Tim's Tunnan (Airfix 1/72) **Finished**

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Tim's Tunnan (Airfix 1/72) **Finished**

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I picked this up for £3.00 last month. Having built one in a Blitzbau back in 2010 I should be able to get this done in 6 weeks. :grin:

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Re: Tim's Tunnan (Airfix 1/72)

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Nice, the Tunnan is a great quirky machine that I rather like. I never knew Airfix put one out though - I wonder if it's a re-pop of another company's tooling?
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6 weeks - I reckon you could Blitz that in about 6 hours Tim. Look forward to this as I've never built a Tunnan yet, but the shape of the aircraft is growing on me these days!
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Shaun - It's a re-pop of the Heller kit.

Al - the last one I built took 19 hours so I should have more than enough time for this one.
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welcome Tim to the GB nice choice i'm looking to pick one of these up ,which option will you be building
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ShaunW wrote:Nice, the Tunnan is a great quirky machine that I rather like. I never knew Airfix put one out though - I wonder if it's a re-pop of another company's tooling?
Yes, it's the Heller one. I'm making another one elsewhere on this GB. Sweet kit actually.
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Apologies for the late start but there has been some progress. First I painted the cockpit interior and stuck the wings together.

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Once everything had dried the fuselage was closed up and the wings added.

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Good progress so far, think I'm going to have to get myself one of these
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I thought it was time I rolled out the barrel again so after sanding down the seams the camouflage has been painted.

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Double post. :oops:
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Great job of the camo scheme, Tim. The Tunnan has a lot of charm IMHO.
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Thanks Shaun, it does have a lot of character. I got the undersides painted yesterday.

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It needs a bit of touching before I add the decals.
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I got the decals on today and added most of the remaining parts.

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That is a sharp looking build, TimJ. 8-) I've got to get a Tunnan for myself one day as I've seen so many great build on the forum.
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that looks great Tim nice camo scheme and paint job ,you lookk like your almost over the finish line with the tunnan ,i bet by the time a get around to wrapping up the GB you will be done ;-)
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