Winter''s coming and Mal''s ready with the perfect model - a Henschel Hs 129 in Winter camouflage. You know what to expect from Holdfast... stunning pics of a superb model, so I hope you''ve got your thermals ready! :-)


Link to Item

If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!

You know until I saw that lead picture I never realized how much these thing look like a Duck. :-)

Really nice job again Mal, what I'm I saying if you missed it up I'd never catch it. Well done and thanks for sharing.

What a great build Mal ! And a well written build review.
I have this kit to, I just had it out the other day looking at it. And was wanting to build it. Well now I have a awesome build up article to go by!
Thanks for the feature mate, well done!

Garry

very nice build there and great article.. I just finished this one myself and it was a dream to build.. painting was a bear but the build was easy..

laters.

Wow..Everybody must be doing the same kit at the same time, Cause Im doing one right now too!, but in Sandgeld/Dark green camo

Nice!!Very nice!!Congrats!

i like the winter wash!!

Thanks guys, I enjoyed building it and learned alot from my first attempt at a winter white wash scheme. I'll be doing a few more I need a B-3 and a desert scheme.
I'm curious, any thoughts about the base and can anyone spot the diliberate mistake
Mal

MMM...superior work as usual Mal, and I'd have to say any mistake on your part would likely be intentional.
The base is convincing, except that I see no tyre tracks or footprints in the snow...Intentional, or just not shown in the photos? Without signs of ground movement, I'd expect to see a bit of snow on the surface of the A/C.
Also, knowing very little of this plane, I wonder about the position of the cannon barrel(45 deg from true...)
Otherwise, Stellar as usual!
RobH

Hi Robert, Points taken about the base. There are actually tyre tracks there, but I moved the model around on the base for better pics at different angles. I really just wanted to see how the winter scheme looked against a "winter" background. What I should have asked is, what do you think about my snow?



I asume you mean the flash hider on the Mk 103 cannon under the nose? That is correct. There is something that is missing :-)
Mal

Hi Mal

I think it looks really effective as either the first dusting of Winter, or the beginning of the Spring thaw.

Either way, it's a superb build.

All the best

Rowan

Dohh! It was staring me in the face! I've spotted what was missing!...



All the best

Rowan

I was going to do a thicker covering of snow but the boss wanted to use some of the baking soda :-)


LOL, Rowan, not often are you right, but..............WRONG again, LOL
The missing thing is actually visible, errrrrrrrrrrrrr, not visible in that pic :-)
Mal

Dohh! I was close this time!... I know I was close!...

Well, mal, since you've got the DF loop antenna on the top, I think you don't need a mast/HFcableto the vertical...so speaking of verticals, I'll go with a certain "missing" decal on the Vertical fin...
RobH
( & It'll do my ego good to know I got it before the Magician!) :-)

errrrrrrrrrrr how can I put this, well errrrrrrrrrr you are sort of correct, but it's not what I was refering to. I have actually forgotten the swastika No defence, there wasn't one on the decal sheet and I guess it just never crossed my mind (suppose I could say this aircraft never carried one but guess they all did). I will now have to get one on there On reading Roberts post I actually went to look at the model, not believing I could be so daft, but I am #:-) Errrrrrr thanks for pointing it out Robert :-)
So, no that wasn't the diliberate mistake
Mal

Another belter from our Mal.

I have a soft spot for the Hs129.
Great.

Cheers
Peter
:-)

Great job Mal. Your winter camo and your step by step story are outstanding, nice work, Wingman out.

Hi Mal

Well, if the deliberate missing "thing" is (not) visible in the snow-man pic, maybe it's some paint chipping - the propeller blades, in particular, look very fresh (replacements?).

All the best

Rowan

If the missing thing were not missing, it would be visable in the snowman pic, but as the missing thing is missing it cannot be seen in the snowman pic.
The props are a little more weathered than they appear in the pics. I'll think about adding a little more, when I add the missing thing :-)
Mal