1/48 Hasegawa Arado 234 Blitz-After 3 years..Finally Completed

Great to see you back in the aircraft realm Joe. Your wonderful skills and talent for turning out highly detailed Luftwaffe aircraft has been sorely missed. I am very much looking forward to your build up of the 234, especially with all the sweet resin updates you have involved. I have the Pro Modeler twin engine version of the 234 in my stash. It's a rebox of the hasegawa kit. So, I'm going to pay attention as I know I'm going get a bunch of helpful tips on building mine. Bring it on!

Thanks Joe! I'm looking forward to getting back into the military aircraft swing of things again (although I'm having a total blast with the automotive side) .

I picked one of these up as well just so I could have some of the odds and ends out of it. (I've actually had all these items to include both kits now for several months to be ready for the finish up of my '54 Chevy)



and a set of these:

Looks like it will be a fun project! That's a nice kit. A tad fiddly in a few spots but nothing you cannot overcome. When you get it completed and have any spare bits left over let me know...I could use some odds and ends to dress up my old Hobbycraft Arado.

Did you decide on which a/c to model from the decal sheet?

Good luck,

Lee

Thanks Lee. I dunno yet about which aircraft yet. That winter camo scheme catches my eye though.

Sweet choice Man! I built this same kit a few years back, but only used the Aires cockpit. Watch the fit of the cockpit to the rest of the fuselage. Not a fun area to putty and sand. 

Yeah I've been eyeing that. I guess it's a good thing that I skipped off to the automotive side for a couple of years as that's given me alot of practice in that area. lol

Welcome back from your time in all things shiny and chrome. Count me in on this one.

Most exciting!  I'm looking forward to this thread!

Toshi

Oh this looks very cool. I like the added details you've chosen. This is gonna be a way cool build. Welcome back.

BK

Hey, Mustang, ya'll going to put a Hemi in that thing!?

This looks like a really cool build! You should put this in Bish's 1946 What if GB! 

Anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing this aircraft come together!

Joe, thats second book, whats that like. I've seen it on hannants but not got one yet.

Brandon: Thanks man.

hogfanfs:

hogfanfs

Hey, Mustang, ya'll going to put a Hemi in that thing!?

I dunno if I should enter this into a GB. I'll be a dang year on it. Thank you as well.

Bish: It's excellent. All I can say is get it.

Thanks Joe, i will. Been looking for a few more 234 books.

As for the 46 GB, i don't know. I've the heard the host is a bit of moron and over strict.

mustang1989

hogfanfs:

 

hogfanfs

Hey, Mustang, ya'll going to put a Hemi in that thing!?

 

Tha hell you say!!! Such blasphemy!! Now you know it's gotta be a big block Chevy!! I'll see that this reflects on your record. lol

 

Ah, you're a Chevy guy, ok, how about this:

Hey, Mustang, ya'll going to put a LS6 in that thing!? 

Bish:

Bish

As for the 46 GB, i don't know. I've the heard the host is a bit of moron and over strict.

hogfanfs: You know..........that doesn't sound like a bad idea!

I think I’m going to test fit this kit together first to see how it’s supposed to go together and then install my resin goodies here and there. I figure it’ll give me a slight edge when things aren’t going together so smoothly when installing the resin pieces. Painting this sucker on the bottom will be a unique experience for me as I’m used to painting my exteriors with no landing gear installed. Judging by the fit of the fuselage halves together and the wing to fuselage joint I’d say it might be a slight bit easier of a kit than I’d originally thought.

It's looking great!

Toshi

Thanks Toshi!

More test fitting today with the Aires interior detail set. Looks like it's going to fit good at the firewall/ fuselage joint. Will have to see how everything is going to behave with the glass installed ..........



This is a fairly well complimented set and I'm looking forward to working with it:

Fit looks pretty good! That cockpit is going to look great when you're done with it

Great start Joe, looking forward to seeing you tackle that pit. Its a real shame no one has done a resin 234 pit in 72nd scale.

Bish

Its a real shame no one has done a resin 234 pit in 72nd scale.

Thank you as well Andy!

I can't wait to see this go together. Man I should have sprung for all the nice resin detail on my build.

Eagerly waiting for you to dig into that cockpit :)

Looking forward to see how all of that detail work turns out.

Thanks Colin and Tojo.

I've got the tub all trimmed up and the two pieces glued together. I had to sand a lot of material from the bottom to get it to fit right but so far so good. Here's a few shots with the clear nose piece test fitted. It looks like it's gonna be A-OK.

Looks good  

Looking great Joe! You are packing tons of detail to a seldom seen subject.

The Aires cockpit is going to be a royal enhancement to your 234 Joe. Especially with the sweet greenhouse canopy that will allow you see it all quite well. That's what I like about what you are doing as you will actually be able to see most of the fantastic detailing you are going to do. Bonus that you've got the resin cockpit to fit well without too much hassle. At least I'm crossing my fingers that that is the case as indicated by your test fitting.

P.S.- Despite a despotic and sometimes ill tempered moderator, your 234 would be a welcome sight over on the '46 GB. 

Thanks guys.

Joe: I may PM him about that. My only concern is how long its going to take for me to buiild this thing and I'll be the only one left in there building 9 months from now. lol

I cut the side panels from the resin mounting blocks today. This stuff is super thin so cutting it from them was a slow process to avoid breaking the dang things. Looks like everything is fitting here so far:

and still mates up to the fuselage as good as I've ever seen from an Aires set