RS 1:72 Scale Heinkel 112

[Bustedwing]

One of three Heinkels I have on the go right now along with the 70 and a 100. I'm not sure why I start kits without finishing others. It usually starts with opening the box, then you just have to clip off the fuselage halves to see how they fit, and then the wings. Out comes the paint and glue and well you know. Nice kit but with typical fit and trim issues. Instructions, again very vague as far as exact location of parts. Plastic is great as well as surface detail. It's too bad Ernst Heinkel pissed off the powers that be, at least for the Luftwaffe. Had this plane been given the same chance as the 109 I think it would have been a real hot rod !

Hollowed out the gear bays and added some styrene to give them a bit more depth.

Cock pit is OTB except for aftermarket PE harnesses.

 

[fubar57]

Love the looks of that aircraft but in 1:48 it requires a bank loan and liver donation to purchase and the only games in town are Classic Airframes and the all resin Rest Models with an odd company logo.........

 

[Bustedwing]

Yeah that logo looks like half the new Canadian flag !

 

[Wurger]

 

[Airframes]

Looking good.

 

[Bustedwing]

Aileronectomy and flapectomy. The wing dihedral is way off. One side is horizontal the other side is giving the Nazi salute. I ended up shaving quite a bit off the port wing and adding some shims to the starboard wing to get the right stance. The fuselage is also a bit too narrow forward of the cockpit resulting in a bit of a twist so I added a shim there as well. The upper air scoop has no room for hollowing it out without digging a big hole in the fuselage so I glues some styrene from the inside and built it up with putty. In this case it's handy the engine cowling is separate !

 

[Wurger]

 

[fubar57]

Taming the beast nicely

 

[Crimea_River]

Sure is. I wonder how many of those would have been mistaken as Spitfires had they reached mass production given the elliptical wing.

 

[Bustedwing]

I was thinking the same thing. Kind of a cross between a Spit and an F4U. Would have been very confusing for the RAF.

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far!

 

[Bustedwing]

Sanded scraped and buffed and ready for paint. The cockpit canopy I made with my handy dandy el cheapo home made vacu-form rig. One thing I should add. There is nothing in the rear of the fuselage to support the tail wheel so I glued in a little bulkhead I made from styrene card.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

What did you use for the mould for the canopy?

 

[Bustedwing]

I just used the original canopy that came with the kit and sanded it down a bunch and stuffed it with Plasticine so it didn't collapse. It had huge great thick frames anyways and looked silly.

 

[Crimea_River]

OK thanks.

 

[Bustedwing]

All done. It's too bad as I said this never had the same chance as the 109. It's a dam sexy looking aircraft !

 

[Wurger]

 

[fubar57]

Spiffy looking little kite, well done Graham

 

[Crimea_River]

Has Heinkel written all over it. You did a nice job there Graham. I like the colours.