World War II: Germany
Aircraft of Germany in WWII.
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Heinkel He-177 A-5 1/48 de MPM
whittman181
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Posted: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 04:36 PM UTC
Looking good Is that last gun an MG151? Are things going together well? I'll follow this eagerly to the end as I love everything Luftwaffe. I've got 10 Bf109's in the stash and lots of others so give me some inspiration Bob
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Posted: Thursday, July 17, 2008 - 12:46 PM UTC
You have a great build going. Keep the pics coming.
dcandal
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Posted: Friday, July 18, 2008 - 11:40 AM UTC
Hi Bob, no, this is an MG 131. Thanks for your comments
dcandal
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Posted: Friday, July 18, 2008 - 11:42 AM UTC
Thanks Carl, more pics soons
dcandal
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Posted: Friday, July 18, 2008 - 01:23 PM UTC
Here I continue with the MG 131. It goes in the upper fuselaje. The MG 131 ( Maschinengewehr 131 ) was built in 1938 by Rheinmetall-Borsig and was produced between 1940 and 1945,









dcandal
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Posted: Friday, July 18, 2008 - 01:31 PM UTC
Then I put the visor on the gun,





dcandal
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Posted: Friday, July 25, 2008 - 12:37 PM UTC
Now I´m preparing the gunner compartment,





dcandal
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Posted: Friday, July 25, 2008 - 12:38 PM UTC
After this I put the MG on the fuselage,



dcandal
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Posted: Friday, July 25, 2008 - 12:39 PM UTC
Here you can see the compartment finished,



dcandal
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Posted: Friday, July 25, 2008 - 12:42 PM UTC
Now that I have finished the MG 131 I´ll go with the MG 151.

The MG 151 (MG 151/15) was a 15 mm autocannon produced by Waffenfabrik Mauser starting in 1940. It was in 1941 developed into the 20 mm MG 151/20 cannon which was widely used on many types of German Luftwaffe fighters, fighter bombers, night fighters, ground attack and even bombers as part of or as their main armament during World War II.




dcandal
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Posted: Friday, July 25, 2008 - 12:43 PM UTC
I first began with the gunner compartment,





dcandal
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Posted: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - 10:36 AM UTC
Then I began with the gunner seat that it come in resin,



dcandal
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Posted: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - 10:38 AM UTC
After I Painted it I put it in it´s place,

dcandal
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Posted: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - 10:39 AM UTC
Then I prepared the MG that goes in the tail of the plane,







dcandal
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Posted: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 - 10:40 AM UTC
More photos of it,



dcandal
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Posted: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 06:48 AM UTC



dcandal
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Posted: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 06:48 AM UTC
Finished with the gunner compartment,



dcandal
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Posted: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 06:51 AM UTC
Now I´m begining with the Henschel HS-293. The kit has two of the.

The Henschel Hs 293 was a World War II German anti-shipping guided missile: a radio-controlled glide bomb with a rocket engine slung underneath it



dcandal
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Posted: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 06:52 AM UTC
This are the pieces that come with the kit,

alpha_tango
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Posted: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 06:54 AM UTC
Hello Daniel

you are slow but steady .. very admirable!! (and much faster than some other guys ... like myself)

Daniel, I am really keen to see it finished, so keep on building and posting.

cheers

Steffen
vanize
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Posted: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 07:36 AM UTC
looking fabulous. i'm still thinking about getting one of these, but teetering on the $100+ price tag. you are starting to tip the "just buy it" side of the scale though, but I'll wait till the main components start going together!
Bigrip74
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Posted: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 04:54 PM UTC
Daniel very impressive, the build and the aircraft. Thanks for the photos, thread and being kind enough to share your experiance.


ROBERT
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Posted: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 07:41 PM UTC
Hi Daniel!

Excellent work so far!

Jean-Luc
dcandal
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Posted: Monday, August 18, 2008 - 03:35 AM UTC
Thanks all of you for the comments about the model
Emeritus
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Posted: Monday, August 18, 2008 - 07:15 AM UTC
Very cool. Nice to see it progressing.
How's the fit been so far?

Have you anything in mind for the landing gear?
From what I've heard, the styrene landing gear parts supposedly aren't strong enough to bear the weight of the finished model, and have splayed after some time.