Lucky13
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Aaah... Cheers Dan!
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Lucky, thats the main reason my He219's here have not been started - in scale, the width of that squiggle is about 1.5mm (give or take) and 'squiggle-pattern' is about 5.0mm x 16.0mm - 18.0mm (yes, I did some research and math a while a go to figure out how the scheme's were painted (and the different types of 'squiggles') and how this would scale. The results were a bit scarey! That said, I am DETERMINED to do my Me 262B-1a/U1/N (Red 10) in the RLM76 over RLM75 'Squiggle' (tho on this point, some suggest in the case of this a/c the base colours could be RLM74/75 or RLM81/82 with RLM76 over the top). - but a Me 262 is a MUCH smaller project than a He 219!
Now what did Hobbyboss get wrong... This kit had SO much potential, but to be honest, the engineering is iffy, the surface and surface detail is really poor when you look at kits of the same age and there are 'issues' that are deal-breakers for me. The big one is the 500mm rear fuselage extension; this is perfectly square piece of engineering - ie, the sides are flat, edges are parallel and most importantly when viewed from side on, the shape of this thing should form a RECTANGLE, with RIGHT ANGLES! But what we have are these 'join lines' that are at 10 or 15deg from Square! And it just makes the whole rear fuselage look wrong! The top of the extension is curved (where it should be straight) also!
So basically, if you try and use this thing to do ANY SORT of Rumpfbands, you're just going to make it look even worse! And its SOOOO bad too! Like HOW they could miss this, if they build their 3D model off 'real plans' (and christ know there are copies of those around! I have some for example!)???
Thus the second one I had just went back into its box, unstarted and was pushed to the back of the cupboard; but I figure for a what-if, Nachtjäger project, its good enough!
all the 262twin seat NFs had shades of violet mixed in the scheme. the Ta 152 most likely if would of been an operational NF would not have had any radar at all but would of flown higher than BC 4eng's and then allow the helle nacht conditions of searchlights and the cities fires project the silhouettes of the bombers for effect............