Another winner Bish! Very cool looking paint job, as said it's a nice change from the more usual Luftwaffe schemes. 

Thats a fine looking 219, Bish!  I like the weathering.  Those antennas look like a pain to put together and a pain to keep together.

Another beauty Bish! Exhaust staining came out great What did you use for the antenna? I'm looking to add one to the Hurricane I'm finishing up. Looking forward to your next build!

Great looking build, Bish!  Base looks great, too.

Best Wishes,

Gary

Thanks guys, its much appreciated.

Jay Jay, its nice to think we all inspire each other in our own little ways.

Toshi, not for to long I hope, we all look forward to your builds and your posts.

OMG!  I am speechless!

Toshi

Gee, a beautiful job and nicely displayed.  Somehow you make a 1/72 look like a larger scale. Very inspiring to me.

Thanks guys.

Martin, they are printed in card, I make the design on paint and then put it in a word doc to get the right size. Once cut out I cover it in Fablon and then attach it to a piece of balsa stained the same as the base surround.

PJ, I have no tried it on the Aqua glass only on the Lacquer varnish. It didn't like that.

Your Uhu looks smashing! Great clean work overall on that small scale.

You asked about using Flory washes over Alclad, well I just used it on a Mustang that I sealed in Aquagloss and it worked just fine. I guess the Flory Washes don't like Testors gloss enamels in the small bottles.

That's a unique looking scheme that you did a fabulous job of! If you don't mind me asking, how did you make the plaque?

Cheers,

Martin

Nice job Bish, Great job on the panel lines and the exhaust staining on the tail..

Outstanding work. She's a real looker !! Great scheme that makes it unique.

BK

Well, here it is. After the last update i did a neat panel wash with Flory washes, i wanted a nice clean finish for a change. Exhaust staing was done with Tamiya smoke, including on the tail as shown in the crash pics. Then the wheels were added along with clear pars for the lights and the antenna.

And still my favorite view of the aircraft, though i imagine not one many RAF bomber crew would want to see.

And once fitted to the base, i added 2 PE wheel chocks and a couple of figures. I wanted a nice simple dio showing the aircraft about to star its engines prior to its one and only operational sortie.

And there you go, my first ever He 219. I can now scrub this off the top of my loist of stash kits i most want to build. I still have 3 more Dragon 72nd kits plus the Revell 32nd in the stash, so it won't be the last.

Thanks all for following along and for all the feedback. Its much appreciated as always.

All coments welcome of course.

Gary, yes, I have seen quite a few of those. The A-0 V1 was all black and I think a couple of other may have been as well. But given everything I have looked at, I am about as certain as I can be that the V9 was RLM 76 all over with no mottling.

But, its now declared and weathered and secured to the base, so I guess this is when the evidence will appear which shows I am wrong lol. If it does, I will live with it now.

Thanks for the input, its much appreciated. I just have a couple of ground crew figures to finish and its all done, hopefully some pics tonight, if not tomorrow at latest.

Hi Bish,

     No worries.   I can't remember ever seeing an A-O captioned machine that wasn't RLM 75 over RLM 76.   The machines I've seen with completely black undersides are all later versions.

Best wishes,

Gary

Thanks Marc. Better late than never. 

GazzaS

Hi Bish,

      Recently I built this same kit, and see that you have questions about the camoflage.  I have read that the early versions were issued with RLM 75 over RLM 76.  They were then oversprayed at unit level with RLM 76.  Many pictures are available online showing some planes completely oversprayed with RLM 76 and some oversprayed in criss-cross patterns, repeating figure eights, or attempts at cloud immitation.  In many cases, you can see exactly how the guy with the paint sprayer did it.  Later versions were issued with  black upper and lower surfaces.  The upper surfaces were again oversprayed a lighter color at unit level.  

 

Best wishes,

 

Gary

 

Gary, i am so sorry, i completly missed this post.

Thats some interesting information there. Do you think that would also apply to the pre production aircrfat. I know several of the first ones were painted all black. I have not come across any otehr painted blue all over, i will ahve to have a better look.

Thanks again, and sorry about missing you out.