MPM 1/48 scale Heinkel He-177 Grief

[mandoman]

I think I originally commented on this build in the Reviews section, but I thought I'd show what I've done so far. You can also see my pics of this plane in My Albums, in WWII Models. In the more recent pics I have it in the base coat stage. I got nearly all of the little pieces attached, thanks to the help from my extremely steady handed son. This is a cool model, but I don't think I'm doing it justice.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Lucky13]

Looking good mate!

 

[Airframes]

Good stuff so far.

 

[Matt308]

Man that must be huge.

 

[meatloaf109]

Looks good from here!

 

[destrozas]

With all cool model and very nice kit mpm for me is a very good stamp

Good Lucky with this kit

 

[Wayne Little]

Looking good Kirk...

where ya been man....?

 

[Lucky13]

Growing bacon?

 

[Tony Hill]

Looks nice.

 

[waterman]

Looks good! Really looking forward to seeing yours done. I've got one in the pile.

 

[Gnomey]

Nicely done so far!

 

[T Bolt]

Looking real nice

 

[javlin]

Looking good Kirk...

where ya been man....?

I second that and Ole Jan could be right..........?

 

[mandoman]

LOL!!

Thanks guys. Where have I been? Building models, man. Sometimes it's just hard to get away from them.

I figure this plane is B-17 class in size. It IS huge, which makes it especially hard to handle for the small details. It's turning out better than I had first thought it would, though.

 

[Lucky13]

So, no bacon growing or breeding then?

 

[mandoman]

So, no bacon growing or breeding then?

Oh yeah, always plenty of pork, and bacon, and beef, and turkey, and several other types of livestock.

I was working on the decals for this model, and I thought they were going on really well......until I reached the large #54 that is suppose to go just below the cockpit. The first attempt was a bust, and I lost that decal. It just folded under as I tried to slide it off the backing, and then disintegrated as I tried to fix it. Thank goodness I got the second one off in good shape, but am now going to be missing the lost one on the other side. I've been searching the Internet for a replacement, but it looks like that's not going to happen any time soon.

Guess I've been doing some painting since I last posted. Here's where I'm at now.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Beautiful! Have you considered making a replacement decal with an inkjet printer?

 

[Lucky13]

Looking great mate!

 

[Airframes]

That's looking the part - nice work.