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1/72 Heinkel He280 V-2T in Kriegsmarine Service
- Thread starter Rhino
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Rhino
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A little bit of masking/painting, Landing light drilled for 2 lenses and some progress on the landing gear. I worked on the I/R missiles too, but they aren't coming along very nicely. It was good to get back to some modeling today. It had been some time, so I tried to do EVERYTHING!!! :frantic
Thanks for looking in!
Flyingbabydoc
Well-known member
Very flashy and snowy. Nice build!
Cheers
Alex
Cheers
Alex
Wooo, missed this. 
centaur567
Well-known member
Very nice!! These what if's can be very creative. Gary S. XXXXV XX XX
Rhino
Super Moderator
Returning to the model space after a long hiatus, The He-280T-V3! Oh joy!
Metal landing gear legs came for the Horrible Heinkel. The kit main wheels might still work, but the nosewheel just looks stupid.
My gear doors have grown legs and wandered off.
The Landing light I drilled in 2019 likewise vanished. Oddly enough, the clear sprue it was on is what I used to shape & drill the new landing light. Installing the landing light should keep it from wandering off again. Making new gear doors will suck, but they're just shapes.
Lose a part, Make a part.
You say you cain't see the landing light? Howzatt?!? Better?
Keeping busy while quarantined may see progress on all kinds of models.
Thanks again for looking in!
You know once you make the doors the original ones will show up.
Rhino
Super Moderator
That was exactly my thought.
The Kit gear doors are imprecise and chunky anyway.
When I was a kid, my ol' Dad told me "If you can't find something, stop looking for it."
So I did.
I'm making the Legendary Red Stew for our supper. That'll kill this Wuhan crap!
Rhino
Super Moderator
New Gear doors, new wheels. My modified kit main wheels are slightly smaller in diameter and almost the same width (you know, for carrier operations.) The Reskit Me-262 wheels look like a pain to make, but the details are superb and the the resin stubs sand off pretty easily.
Now, for the next dilemma. Ernst Udet's German Navy jet just barely sits on her nose wheel. Install lead-filled drop tanks inboard of the wing-fold? That puts the missiles and racks outboard the wing-fold. Dem Seebanshee would have done their point-defense interceptor work pretty close to the carrier. No external tanks were planned.
Thanks again for looking in!
Cool!
Rhino
Super Moderator
Dominators and Superfortesses tremble at his approach! USAAC Moonbat and US Navy Tigercat aircraft prowl the North Atlantic night sky in search of the Kreigsmarine jets and their experten pilots.
I finished the "Horrible Heinkel" this morning. Clear flat and missiles installed. She still favors sitting on her tail. I hesitate to stuff weights up the nose gear bay. Perhaps a snazzy carrier deck base and an Ernst Udet figure? I am relieved to be done an airplane model that caused so much angst.
A few of my home-made MFG-1/Udet decals didn't lay down very snuggly. Others cooperated quite nicely. I am really pleased with how the "Ocean Ambush" camouflage scheme came out.
I imagine Graf Zeppelin would have had a detachment of 4 MFG-1 Seebanshee jets in 1946
Club President Nate Stevens taunts me by building 3 or 4 1/72 RS models with ease and enthusiasm. Little Shit!
Mike's In Another World campaign is long expired. I may have gotten sidetracked a little bit during this build.
Thanks again for looking in again and again!
I finished the "Horrible Heinkel" this morning. Clear flat and missiles installed. She still favors sitting on her tail. I hesitate to stuff weights up the nose gear bay. Perhaps a snazzy carrier deck base and an Ernst Udet figure? I am relieved to be done an airplane model that caused so much angst.
A few of my home-made MFG-1/Udet decals didn't lay down very snuggly. Others cooperated quite nicely. I am really pleased with how the "Ocean Ambush" camouflage scheme came out.
I imagine Graf Zeppelin would have had a detachment of 4 MFG-1 Seebanshee jets in 1946
Club President Nate Stevens taunts me by building 3 or 4 1/72 RS models with ease and enthusiasm. Little Shit!
Mike's In Another World campaign is long expired. I may have gotten sidetracked a little bit during this build.
Thanks again for looking in again and again!
I'll move the thread where it can be seen.