Complete - Tamiya 1/48 He-219 A-7 Uhu

plasticjunkie

Bob

Excellent job on that Uhu. The camo came out looking outstanding. I bet those radar antennas were a PITA to align.

Bish

I never completely trust specially Dragon or any other kit maker (except Wingnutwings) for their color callouts. Remember the color Eduard listed to paint the ammo cases in my 1/35 Hetzer? WNW on the other hand puts out very good reference material with their products.

 

No, i don't either. I use my own guides for painting. It was the fact that i saw it some where else, i think in one of my books, that threw me a bit. I just wanted to se if it was somthing unique to teh 219. I knew they are normally RLM 70 or 71 depending on whether they are wood or metal.

silentbob33

I painted the props Tamiya black-green, which to me looks a lot like RLM 71. A lot of the models I saw online were that color, and that's what my instructions said as well.

 

Bod, thanks, thats the colour i thought they should be. It just thew me off reading Dragon's instructions.

Oh Man, that looks great !  I've viewed your pics 3 times now and I'm more impressed each time.  That paint job....Whew !

Wow. That's spectacular. Great job on an odd looking airplane.

Beautiful build! Great work on the paint job too!

Looks great!

Outstanding!

Mike

Bob

Excellent job on that Uhu. The camo came out looking outstanding. I bet those radar antennas were a PITA to align.

Bish

I never completely trust specially Dragon or any other kit maker (except Wingnutwings) for their color callouts. Remember the color Eduard listed to paint the ammo cases in my 1/35 Hetzer? WNW on the other hand puts out very good reference material with their products.

That came out so nice. Excellent work.

BK

Well, here she is all finished.  I have to say that this kit was an absolute blast to build.  The only major problems (other than painting that camo) was trying to get the front antenna array to line up and not droop.  But after it's all said and done, I'm proud of this one.  Sorry about the quality of the photos, my cell phone was fighting me on taking decent pictures.  On to the next!

I'm making slow progress.  I added some soot for the guns and some exhaust streaking.  With any luck I'll be finished by the end of the month.

That looks great!  I would be more than happy with those results.

Mike

I was able to assemble and paint the landing gear.  I gave them a light wash and drybrushing to help bring out the details.

I also finished the exhaust shrouds.  I stole a technique I saw online somewhere when I was doing my research.  I painted them with Model Master acrylic rust to start.  Then I scribbled on some sandpaper with a pencil and rubbed my finger in the pile of graphite dust then smeared it on the shroud.

I attached them all to the plane and added the props.  Here's how she sits now, hopefully I'll be able to get this finished within a week (if life stops getting in the way).