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Offline FAAMAN

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Revell 1/72 Heinkel He219 Owl (H-160)
« on: August 26, 2013, 04:52:00 PM »
This is my Heinkel He219A-5R1 G9+RL built 03July1981 and finished in a fictitious colour scheme (that makes it a sorta-WHIFF) due at the time to a complete lack of reference material (and a freind's request). The box-top pic threw me too. The kit H-160 was issued from 1973 (the molds from themselves from the mid-60s) and was difficult to build as the fuselage is split horizontally not the usual vertical split therefore making cleaning up the join a long frustrating business.
I added as much scratch-built detail as I could, a gun sight for the pilot, a properly rendered FuG202 Lichtenstein C-1 matress antenna between the four FuG220 SN-2 antenna on the nose plus a scratch-built FuG220 tail warning aerial, two "Schräge Musik" cannon barrels on the aircraft's spine plus added cannon barrels in the wing roots and belly tray. The codes are a modified mix of the kits' and paint with the "blooded panther" on both sides of the nose a modified item from a Heller kit with a hand painted "kill tally" on the rudders. The model was weathered (way too much). Heavily damaged in 1990 the upper main landing gear was remade using plastic rod & card, brass rod & tube along with the kit's lower parts.

DSC03037s by Neil, on Flickr

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DSC03018s by Neil, on Flickr

DSC03029s by Neil, on Flickr

DSC03023s by Neil, on Flickr

DSC03030s by Neil, on Flickr

DSC03024s by Neil, on Flickr

DSC03035s by Neil, on Flickr

Cheers all!!
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Offline Brian da Basher

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Re: Revell 1/72 Heinkel He219 Owl (H-160)
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2013, 02:48:46 AM »
That's one fine looking Uhu, Faaman! I really like the added details.

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Offline apophenia

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Re: Revell 1/72 Heinkel He219 Owl (H-160)
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2013, 08:38:41 AM »
Great scheme! The blood-trail dripping from the puma's fangs was a nice touch  :)
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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: Revell 1/72 Heinkel He219 Owl (H-160)
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2013, 05:46:22 PM »
Alternate markings = WhIf, Brother! ;)

Wasn't this idiot who requested the alternate markings, was it? ???

I ask merely because I can't remember (I blame Alzheimer's!) & it sounds like something I'd do. ;D

:)

Guy

Edit: Nope, couldn't have been me - a bit too early for my intervention. See, Old-Timer's! :-\
« Last Edit: August 27, 2013, 10:27:50 PM by Old Wombat »
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Offline ChrisF

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Re: Revell 1/72 Heinkel He219 Owl (H-160)
« Reply #4 on: August 28, 2013, 08:17:49 AM »
Complicated scheme for the scale matey ! Great job ! :)
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Offline FAAMAN

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Re: Revell 1/72 Heinkel He219 Owl (H-160)
« Reply #5 on: August 28, 2013, 03:30:24 PM »
No Guy, 'twasn't you, 'twas a lady fair whose ask it was.  :P :P  :-*

Thanks for the comments all, glad you like the old thing.  ;D
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Offline taiidantomcat

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Re: Revell 1/72 Heinkel He219 Owl (H-160)
« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2013, 10:08:19 AM »
nice job  :)
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