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iggie wrote:Oh heck, another Revell 1/32nd kit to get!
That UHU is looking good so far!

Ha! True enough, Iggie! Seems like a nice kit so far, and it only cost me $30.00 (Canadian). I heard I can expect some problems with fit further on, but for the moment it's all been smooth sailing!

Really sharp work, Fred.

Do you know what the rows of red buttons on the side of the rear cockpit were for?

Softscience wrote:Really sharp work, Fred.

Do you know what the rows of red buttons on the side of the rear cockpit were for?

Hi SoftScience! I don't know, but my guess is that they're electric breakers or fuses. I should also say that I don't know if they were really red on the actual aircraft, I just thought they look good this way!

That Uhu must be a big beastie in 1/32nd Fred, I have the Tamiya 1/48th kit and that seems to be sizable, in fact if I built it at the moment I don't know where I'd put it! Great work so far, the cockpit tub looks excellent and, although fiddly to assemble, I think those aftermarket seat belts have made a lot of difference.

Does Revell provide any sort of nose weight? If you are building the model gear down it might require a considerable amount of ballast - that said I've never built a He-219 so can't say for definite that the type is a tail sitter as a model, I'm just thinking aloud!

Good day all!

Finally got moving on the catapult for the Arado. This is my first attempt at a resin kit, so I'm learning as I go. I'm motivated to finally get this done as there's a model show I hope to enter coming up in a couple of weeks!

In the third photo I set the aircraft next to the catapult to give some idea of the relative sizes. Wow, there was not much distance to get the plane up to flying speed! Eagle-eyed viewers will also notice a stealthy photobomb by one corner of the Tamiya 1:35 Jagdtiger in the same photo.

Hi Shaun!

I'm sorry I didn't write back sooner, but I haven't been visiting this thread as often as I used to!

To answer your question about the Heinkel "Uhu", no, Revell does not include a nose weight with the kit. I remember Tamiya's 1:48 scale kit came with a metal "bathtub" for the cockpit. It was a pretty chunky piece of metal, so as you say I think a lot of weight is required to balance the Uhu's long tail.

On this kit I'll try to jam some pieces of ballast (fishing sinkers maybe?) into the small space forward of the cockpit, and some more in the forward end of the engine nacelles. We'll see if that does it!

Cheers, Fred.

That catapult looks awesome Fred, and the Arado is going to look right at home on it!

Nice!

Canuck2016 wrote:Hi Shaun!

I'm sorry I didn't write back sooner, but I haven't been visiting this thread as often as I used to!

To answer your question about the Heinkel "Uhu", no, Revell does not include a nose weight with the kit. I remember Tamiya's 1:48 scale kit came with a metal "bathtub" for the cockpit. It was a pretty chunky piece of metal, so as you say I think a lot of weight is required to balance the Uhu's long tail.

On this kit I'll try to jam some pieces of ballast (fishing sinkers maybe?) into the small space forward of the cockpit, and some more in the forward end of the engine nacelles. We'll see if that does it!

Cheers, Fred.

No worries, Fred. I use either fishing weights or squashed air rifle pellets. I had a pack of different sized fishing weights which was handy but they are almost exhausted now and I'll have to find the nearest fishing tackle shop to replace them as my local shop closed. IMHO it's always preferable to balance tricycle undercarriage aircraft models with ballast rather than resorting to a tail prop.

Really great work with the Arado's catapult, that really does look fantastic!

Woot woot! Finally got the catapult "done" (that's in quotes because I want to do a bit more weathering), with a few days to spare before the contest. To be honest I'm not really up to building resin kits yet, and I found this a bit of a rough road, even though it should have been a relatively simple one.

The Arado sits on it well enough, but now I dread hearing a crashing sound from the next room!

Wow, that looks fantastic.

That is so cool. A fantastic, award winner.

THAT is phenomenal work, Fred. Sweet!

Outstanding work! That catapult really makes for a nice display.

Your model is like this tree.



Outstanding in its field :D