Here's the "build thread" for the Marseille Heinkel He 100D-4/Z Trop entry for the Desert Warfare GB.
My last He 100 Trop was for a German fighter pilot that survived the entire war. The current one represents a far better-known pilot, but one that died tragically at a very young age. Encountering the "Star of Africa" in his 109 would prove fatal for many a British pilot, and I can't imagine that putting him behind the stick of a Heinkel He 100 would have made things any easier for the majority of his victims.
This is a profile that Talos and I had planned since the start of the He 100 project, but it did take some custom work. Fair warning, this is going to be a very boring "build thread" since I did 90% of the visual work on the first day and I didn't do any WIPs while working on it that night.
This is how far I'd gotten on it the first night. Most of the markings and the paint scheme was in place by the end of day on January 30th.
You can see that the retractable radiator is still in place. None of the airframe modifications specific to this profile were done at this point.
At this stage, I fixed some of the aircraft colors, the Hakenkreuz, and the Yellow 14. I also eliminated the radiator in preparation for the new one I'd be getting from Talos.
The main thing here was the addition of the umbrella mounts. They were straightforward, but took more work than you might expect just looking at them. If you can't find them, they're the two teardrop shapes under the cockpit. This was where the profile stood on January 31st. I was blocked at this point by the Trop radiator fairing I needed from Talos. At this point, I started work on the Israeli Hind.
The next update wouldn't come until February 8th. Not long after getting the new line art, I got them separated into the layers necessary to shade, paint, and weather them.
And here it is, having finished it late last night. It took a while, but I'm really happy with how it turned out.
I hope you all like it! Let me know if there are any questions about any stage of the process.
Cheers,
Logan