Airfix 1:72 scale Blohm Voss BV-141

• Dec 31, 2012

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Looks fantastic mate!

 

• Dec 31, 2012

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Very nice work indeed. And you should be pleased - I would be happy with that result in 1/48th or even 1/32nd scale, never mind 1/72nd scale, on such an old kit!
You've done a great job moulding the transparencies, and fitting them, and the engine detail is really well done. Congratulations, and looking forward to seeing the end result.

 

• Jan 2, 2013

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Some final pictures' I went easy on the weathering because lets face it, I doubt a lot of these racked up any serious hours.

 

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• Jan 2, 2013

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• Jan 2, 2013

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Beauty !

 

• Jan 2, 2013

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• Jan 2, 2013

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Neat looking aircraft, good job!

 

• Jan 3, 2013

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Nice work so far!

 

• Jan 3, 2013

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That's great...

 

• Jan 3, 2013

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Well done!

 

• Jan 3, 2013

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Very nicely done. A great addition to any collection.

 

• Jan 4, 2013

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With all - great work mate!

 

• Jan 4, 2013

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Thanks for all the positive comments and encouragement. Considering what a meager kit it was I had a lot of fun building it until I got down to trying to learn how to vacu form my own glazing. Ran into numerous problems with fitting it to the fuselage. I have given up on modeling putty in favour of fibreglass filler ( bondo) which I used on this. Lost track of how many canopies I made but after 5 disastrous attempts to fasted the canopy to the fuselage I almost gave up. Tried all kinds of glue as well with no luck and ended up using crazy glue which I don't like using. I'm pretty happy with it.

 

• Jan 10, 2013

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Well worth the effort, great job!


One can only guess at the offset in the thrust line required to kepp the damned thing flying straight!!

 

• Jan 10, 2013

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Very nice

 

• Jan 20, 2013

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Looks just awesome mate!

 

• Jan 25, 2013

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Turned out really good.

 

• Jan 26, 2013

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Just went thru this whole thread, BW. You did an outstanding job on this plane. I'm impressed with the clear plastic work you did. Well done, Mate.

Charles

 

• Jan 27, 2013

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I haven't seen this build since it was back on page 4. What progress. It looks fantastic

 

• Feb 1, 2013

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Thanks all for the good feedback. I'm pretty pleased with it as well. I would say though, for a first attempt at forming my own canopies I should have picked something a bit less challenging. I sure wasted a lot of plastic !!!!