WW2 Model Airplane Kits

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Source:Supermarine Spitfire UK WW2 Airplane Wood Model Small

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Source:AIRCRAFT PROFILE 150 WW2 VOUGHT F4U CORSAIR USN VF USMC

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Source:WW II PAPER FIGHTER PLANE KITS

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Source:NAVAL AVIATION NEWS JUN 1948 LOCKHEED P2V NEPTUNE VP

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Source:AIRCRAFT PROFILE 104 WW2 POLAND POLISH AF PZL P-23 KARA

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Source:1/72 MPC Hs 123A Henschell Biwing Obsevation Plane WW2

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Source:1/48 HASEGAWA Ki84-I TYPE 4 HAYATE (FRANK)!

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Source:AIRCRAFT PROFILE 159 WW2 RAF WESTLAND LYSANDER

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Source:GUILLOW'S GIANT DAUNTLESS 1003 BALSA MODEL AIRPLANE MIB

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Source:AIRCRAFT PROFILE 118 WW2 JAPAN KAWASAKI Ki.61 HIEN TONY

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Source:NAVAL AVIATION NEWS JUN 1950 VP PB4Y-2 PRIVATEER

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Source:B-17G FLYING FORTRESS WW2 BOMBER DESKTOP MODEL AIRPLANE

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Source:NAVAL AVIATION NEWS OCT 1945 USS MIDWAY CVB-41 WW2 USN

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Well here we are guys, my latest project the Airfix Henschel Hs123. I’ve always liked this kit right back to the time I first built it some where back in the dark mists of time when cars were insured against viking attack. I use it as a test if you like, to see how far my modeling skills have progressed. (or as our better halves would say how far the disease has progressed! Just kidding honey!) The kit itself has a few fit issues, not unsuprising for a kit whose molds were first made somewhere back in the sixties or seventies. Raised panel lines and golf ball sized scale rivets.

Personally these are not an issue for me I try to see it as a challenge to my modeling skills. The main issue is around the bottom wings to fuselage. As you can see from the pics in the gallery I packed out the joints with plasticard, this worked very well till I decided it needed to be thinned a little! It then required the use of a little putty to close the joints. It did however work out well in the end. As with most airfix kits of this scale there is not much to speak of in the way of a cockpit. So I added an instrument panel and painted the interior before painting it RLM02. The instrument panel I painted matt black, it is barely visible but I know it’s there!

It was at this point that I decided that painting the aircraft in it’s splinter camouflage could best be accomplished by leaving the top wing off, so I glued the supports to the bottom wing and taped the top wing on to keep the supports lined up. It was upon reflection I relised I had made things a little more difficult for myself because these supports were painted the same colour as the bottom of the top wing! I now had to mask the supports to paint the splinter camouflage, this was accomplished quickly and I cleaned up the seams ready for painting and masked the areas I had previously painted RLM65.

The greatest time spent on this kit was masking it for painting the whole top surfaces RLM70, then cutting out the masks to do the splinter camouflage. Which I’ll cover in the next post till next time!

Happy modeling

NzFlyBoy

March 11th, 2010 | Tags: Airfix Kits, Better Halves, Bottom Wing, Camouflage, Cockpit, Fuselage, Golf Ball, Honey, Instrument Panel, Joints, Masks, Mists Of Time, Molds, Plasticard, Putty, Reflection, Seams, Seventies, Sixties, Wings | Category: Airfix Model Airplane Kits, Airplane Model Building, WW2 Eastern Theatre Operations, WW2 Model Airplane Projects, WW2 Model Airplanes to Build | Leave a comment