1/32 Heinkel He 219A-5 - Night War of WWII

[Wurger]

 

[Lucky13]

Here you go Master Wayne....



































































Anyhoo....glue and paint just delivered, so Thunderbirds are go!

 

[Airframes]

Ah, I see it's an early stealth version .... in the snow too !

 

[Crimea_River]

3...2....1.....GO!




Umm, OK. 3...2....1.....GO!





Err, hello?

 

[Lucky13]

Just in from work...

 

[Lucky13]

Now....
To get these....

....to shape them like this....

....here....

....and here....

Which is the best way?

 

[JKim]

I use one of these. But for a simple bend like that, you could probably get buy with some tweezers. Angles don't have to be exact... you can glue down each segment as you go.

 

[Crimea_River]

Doh!

Don't show him something he'll need to buy or he'll delay the start another week!

PE bends pretty easily Jan. As John says a pair of tweezers works fine. For more complex or small parts, I lay a steel straight edge along the bend line and, making sure the straight edge firmly holds the part down, I use an x-acto knife to get under the part to be bend and then fold it.

One tip I would suggest is to roughen the back of the PE with some 150 grit paper. That way the CA glue sticks much better.

 

[Airframes]

I wouldn't know where to start with one of those small bending jigs - but then, with my knackered hands, I wouldn't be able to hold the darned thing anyway !
The (very) few pE parts I've had to bend, I used tweezers, as suggested, or, for slightly larger items, some small modelling pliers, which work very well. Overall length is around 80 to 90 mm, with jaw width around 3 or 4 mm.

 

[Lucky13]

I use one of these. But for a simple bend like that, you could probably get buy with some tweezers. Angles don't have to be exact... you can glue down each segment as you go.

I've got that one, great wee thing!

Doh!

Don't show him something he'll need to buy or he'll delay the start another week!

PE bends pretty easily Jan. As John says a pair of tweezers works fine. For more complex or small parts, I lay a steel straight edge along the bend line and, making sure the straight edge firmly holds the part down, I use an x-acto knife to get under the part to be bend and then fold it.

One tip I would suggest is to roughen the back of the PE with some 150 grit paper. That way the CA glue sticks much better.

Cheers, I'll try that!
The bend that needs to be done is more soft, so that bending thingmajig wouldn't work...

I wouldn't know where to start with one of those small bending jigs - but then, with my knackered hands, I wouldn't be able to hold the darned thing anyway !
The (very) few pE parts I've had to bend, I used tweezers, as suggested, or, for slightly larger items, some small modelling pliers, which work very well. Overall length is around 80 to 90 mm, with jaw width around 3 or 4 mm.

We'll see what works old boy....

....much obliged gentlemen!

 

[Lucky13]

 

[Crimea_River]

Well that turned out alright didn't it!

Drinks all around boys! Jan's started!

 

[Lucky13]

 

[rochie]

Good start, now keep at it old boy

 

[Wurger]

 

[Lucky13]

Good start, now keep at it old boy

One shall ones best old chap....cockpit has been painted!

 

[Lucky13]

 

[Wurger]

Looking good.

 

[fubar57]

Glue and paint??? I'm expecting to see four horsemen riding over the horizon any second now. Good start Jan.


Geo

 

[rochie]

Great stuff !