gnomemeansgnome's golden oldie Heinkel 51 ***Fertig!***

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Cheers, fellas. This one is cooling its proverbial heels till I finish the Badger's paint and then I can take what remaining floor wax I have and try to distribute it between the two builds.
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Decals on, and for almost 40 year old Hasegawa ones I have to say they behaved reasonably well. I think it helped that along with the Badger markings I basted these ones very liberally with decal film some time ago and I think that must have helped a fair amount. I had to slice and dice the rudder St. Andrew's cross plus a little flat black touchup but I think it will pass muster. Since the kit supplied St. Andrew's crosses for the wings were of poor quality and one had a bit of a tear in it I have decided to paint them on by hand after the decals have settled in and are dry. Might just have this character done in a day or two, barring any antics with the unusual rigging......

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That's looking very nice.

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Another great build by you, GMG, really coming to life now the markings are going on.
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Looking fantastic!
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Thanks guys. I got the rest of the floor wax on the decals and St. Andrew's crosses, and once that is dry enough I will join the top wing to the rest of the model. after that if there's time I will get the rigging and dullcote on.


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With all the white crosses everywhere I could only think that they were so prominent in an effort to not get shot at by their own side!
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Nice work with the crosses, GMG. You are probably right, regarding the size of the crosses, no one wants a "blue on blue". I remember seeing a build of a Vietnam era Cessna O-2 on here that carried the legend "Don't Shoot" in large letters across its upper wing surfaces!
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Yes, I believe it was Sunray from our forum here who did that Cessna. Here's where we are with the Heinkel, all trussed up inside a jig that will hopefully tone down the attitude I am getting from the top wing in particular.

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The old stocks and bondage trick!
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You know how it is with biplanes. Sometimes they need some tough love so they look as intended.
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...nobody expects the Spanish inquisition.... :ha:
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Good one!
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Great job with the markings. Looking forward to seeing this one finished.
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Same here, Tim, thanks. It is in a jig at present to secure the last of the strut installments. Gonna let it out of there in a little while and probably give it a toot of dullcote so I can finish it up with rigging probably today/tomorrow. I have other builds clamouring for space on the bench.
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