Italeri 1:72 scale Gotha 242

[Bustedwing]

My start for the new year. Again with a lot of the kits or planes I build not a ton of pictures so back to winging it. Nice kit but ill fitting and the instructions are very misleading. Also a ton of fiddley little parts that try to explode when you clip them off the sprue. Comes with a bonus too, a Kubbelwagon which is a nice little kit unto it's self. I scratch built some crates and pallets for a bit more detail on the inside along with some tubing under the cockpit floor and my faux wood flooring which I think turned out too dark.

 

[Capt. Vick]

Oh! Like what you did with the wood floor there! And packed it full! You're off to the races son! Good job!

 

[fubar57]

Nice start. Again I envy the 1/72 builders who make kits the will never see the 1/48 scale light of day.


Geo

 

[Airframes]

Very nice work indeed !
The 'wooden' floor looks fine to me - just right for the look of wear and tear, dirt, dust and oil etc.
Will you be adding tie-down straps and wheel chocks to the Kubelwagen ?

 

[Wurger]

 

[Bustedwing]

Some pictures of the completed kit. Great kit to build. I did'nt realize I had'nt posted these since I finnished it quite some time ago. I ended up having to hand paint and airbrush the teeth on the nose, the decal was a disaster. I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out. Always love a kit that comes with a bonus vehicle as well !

 

[fubar57]

Great job

 

[Capt. Vick]

Sweet!

 

[Wurger]

 

[Airframes]

Nicely done - would look great in a small diorama.

 

[SANCER]

Felicidades Bustedwing!!

It's a nice job and as Terry says, would look great in a diorama.

Saludos

Luis Carlos

 

[Gnomey]

Lovely work!

 

[Crimea_River]

With all.

 

[VALENGO]

Beautiful job, I like the wooden surfaces and the perfect airbrushing. Congrats!.

 

[Tony Hill]

Lovely stuff.

 

[Gnomey]

Good work!