Bv 212

[Old Dog]

The Bv 212 was one of two runners up in the Luftwaffe's emergency fighter program, the winner being the Ta 183 and the other runner up was the Junkers EF 128. I had built the 183 and the 128 back around 2008 and had started this one. For one reason and another it has been on the back burner all this time so about a month ago I began the effort to finish this one up. I had to do some serious searching for a couple of the parts as they had ended up in another box on the shelf of doom. For a finish I decided that with the rebirth of the Luftwaffe that maybe some WWI heritage colors might be in order. The canopy had been partially masked back then and after this long even Goo Gone wouldn't remove all the residue. This is the FM kit in 1/48...

And here it is with the other two.

Thanks for looking !

 

[razordws]

Love the look of this bird and you did a great job Gary! Nice line up! :woohoo:

 

[matrixone]

Great looking model Gary!

A funny looking design for a WWII airplane but no reason to think it was a bad design, in recent years large scale turbine powered RC models have been built of the BV 212 and BV 215 and are said to fly very well.

Matrixone

 

[moon puppy]

What a great lineup! Fantastic looking birds Gary.

 

[jknaus]

Very very cool stuff
James

 

[Swordsman]

I like them Gary ... Great Job on all ... :woohoo:

 

[ij001]

The leading-edge scalloping is just breathtaking, Gary, how did you get that so 'even' ?? - Masking tape cut with crinkle blade scissors ??

Ian.

 

[Old Dog]

Thanks guys, wavy scissors on both the wing and fuselage Ian.

 

[ij001]

Yep thought so, that's exactly what I would've done.




Ian.

 

[phantom II]

Interesting trio ...Makes me think of angry insects :frantic

Good job on finishing these Wonder where these superhumans were supposed to come from to fly these things ?

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[lupanzer]

Very nice!

Luiz

 

[sharkman]

Looks great Gary,

and one of the few FM kits I've seen finished!