Tamiya He219 - A Green Night-Owl??

[Gambit]

Hi everyone! It's been awhile since my last post.

I wanted to share what I have been up to recently; building the Tamiya 1/48 He219 Uhu.

The night camo doesn't interest me much; so I decided to do a He219 with a green camo similar to what Mr Ian Robertson has done on MIM Magazine but since this is a whatif project, will add some of my own interpretation.


He219 Uhu by Gambit, on Flickr

Trying to finish this for a local meet; will update again soon I hope!

Cheers!

Peter

 

[paddy]

That works quite well, secret i should imagine is getting it even and you seem to have nailed that

 

[moon puppy]

Wow, nice mottlin', hope you get another update soon, looking forward to it.

 

[jknaus]

Nifty looking scheme. Well done mottling. Looks very convincing.
James

 

[Gambit]

Yeah I just did the decals. Once it's settled will update again

 

[MrT]

Terry B)

 

[Gambit]

Decals are on!


He219 by Gambit, on Flickr

 

[chukw]

Very nicely done- cheers! What a sweet aircraft.

 

[Paulw]

While the actual camo is difficult enough you have done another that appears just as difficult. Nice job.

 

[matrixone]

Good job on the mottling.

Besides the well known He 219 with the extra camouflage paint that Ian modeled there was at least one more He 219 that had a dark uppersurface color sprayed over the normal nightfighter finish of 75/76. It would not surprise me if there were other He 219s that also had green colors sprayed over the top of the 75/76 so your models finish might be a lot more accurate than you think.

Matrixone

 

[Gambit]

So many positive feedback; I must be doing something right!

Thanks everyone!

Matrixone, not sure if it turns out to be real, I am just hoping to pull this off convincingly, thanks for the comment.

Cheers!