Dragon 1/72nd He 219 Completed pics page 2

I have seen this plane with RLM75 motling almost like dots on upper sirface

Looking forward to another build from you Bish. 

Crown, was that a model or actually photo's of the real thing. If the latter, I don't suppose you can recall where do you.

allan, thanks for the vote of confidence.

That's a tough call Bish. One tries to be accurate as possible and sometimes we get stumped. I will go with light mottling as the pictures at least to me are showing some kind of color variation which may be mottling but the picture quality is poor.

 there is a few color pics that show a RLM 83 light green motling late ww2 yes real planes google search HE-219 

Well Bish, I have to ask you about all my German painting questions, but I must say....and I know I must sound like a broken record, but you do with 1/72 scale kits amazes me!  That pit is looking awesome!  Smashing job sir! 

NP. I know they tried to hide them any way possible with the paint on hand

I have been trying to find pictures of the Uhu and my reference book says that 219 pictures are rare. I somehow suspect subtle mottling on Streib's ride.

I have this one in 1/32. Another hint Bish

I know what you mean PJ. I have quite a few books and images are not aplenty, and the only ones of this aircraft are after it crashed. There is one I did not copy and that's of the cockpit which separated like an escape pod  and slid 50m down the runway from the fuselage. There is defiantly no mottling there. The more I look, the more I am convinced its just blue. there are other poor quality images where the mottling is apparent.

Thanks for all the input guys, and please keep it coming.

And PJ, already there.  Got the Revell kit.

What a fantastic job you've done, I love the detailed look that you put into this build!

Toshi

Just a quick update. Got the cockpit fitted and the fuselage and wings all attached. Still have a little bit of sanding to do and a few small bits to add before priming.

I also got the 2 crew painted and fitted. I used the shoulder parts of the PE belts. they look a bit big here but they are not quite as bad in the flesh, though i thnik the figures are a little on the small side. I also replaced the kit Revi 16B sight with a esin Quickboost one.

One slight problem with the kit is this grove on the left under the pit.

This is were the access ladder folds up into. Its a really nice idea by Dragon, but it would have been nicer if they had actually included the ladder. So i either have to scratchbuld one or put some styrene in here for a closed ladder. In this kit, i am going for the latter.

Thats all for now, should have the primer on in a day or two.

Bish, Here is one that is not an A-0 but an A-1 and it is very lightly mottled on the upper surface only.  I'll keep looking.

BK

Try looking here. There are 5 pages of only He219's, some have extremely light mottling.

http://www.warbirdphotographs.com/luftwaffephotos/lhe2191.htm

Hey Bish, where are you adding the weight to keep the nose down?

Cool Idea Bish pinning the wheels to the base. It keeps unwanted fingerprints off the model. Great job on the pit and those tiny figures dude. I have a hard time with figures in 1/35 . Given the size of this plane, I should have gone with 1/48 or even 1/72 as the 1/32 I have is gargantuan in size.

Coming along beautifully Bish! Really like the cockpit detail! Thanks for sharing.

Looking good so far

Bish

These 4 Dragon kits and a Revell one which I believe is a re mould of a1960's kit are I think the only option in 72nd.

There was also a '60's Frog kit which was re-released in a Revell box a few years ago. This seems to have replaced Revell's own kit, which had "opening" engine cowls, a decidedly flat canopy and a forest of rivets.

Similarly, Revell reboxed Frog's He162 in place of their own about the same time. 

Shaping up really well, Bish.  The crew figures do look rather small;  their heads are about a half inch below the headrests!

I got all the construction finished tonight so my 219 is now ready for painting. For some reason i neglected geting an Eduard mask. So i did it with masking tape but was not to confidant in the result. So i ordered an Eduard set Wed and it arrived today. Once that was done, i got the antenna's added and she was ready.

I filled the groove for the ladder with some strip styrene.

And i really like the look of this aircraft from head on. There isjust somthing about the shape of that canopy.

As soon as i took this, it was off to the spray booth for a coat of RLM 66 on the canopy. Tomorrow it should be ready for primer and then paint.

Did you decide on the camouflage ?

for what is worth there is a site called wings palette they have that plane listed w/wo mottling