Helldiver
What were they thinking???
Interior parts ready for assembly
Interior parts ready for assembly
First time working with PE parts in my "career"
Glass cover for the instruments
Improving the dive breaks
Drilled out dive breaks
Drilled out dive breaks
Fixed PE breaks to plastic parts
Gunze Aqueous White Surfacer had a hard time adhering to the PE parts. Some touch-ups needed at the flaps.
Old Revell Aqua started to crack ?. This needs some rework.
After wash
After wash
Cockpit to be unmasked
Silver Medal at Euro Model Expo 2024 in the beginners category
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102 16 April 2022, 20:50
AndreasKMade a little bit of progress in the last two days. At least the fuselage is assembled. Next, I will cut out the dive breaks to show them in extended position.
20 May 2022, 21:19
AndreasKFinally I can share some progress. Attached the improved dive breaks and prepared for the priming.
6 July 2022, 15:14
AndreasKI want to try out the new Mr. Hobby Aqueous Surfacer white Aqueous White Surfacer.. Hobby - AQUEOUS HOBBY COLOR Satin, Acrylic, 40ml
Can anyone share some experience with it? Does it work with Mr. Leveling Thinner? Any colour types to avoid on top of it?
7 July 2022, 16:04
AndreasKBrought on the above-mentioned primer, but I was not really pleased with the coverage. Used it 1:1 with MLT.
Intermediate blue is also already on. Will share pictures once I sprayed the rest in Navy blue.
28 July 2022, 05:19
AndreasKDid the major part of the paint job and overall I am pleased with the result. Some touch-ups are needed as can be seen on the photos
26 August 2022, 16:08
Thomas BischoffZur Haftung auf den Aetzteilen: hast du die mit Mr Metal Primer oder ähnlichem vorher grundiert?
21 September 2022, 18:25
AndreasKIch habe sie mit Mr. Hobby Surfacer 1500 grundiert. Das war aber nicht optimal. An den Klappen habe ich mit Tamiya Tape teilweise die Farbe wieder abgezogen. Zum Maskieren bei den anschließenden Korrekturen habe ich die kleinen bunten Post-Its benutzt, die nur minimale Klebekraft haben.
Es ist mein erstes Modell mit Ätzteilen. Nach dieser Erfahrung werde ich nächstes Mal Metal Primer verwenden 😉
23 September 2022, 03:44
AndreasKThanks for your compliments. I applied some wash and will continue with detail work tomorrow like paint chips and oil stains. Then I will post some updated pictures!
1 October 2022, 16:51
AndreasKDecided to have only light wear. Some alu chips around panels, bit exhaust smoke, but no oil leaks. Most planes in reference photos looked rather clean.
Also finished the engine and bombs but all the detail work kept me from applying a matte varnish so far.
3 October 2022, 12:46
Thomas BischoffThat's beautiful!
If you want to spice up: colour photos suggest that one of the canopy frames of the rear turtleback was painted red. E.g. faintly visible here: defencenet.gr/istori..heiriseis-sto-grammo
9 October 2022, 19:07
AndreasKThank you all for the nice feedback. I really appreciate it.
@ Thomas: I have not noticed this in the photos in the various reference books I consulted. Is it only red on this single aircraft or maybe only in this unit? Maybe it was a field modification because the gunner always bumped his head there 😂
@ Nathan: The kit is really recommendable, especially for its age. I only added the cockpit PE, the rest of the detail is oob.
10 October 2022, 09:04
Thomas BischoffI guess the red painted canopy part is showing up on late Helldivers only. Difficult to see as you need good pictures - Possible that this was not applied to all. Another picture of a dash 4 with the red strip is here [img1]
10 October 2022, 11:49
Thomas BischoffBest example is howrver the cover picture on Warbirds Illustrated no 36
10 October 2022, 11:50
Guillaume BlanchetLooking fantastik! Love the paints job. I really like how the US interior green pops as a colors.
16 April 2023, 12:15
AndreasKI am proud to have won a silver medal at Euro Model Expo in the beginners category with the Helldiver. It was my first competition. 😃
30 March, 05:59
Martin OostromCongratulations. Can you explain how the categories work? Because on the tables there was very little difference between beginner, advanced and master models.
30 March, 11:39
AndreasK@all: thank you very much!
@Martin: beginner class is for everyone that has never won this class. Standard class is if you have won at least 2 silver or one gold in beginner class in the last 5 years. Master class is when you have won a gold medal in standard class in the last 5 years.
31 March, 00:25
bughunterCongratulation from me too 👍 And come on, we want to see your models in the Standard Class next year 😉
And thanks fro the visit on my booth in that corner far away!
2 April, 16:46
AndreasKThank you very much guys.
@Frank: I will visit your booth anytime again. It's just incredible what you produce! Seeing the parts move is much better than just the static pics 😃
9 April, 18:32
