1/48 HiPM HE-100D

Scorpr2,

Jig worked great. A little styrene, some super glue, and about 20 minutes to bulid.

Thanks

Great looking progress Tom!  Too bad about the real -100, a sexy looking beast if there ever was one.

Great idea on the jig, do you have link to the instructions for it by chance?

Frank,

Thanks for the compliment! Here's the link.

http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2003/12/stuff_eng_tech_propeller_jig.htm

Nice work so far.  This is not a shake the box kit, so take your time & dry fit major components before you glue.

Regards,  Rick

Rick,

Thanks for the tip. I have taped together the fuselage and wings and can already see issues with the fit at the wing roots and underside of the fuselage. A chance to improve my scratch building and seam filling skills!

She is looking good so far. The added detail looks great. I  am going to have to check out that prop jig trick to on the next PIA build I try with the separate blades. They should hang the mold maker who first decided it would be easier to make them that way! I almost bought this kit last week. I figured since I had the Classic Airframes He 112 I should have the He 100 to right? Looking foward to seeing more.

                                                                              Soulcrusher 

Soulcrusher,

Thanks! What scale is the HE-112? Any pics? If so, love to see them.

Tom the He 112 is the 1/48 Classic Airframes offering. It is not the most impressive short run kit especially compared to most of the other Classic Airframes offerings. I should know I have 25  other Classic Airframe kits stashed away! I have not yet built it but from what I see of your   He 100 it looks to be around the same level of quality. They pop up from time to time on eBay and they can be a little hard to find. It would look really cool next to have both of them in the display case side by side that is why I was thinking about grabing the HiPM kit when I saw it.

                                                                                            Soulcrusher

Tom, looks like being a cool build.

I always thought the He100 a better looking machine than the 109. 

I noticed Special Hobby are releasing a 1/32 He100 now.

Karl

Karl,

Thanks for looking. The He-100 probably is sleeker being designed for spped first and combat second.

I too saw the 1/32 scale He-100. My 1/32 scale builds hang from my boy's bedroom ceilings. Unless the wife let's me decorate our ceiling I'll be sticking to 1/48!

I can't believe it's been over a month since I posted an update. I am however making some progress.

Finished cockpit with PE seat belts provided with the kit.

Cockpit side walls with PE details(provide with kit) and a wash to bring out details.

Major parts assembled and seams filled. For a short run kit it did not require excessive filling.

I need to rescribe some panel lines, add some small parts and then on to paint.

Thanks for looking. Comments and suggestions welcome.

Nice work so far!

I've had this kit hiding in my stash for some time now and it looks like a fun build... not too many headaches.

I can't wait to see how it comes out... might give me inspiration to start mine.

Glad to see you post some more work on this one. The cockpit looks good. its nice to see a plane that is not done that often. Looking foward to seeing it with some color on it. I might have to pick one up now that I see it is an pretty decent kit.

                                                                                           Soulcrusher

Nice work so far Tom.  Keep us posted.

Regards,  Rick

Nice, Tom- Glad to hear it's a worthy kit- and you're doing a worthy job on it!

Cheers!

chuk

Chuk,

Thanks! Well summertime has finially arrived in Chicago, straight from cool and rainy to 100+ heat indexs! I'm not complaining though, been waiting for warm weather for months. I imagine many people are busy outdoors or on vacations.

I however have managed to squeeze some time in on my HE-100. So here's the update.

1) I decided to make my first attempt at preshading panel lines. The first 2 pictures are the panel lines done with RLM66 Schwargrua.

2) The underside is painted RLM65 Hellblau lightened with about 25% flat white. I should have listened to my 15 year old's advise and forgone the last coat as it pretty well covered the presahed areas. Oh well live and learn.

3) The top side is done in a splinter camo of RLM70 Schwargrun and RLM71 Dunket Grun both lightened with about 25% flat white. I think I did a better job on the RLM71 as far as the preshading being more visible. The RLM 70 is so dark it completely covers the preshading.

Hope to do a gloss coat, decals, a wash, and maybe final assembly this weekend.

Thanks for looking. As always comments and suggestions welcome.

PS - Attended my first IPMS local chapter meeting last night hosted at Minicraft Models. Very enjoyable. I also scored a 1/35 Dragon Smart Kit Jagdpanther for $5.00 worth of raffle tickets!

Excellnt paint work Tom!  I see what you mean about the underside color obliterating the pre-shading, but I still think it looks very good.  Perhaps a little post-shading to re-accentuate the detail. 

I am really enjoying your work here, top shelf stuff my friend.

Frank,

Thanks for the compliment and the suggestion!

Tom:

Great progress on a cool bird! Looking forward to more pics!

Mucker,

Thanks! I've really enjoyed this build so far.

This looks like a great kit. Your work in the pit has really paid off.

Great work on one of Germanys prettier looking 'Shouldhave beens'.

...Guy

Guy,

Thanks for looking.

Cheers

Dobby,

Just got back in town. Hope you had a good 4th. I work with enamels so I can't say for sure but I did thin the enamels more than usual and sprayed several very light coats.

Hope this helps.