Hello again and welcome to the next installment of the Hs129 build. Lets start off with a little more information on this exciting plane. Since this is a MTO build its only reasonable to get a little history of how this aircraft fit into the MTO puzzle.
History
In the fall of 1942, Britian was sending the Afrika Korps and their Italian allies in a full westward retreat. The British triumph was due in good part to their growing superiority in armor and other ground forces. In October of that same year the Luftwaffe decided to deploy a squadron of Hs 129B's to the theater. This squadron was commanded by Hauptmann (Capt) Bruno Meyer a veteran ground attack pilot and holder of the Knights cross.
Back to the table and the Hs 129
Next i decided to attack the aircraft's landing gear. As you can see there really isn't much to see here. It kinda looks like something my girlfriends cat hacked up.
Not really a whole lot that will be done. The majority of the gear will be hidden in the gear well. so I started by sanding the injection holes and removing the plastic that was suppose to be the scissor assembly.
Next I broke out the PE and went to work. If only all PE was as easy at this one was.
Before
After
Here you can see how the PE scissors fit to the strut. It looks a lot better IMHO
Next I sanded some more and added some paint and vola! completed strut. Well almost. I of course still have the tires to add and I'm hoping to add some break lines but I'm not sure I have anything small enough at this time. I think stripped CAT5 wire I usually use will be too big for this application.
The last thing I did tonight was to drill out and add the two 7.92mm MG 17 machine guns to the lower fuselage sides.
Here is the 7.92mm MG 17 machine gun muzzel pre-install
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Well that all for now. Thanks for taking the time from your day to look at my stuff.