***DONE: Henschel HS-129 B-1, MTO Group Build

• Sep 18, 2009

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B-17engineer said:

Dirk, what hobby shop do you go to?

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Its a small little shop in Linden on St Gorges Avenue about 2 blocks from Route 1. The place is packed to the gills with great stuff.

Its about 45 minutes to an hour from you but its easy. Take Rt 287 to Rt 1. I don't recall the exit but I believe its the second or third exit after the Woodbridge Mall. They are open Saturdays but closed on Sundays.

 

• Sep 18, 2009

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I have been to Linden for some soccer. If I have a game or I'm around there I'll look for it. Are the prices reasonable ?

 

• Sep 18, 2009

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B-17engineer said:

I have been to Linden for some soccer. If I have a game or I'm around there I'll look for it. Are the prices reasonable ?

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I guess they are. Like I said in some other post sometimes on line is better but then again with shipping costs the HS is better.

 

• Sep 18, 2009

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True. It's hard to get good prices.

 

• Sep 18, 2009

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B-17engineer said:

True. It's hard to get good prices.

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I'll say this thought. If you want it they always seem to have or can get it.

 

• Sep 18, 2009

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Oh... do you use dental probes for modelling at all?

 

• Sep 29, 2009

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B-17engineer said:

Oh... do you use dental probes for modelling at all?

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I have some but to be honest I haven't had much use for them, but you never know.

 

• Sep 29, 2009

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Hi guys

I fianally have some progress to post









Thanks for looking

 

• Sep 30, 2009

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Looks pretty damn sweet to me Dirker....

 

• Sep 30, 2009

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Sure does! In that scale, I'd have half of it stuck to my fingers, and the other half to the bench!!

 

• Sep 30, 2009

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wow very nice

 

• Sep 30, 2009

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Agreeing with all, very nice!!

 

• Sep 30, 2009

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Great work Dirk!

 

• Sep 30, 2009

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Looking very good thus far!I need to one day invest in a PE bender?Cheers Kevin

 

• Sep 30, 2009

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Nice footage Dirk. Keep working...

 

• Sep 30, 2009

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javlin said:

Looking very good thus far!I need to one day invest in a PE bender?Cheers Kevin

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The Bug I have pictured ran me a whopping $40. At the time (about a year ago) it was the cheapest I could find.

Thanks everyone for the kind words.

Working with PE can be a challenge to say the least but in 1/72 it can be even worse. This cockpit has 12 levers and knobs that need to be attached. YEAH RIGHT! I was able to get two attached and they promptly broke off when I moved on to the next step. It was driving me nuts but then I realized that no one will ever see it so why worry about it. My next investment will be small set of tweezers and a neutron microscope. Ok, 'll settle for a magnifying glass.

 

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• Sep 30, 2009

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Great work - no idea what to do with parts that small , hard enough to handle let alone paint

 

• Sep 30, 2009

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Dirk I have been hearing that when attaching the small pieces of PE guys using Future floor wax and that it lays smoother than SGlue.Now I have not tried it but on the seatbelts I did for the 109's it appears if it's static it works if go bending it SG.Cheers Kevin

 

• Sep 30, 2009

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Interesting bit of info Kevin...

 

• Sep 30, 2009

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javlin said:

Dirk I have been hearing that when attaching the small pieces of PE guys using Future floor wax and that it lays smoother than SGlue.Now I have not tried it but on the seatbelts I did for the 109's it appears if it's static it works if go bending it SG.Cheers Kevin

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I'll have to keep that in mind, but right now the biggest problem isn't getting the parts to lay flat, its trying to get the levers and knobs to stand up and in the right places.