Bombing up the Greif - He 177 dio
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3 11 November 2016, 21:37
gorby
Glad to see you have given your excellent 177 an equally impressive home. Well done Jan.
Glad to see you have given your excellent 177 an equally impressive home. Well done Jan.
12 November 2016, 07:52
Holger Kranich
Awesome Jan! Very scenic dio!🙂 But two of the stored bombs in the row look more american... The two on the left side.
Awesome Jan! Very scenic dio!🙂 But two of the stored bombs in the row look more american... The two on the left side.
12 November 2016, 08:39
Jan Voorbij
Thank you guys! Holger, those bombs are from the old FW 200 Revell kit. They weighed 1000 kgs! The small ones are 250 kg bombs from a Ju 87 Airfix kit of the seventies. The other 4 are from the He 177 kit itself, the bomb with the yellow ring on the trolley is from Academy's Bf 109 E-4. All 1/72
Thank you guys! Holger, those bombs are from the old FW 200 Revell kit. They weighed 1000 kgs! The small ones are 250 kg bombs from a Ju 87 Airfix kit of the seventies. The other 4 are from the He 177 kit itself, the bomb with the yellow ring on the trolley is from Academy's Bf 109 E-4. All 1/72
12 November 2016, 13:25
Stephan Ryll
Very good job on that big and nice dio - Great camo on the 177 congrats! 👍
Very good job on that big and nice dio - Great camo on the 177 congrats! 👍
13 November 2016, 15:51
Sebastian Meyner
Great looking diorama! ...and the He 177 is one of my favourite German planes anyway! 👍
Great looking diorama! ...and the He 177 is one of my favourite German planes anyway! 👍
14 June 2017, 15:49
Jan Voorbij
Thank you kindly, gents. @Holger: the two big bombs come from the old FW 200 kit by Revell.
Thank you kindly, gents. @Holger: the two big bombs come from the old FW 200 kit by Revell.
16 June 2017, 15:46
Kerry COX
Jan. 🙂 I love how "Busy" the whole scene is. 👍
The eye has so much to take in and sort out. The guy on the bomb looking at the load plan. ? Or instructions on how to hook up the bombs.? hehehe 🙂
And then, there is the cammo pattern. !!! OMG. Just fantastic. 🙂
I can well imagine the many hours planning and coming up with the end result.👍
Salute. 🙂
Jan. 🙂 I love how "Busy" the whole scene is. 👍
The eye has so much to take in and sort out. The guy on the bomb looking at the load plan. ? Or instructions on how to hook up the bombs.? hehehe 🙂
And then, there is the cammo pattern. !!! OMG. Just fantastic. 🙂
I can well imagine the many hours planning and coming up with the end result.👍
Salute. 🙂
17 June 2017, 23:48
gorby
I can't remember if you have answered this before Jan, but did you brush paint the camo, or was it masked in some way. I'm tempted to have a go at it, but not sure I have the patience.
I can't remember if you have answered this before Jan, but did you brush paint the camo, or was it masked in some way. I'm tempted to have a go at it, but not sure I have the patience.
18 June 2017, 10:56
Jan Voorbij
Hi Gorby, it is all brush painted. I used only masks for the canopy and other transparent parts. It was a tough job and I did it three times before I thought it to be OK.
Hi Gorby, it is all brush painted. I used only masks for the canopy and other transparent parts. It was a tough job and I did it three times before I thought it to be OK.
18 June 2017, 20:03
Spanjaard
the effort certainly paid off. but i can not even imagine how much time did you spent on it 🙂
the effort certainly paid off. but i can not even imagine how much time did you spent on it 🙂
18 June 2017, 20:58
gorby
Thanks Jan, you are very good at brush painting it seems - it looks like it has been airbrushed!
Thanks Jan, you are very good at brush painting it seems - it looks like it has been airbrushed!
19 June 2017, 06:03
Clifford Keesler
We have another master of the old "hairy stick" along with Augie. Amazing brush skills.
We have another master of the old "hairy stick" along with Augie. Amazing brush skills.
19 June 2017, 22:32
Vincent Heemskerk
Great work, and fantastic painting skills. Good to know that brush painting can give such results, as I can't airbrush my models (space constraints). I have a new goal to work towards 🙂
Great work, and fantastic painting skills. Good to know that brush painting can give such results, as I can't airbrush my models (space constraints). I have a new goal to work towards 🙂
20 June 2017, 07:16
Album info
Heinkel He 177A-5/R2 in the last fase of being "bombed up" on its dispersal, Fliegerhorst Châteaudun, France, 1944.(1/72)
Parts and kits I used for this dio:
- He 177: Revell
- Opel Blitz: Italeri
- Kübelwagen: Academy
- Bomb trolley: Academy
- Fritz X trolley: scratch built
- Bombs: from several Revell (FW 200) and Airfix kits (Ju 87)
- Figurines: from the ground personnel sets by Airfix, Heller, Revell
- Oil drums, munition crates and jerrycans: Academy
- Planking: made from wooden coffee stirrers
- Platform: print
- Vegetation: Woodland scenics
Thanks for looking,
Jan