Flakmonkey's BIG Blitz **finished**

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Well bloody done... it looks fantastic... and defintitely a "kit" in and of itself. Hopefully we won't have to wait too long to see the rest of it.. you've made a start now, eh?

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OK, so aside from the fact the aircraft isn't complete I can honestly say I am amazed with what you've done with that interior.
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Top effort!! It's a model in itself and it's a pity that some much of that deatil will be concealed when the rest of the fuselage is assembled...the Wingnuts Gotha cockpit is the saem and I am surprised that some of these manufacturers don't consider releasing such detailed and complete sub-assemblies and kits in their own right...
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Thanks for looking and haranguing. And thanks to Ian, whose fault this whole thing was. Not really a blitz but an entertaining enough (for me) bit of fun at least and that's what we're here for innit.
SJPONeill wrote:it's a pity that some much of that deatil will be concealed when the rest of the fuselage is assembled...
This is one of the rare cases where much of it can be seen - especially given that that big glasshouse canopy is immaculately moulded and crystal clear. The internal structure really is its own kit and to be perfectly honest it was a push getting it done to the standard I felt it needed to be done to in 24 hours. Albeit 24 hours including a bit of a sleep and a few other things. There's a whole lot of work in there. At my normal modelling pace, I would allow a week to get to this stage.

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AWESOME. A great bit of Blitzing. My hats off to you sir for a superb Blitz.

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very cool - excellent blitz Mr. M.
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Well Done, not just assembled and painted, but weatherd and worn !!

Detail like this makes an argument for half-models, clear fuselages, etc ....
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This is how Wingnut displayed the test shots of their Gotha in 2009 before it was released - at the time, a lot of people suggested releasing it like this as a limited display version a. for those who simply did not have room for the full version and b. as a means of displaying the interior a lot of which is concealed once the wings go on...

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Beautiful and well done.
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Nicely done, that is a great looking interior. It'll be great to see the rest of the plane built around it at some point.
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Another Blitz I have missed but is of interest to me as I have this kit so it is nice to see what the insides of it looks like built and boy does it look great and all of this built within 24 hrs, very impressive Flak.

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That looks fantastic. Impressive work for 24 hours!
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That's some right good modelling!
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