Revell 1:72 Heinkel HE 219

[Chiefpettyofficer]

I opend my own "Uhu" yesterday. I still have the old Matchbox Kit, but there arent any "Schräge Musik" cannons. Maybe its the old Frog-Kit

 

[JMac]

@C.P.O. Mine did not have the "Schräge Musik" cannons or the wing root cannons marked out, and the belly cannons were located with very faint raised lines. That's the main reason I decided to make new ports out of aluminum tube. So far I think they look ok, it will be interesting to see what it looks like with everything primed.

JMac.

 

[Myke]

Looking good JMac. Good bit of scratching there.

 

[JMac]

Thanks Myke, this scratch building is new to me... :-\ &

Quick update - things are moving ahead slowly on this build. Partly because I have a fair sized honey-do list (we have a German exchange student coming to live with us in the fall), and because the weather is nice and I like being outside in Edmonton during the summer...

Right now, all of the seams on the aircraft are filled. I'll start on restoring the panel lines lost to sanding. Mainly I've been trying to finish up the front office. It's been a learning experience, I think I've made three different versions of the cockpit tub and four versions of the main control panel until I got something I was happy with. The picture below is a test fit of the cockpit so far. I'm hoping to start on the rear navigators control panel tomorrow.

Thanks for taking a look, comments are always welcome.

JMac


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[Quaralane]

Cockpit's looking good so far

 

[JMac]

Not much has progressed here. I follow a number of other build threads and you guys fly through these things - looks like I'm more of a "chip away at it" kind of person. The assembly is almost done. Seam filling is finally done - it was crazy - sink marks, mismatches, gaps, you name it & you could find it. I've had a problem with a recurring seam that "pops" open now and again. I had shimmed and glued it - but I guess the surfaces didn't fully bond/weld (red arrow second picture). Hopefully fixed for good now.

Right now I'm trying to replace the raised panel lines with stretched sprue; I find it very (painfully) tedious. I get (have done) a few panel lines and every thing sits for a while. When it does sit, I've been renovating the house and working on some other shelf queens.

JMac

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[Quaralane]

Don't change your technique, if that's how you like to build.
Your work here looks to be paying off

 

[Myke]

Slow and steady wins the race.

Looking good!

 

[ShutterAce]

Gotta luv the Uhu!

 

[Chris S]

The big bird is coming along great buddy ,lots of seam work there !!....you know you can thin the squatron green with a drop of plastic cement , makes it a bit easier to work with too .

Chris.

 

[Chiefpettyofficer]

Nice progress so far. Good work on that cockpit. Which camo you have planned for her? NJG 1 ?

 

[JMac]

Thanks for the encouragements guys.

@ Q - I'm going through the pain-el line exercise as practice to build a new skill and just see what is involved.

@ C.P.O. - The kit comes with markings for an aircraft in Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 (light blue under surfaces) and an aircraft in Nachtjagdgeschwader 3 (black under surface). I'm not completely sure yet which I'll do, but I was starting to lean towards the NJG 1 aircraft. The main reason was focusing on trying to show the raised panel lines, by gently sanding through a light blue surface, back to a black primer layer. That idea is what is driving me to fix the panel lines I've already sanded off.

Might still change.

JMac

 

[13aceofspades13]

keep up the good work bud.

 

[JMac]

Hey guys,
I just wanted to drop a quick up date into here. And here it is;

Please pardon me, before you read the rest, I'm in a modelling funk - Things have been really busy at work and home for about three weeks. During that time I've only had small fits of time availible to work on any builds. When I have some time I just stare at this build (and others) blankly. It sucks. I put some primer on the model yesterday, but - it looks bad and I think I have to refill and sand some more seams - which will likely take out the panel lines that felt like forever to restore with stretched sprue.

Not sure what I'll do with this now, I've three or four started WiPs on the forum and I just feel like pulling the plug on them, dumping them into thier own little black hole and forgetting about the whole lot. I keep telling myself I've got to finish them up...but I'm not having fun.

JMac

 

[Quaralane]

Going to make a suggestion that sometimes helps me.
Don't junk anything.
Set a couple of those WIPs aside and concentrate on just one of the builds.

Part of what may be contributing to your funk may be the feeling that you're overwhelmed by what you have in front of you.

 

[Junkie]

Times like that suck.Perhaps you need a quick success to get your back into the groove. A fast OOB, build it in a day, day 2 paint, day 3 weather, day 4 smile. Totally remove all expectations and just have fun.

 

[schweinhund227]

JMac !!! its Ok ! Modelers Blues come and goes...

Just do other things.... stuff you like but haven't done in a while... beside models !!! of course !

I know How you feel !!! Clear the bench dude!!! and come back stronger....

all the best to ya !

 

[JMac]

Once again - Thanks for the encouragement guys. It helps. I took the whole week off of modelling - and this morning I started in to it again. Personally I've had a bunch of things in my life wearing me down, I think everything just added up.

I've decided to take the advice you guys gave, and to slug through this one. I've boxed up all the other stuff on my desk and am focussing on just the 219. It's not going to be perfect, or my best build - BUT it will get done. Then I think I'll look for something fun, fast and Tamiya to build before the GB - maybe Aces' mustang bug is catching...

Thanks. Pictures soon.

JMac

 

[Junkie]

Sounds good. Great idea to clear the bench. That works for me too. I'm sure you'll end up with a sweet finish.

Maybe edit your signature too to ease the stress.

 

[Chiefpettyofficer]

Well, I guess, that helps. Setting focus to only one of your models will help. And it will be a good feeling to finish one of the unfinished builds. Can speak from my own experience