a perfect time to revisit it.
Its got raised lines and rivets ( loads of em! ) which I think I might scale back a bit and its going to need the cockpit sorting out ( its currently a pilot and a seat/ bulkhead)

[Jim R]

A good choice for the GB. Parts look pretty clean. The panel lines and the rivets are certainly rather over done.

[PaulTRose]

This is another i never did and would love to

[Geoffers]

Nice one Tony, another interesting entry.

They did like their rivets back then didn’t they

Geoff.

[Neil Merryweather]

I loved this one back in my teens,mine was light blue plastic and I think it was the first time I used the brand new Humbrol Authenticolour Luftwaffe paints .
Looking forward to this Tony

[yak face]

Had a good look at this one today , not bad considering , a few ejector pin marks and a little flash here and there, would probably have been a cleaner moulding if I had got a 1970s release ( i think this one was about 1983?)
Anyways , started on the cockpit . The bulkhead and seat are usable but the seat needs a bit of reshaping , which I did with some plastic card . The seat should have bearers which will be added once its stuck to the bulkhead. I added some stringers to the fuselage sides and made the instrument panel from plastic card cut to shape and drilled for the instruments .

[spanner570]

Very nice start Tony.

Excellent 'Scratchery' - As is only to be expected.

Da Vinchi

[rtfoe]

Fantastically done Tony. Love the instrument panel scratchery.

Cheers,
Wabble

[yak face]

Very nice start Tony.

Excellent 'Scratchery' - As is only to be expected.

Da Vinchi

Cheers Ron , it can be a challenge trying to get something out of an old dog - thinking about it that's what my wife said to me the other day!!?
regards Bob Scratchit

[yak face]

Fantastically done Tony. Love the instrument panel scratchery.

Cheers,
Wabble

Thanks Richard , like yourself I love a bit of scratchery , cheers tony

[Jim R]

Great start. The instrument panel is truly a wonderful piece of scratching.

[yak face]

Great start. The instrument panel is truly a wonderful piece of scratching.

Cheers jim , ive got a feeling a lot of the builds in this GB will be doing some scratchbuilding !

[flyjoe180]

Off to an excellent start Tony. You're in scratch-building heaven with this one

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Good work Tony. Always nice to go the extra mile with a model, gives you something unique and far more acurate.

[colin m]

Nice start Tony. I'm guessing with those huge inter-plane struts, you've been spared from rigging ?