Henschel Hs-129

 

Some much detail and to think you can barely see it on the completed kit, breaks my heart  

 

 

 

 

So far so good. Fits better than expected  

Halves joints sanded and panel lines rescribed 

Wings and engine booms glued together. Next up attaching the wings and horizontal stabilisers  

Small gaps to fill here. I like using the Vallejo putty for these. 

Wings and stabilisers on with no drama 

Another small gap that vallejo putty will make quick work of  

Engines and nacelles attached. Masked up and ready for primer. The engines nacelles and the engines are not a great fit, as the engine seems to have a smaller radius than the nacelles halves, but hopefully it will stay in position. Decided not to attach the propellers now. I will try to attach the propeller ring through the wheel bays, if possible, if not, I can live with them not spinning 

Managed to paint the underside today. Now laying some masking and the upper surfaces are next. Can’t wait to crack on with the intricate snow camo 

Love this part. The standard camo that’s gonna be underneath the winter one is almost done 

Base camo looking good. Of course the Tamiya tape ripped some of the paint off, despite the primer, but that bit will be covered in the white snow camouflage anyway, so no biggie  

Base layer finished and yellow bits painted. Some of the decals that need close masking applied. Now it’s time to use copydex to mask the areas that won’t be covered by the winter camouflage  

Copydex is on.  

The winter camouflage turned out good. Next up the cannon and a gloss coat in prep for the panel line detailing. 

Managed to mess up the side decal with masking tape while trying to pick up some of the paint flakes. I had a gut feeling was gonna be a mistake not sealing the decals in with varnish before the white paint. Will dig into the stash to look for a replacement. 

All decals and stencils are on. Panel lines done, home stretch now.  

Finally managed to make some headway with the project. It’s now sitting on it’s own wheels. Not too long now before it’s done 

Pretty detailed underside. Managed to snap off the cannon. Will re-attach it at the end 

 

Calling this one done. Not a bad kit with some great detail. Overall happy with how it turned out. Thanks all for following and hope you like it!