He 280 V8

Christoph Kunz
It's looking good. 👍

Sam S
Thanks Christoph! Stillhave to figure out some graphics for the boxes on the walls, maybe cut up the dashboard decal that came with the set?

Sam S
Quite a lot of sanding to be done on the fuselage-wings joints… The starting point gave a gap of 1,5mm. The engines seem to fit snuggly to the wings, as the tail to the fuselage.

Will also have to rescribe the panel lines, out-of-the-box they are quite shallow. Also pondering about adding rivets to the panel seams 🤔

Sam S
Ended up cutting of the guides on both wings to get a snug enough fit, still needs some putty for the seam to be perfect.

The same issue is actually present on the tail, most probably I'll cut of the guide also there to get a proper fit. The engines locked nicely into place, just need to tidy the seams and sand them good.

Sam S
Pre-primed with gray Vallejo surface primer to expose all imperfections, the situation was better then expected. Some work to be done on some joints, but nothing worse to tackle.

Some fixing to be done before dark priming and marbeling.

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Sam S
Painting completed with 5 layers, marbeling still visible lightly. About what I was hoping for. Quite satisfied for a first try on this approach

Sam S
Gloss varnish and decals applied

Robert Podkoński
Good job so far. I liked this kit very much despite the problem with wings fit...

Sam S
The wings were a pain in the butt to get in the right position. The decals are also a bit on the thin side for a guy who is used to Tamiya thick decals 😂

Sam S
Good idea for how to make the wing-lights (tip of the wing) are wellcome. Tested with pva-glue, didn't work. The result was not clear enough and stuck badly to the model.

Next tyr will be using parts of the clear sprue.

DuperScale
Looking good so far.