1/72 Heinkel He280 V-2T in Kriegsmarine Service

[Rhino]

Engines sorta mounted. The instructions tell which side each nacelle goes on, but after all the carving/scraping/gluing/filling/sanding/cussing I don't believe it makes a bit of difference.
The tailplane pooped off with the slightest bump while I was cussing. (Karma?)

Just for conversation sake, I switched to Tamiya thin cement. C/A would work well, but you need time to properly align & dry-fit everthing but the nose wheel bay. The cockpit wasn't to bad, but I wish I had spaced the instrument panel further aft.
I do not wish anyone to think I would complain about a model kit. I chose Her. I paid good money for this model. I opened the box. My responsibility. :drool
I will not surrender! If you consider building this kit, God Love YA! Not to make you afraid, just to make you aware.

 

[Iron Mike]

If it were easy...

Some pins would help align things if using CA. Fun, fun, fun!

 

[Rhino]

Slushy melting & a cold rain falling here today. Teresa is lasering more wooden Surgeon wooden quarters and making brownies.
Take a wild guess what I've been up to all day?! :yipee

Just to avoid the drudgery of filling and sanding every "Blacksmithed" joint on the 280, I decided to try every filler. Tamiya white & gray putty, C/A glues, correction fluid, Flex-I-File, resin and plastic washable sanding sticks, 3M ultra-fine polishing pads, Q-tips & rubbing alcohol. I haven't used any epoxies so far. (PSCHWOO! :facepalm ) The weird plastic sands readily, and is easy to re-scribe. Forge, mallet and anvil help make the imprecise airplane parts fit together. :stinker

On the Luftwaffe He-280, the lump on the lower tail is a tail skid. As Heinkel turns out the DKM version it is a rotating housing that holds the retractable tail hook. This is The Hook it it's retracted position.
The wings fold at the aileron joint. Details coming soon!

Thanks for looking in!

 

[Iron Mike]

Cool! Have you tried using grits as filler?

 

[Rhino]

Clean-up in Aisle 7! :snoopy
I didn't use white glue & talcum powder yet either. Avoiding all those genital complications that talcum powder is to blame for.

Duke's takes too long to cure!

:smack
:drinks

 

[Iron Mike]

Sausage gravy? :frantic

 

[moon puppy]

 

[Jeeves]

Kewl!! :snoopy

 

[Rhino]

Low-Tech DKM decals for Ernst's Heinkel. I will probably use regular WWII German Insignia, but it doesn't hurt to have extras on hand.
I got tired of chopping up decal sheets to do my model silliness!

Thanks for looking in!
:drinks

 

[Iron Mike]

 

[Rhino]

This is as far as I go tonight with the 280. When you attach a part, WALK AWAY after the alignment is satisfactory with this plastic.
The tail plane joint held this time! Filling it is still proving interesting.
The experience continues!

 

[Iron Mike]

 

[moon puppy]

Looks slick!

 

[Rhino]

So it begins. From Russian AAM to German Navy I/R guided rocket.
I had external fuel tanks & pylons to add but I think missiles are more interesting!

I did 3 1/72 "In Another World" decal sheets. "General Eddie" (Rickenbacker) P-38/P-39/P-40 in the PTO, "Der Baron", and revised the one for Udet's Navy Jet (Again!) Not ALL the artwork is copyrighted!

 

[Iron Mike]

Fun!

 

[moon puppy]

 

[Frank]

Chris,
I now understand your frustration last night on the phone.
Take your pill and full steam ahead.
You will over come this beast.
It is looking good.
Frank
PS - Thanks for making extra decals.

:geek

 

[Rhino]

Thanks Frank! It will be as you say!

I had these little resin Revi gun sights I bought a long time ago. I chunked one up on the dashboard. There are cute little acetate winders to install in 2 bitty slots. DON'T breathe on them! The clear parts probably won't show up in the laundry! They do fit inside the canopy of the 280. :pinch:
:yipee

 

[razordws]

Keep at it Chris!

 

[Rhino]

Thanks Davey!
I'll polish this Turd yet! :stinker
Then it will just be another shiny turd. :woohoo:

Rivets on the wing-fold stiffeners, fuel fillers cut with a sharpened brass tube, ill-fitting canopy masked & sealed.
Pah-SCHWOO!

A smart Man may have looked among his myriad resin airplane parts to find suitable main wheels. :smack
NOT ME! .020 plastic card and tread texture on the Kit wheels.

Almost time to shoot some paint! :yipee