He 111H-10- at long last!

And every minute you put into it was well worth it. It is truly outstanding. After 2 years… are you king of sad it's over? I know when I am enjoying a build, I like to see the end result but I also wish in a way it would keep going.

wow, looks awesome

Oh crap! I just wet wet myself! This is awesome! Compass stand, weighted tyres-my God!

That's incredible man ! The detail, the base, the weathering - it's all nice.

chris

Absolutely gorgeous! Beautiful work!

Stunning Thanks for sharing

She looks outstanding

Thad

My eyes thank you for such a beautiful build!

Stunning! Simply stunning.

Karl

Excellent build. Great finish & presentation. Thanks for sharing.

Regards, Rick

very nice build, love the weathering

Obviously, time well spent. Great result !

Cheers,

Luc

The best He-111 I have ever seen! How did drop the flaps? Did you scratchbuilt them or did you use an update?

B.

That's one very nice model. Only a true artist can apply weathering to that level of realism. Great work and thanks for the inspiration.

Jerry

Great work the weathering is fantastic.

I've seen better.....

HA! Whatever! That's fantastic, truly a work of art!

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That thing is awesome! Great job!

Thanks, my friends, thanks! I get 90% Plus of my inspiration from the boards- you guys are the greatest! I've so often felt like a poser, posting things so piecemeal while others are so prolific. Slow and steady... ;) That upper front canopy tried my soul! It fell of twice and was masked three times- I just ain't that smart- I should have added a simple lip of styrene to the upper fuselage- learn from my mistakes- please!

Wing_Nut- something in me says this one will never be over! Little bits, little bits- when I come home from my LHS (which is The Military Shop in Long Beach, CA- lucky me!), I'll tell my wife that I bought some books, magazines and "bits". She knows... ...

Dragonfly- yes, I built those flaps myself. Cut 'em from the wings, built up the rounded edge, filled and sanded- and filled and sanded! Some detail was added in the wing root as well- now all but invisible. The semi-elliptical nature was a challenge. After the fact, I simply could not find a single photo of a '111 at rest with the flaps down- apparently it was SOP to raise the flaps on terra firma. Gol-durnit! It still looks cool, though- I should have determined which lever in the cockpit ws responsible and position it accordingly. I did position the stick to match the surfaces (as best I could ).

I'd like to write an article on this experience- would you find it interesting? Ther's a lot to ramble on about and a ton of pix. I'll close for now by crediting my brother (in-law) Art Homa for the images you see posted here- thanks, Artie!

that is the best looking aircraft i have seen in a long long while - absolutely fantastic!

Thats an amazing peice of art Chuk.... deserving of a pat on the back and a trip to the pub. Congrats.

Nice one Chukw ! I think a write up about it would be great !

By the way I assume this is the monogram 1:48 kit ? I found the fit of the kit ranging from really good in areas to just really pore in others. Espically the egine to wing fit.....infact the word fit here doesn't really apply . Perhaps it was me or i got a bad example but i find it strange that nobody else has comented on this. How did you go with it ?

from the looks it looks like Hasegawa's 1/72 scale HE-111 seeing as there were no waist guns on the monogram kit and the monogram kit did not have the rear wind screen for the top mounted gun.

Geez that's good, I am in awe of your skills chukw. That deserves an article in FSM .

Beautiful work...
Cheers,
Eric

Hey Chukw,

I just keep staring at that thing! Man, you did a great job, one to be really proud of.

Thanks a lot for posting,

Mark

Olsen, you get a cookie- it's the Monogram kit all right. Some filling, but nothing outrageous- to quote a friend, "This is model building, not model assembling!" ;) Don't fret Mikeym_us- I threw you off the scent by adding those beam weapons (and windows) from Aires resin bits and scratchbuilding. the mounts are metal beads from my dear wife's crats suppy- they really rotate! Alot of photo ref close examination to make a good guess on how those buggers work, I can tell you. threst of youse guys? Thanks- and cheers!

WOW!!

That's awesome! Great work! The time was definitely well spent and well worth the effort! A write-up would be awesome...

Wow thats nice! People like you make me sick. Keep it up.