Posts : 273 Join date : 2013-05-16 Age : 73 Location : Brighton, Victoria
Subject: He 219A-7 Uhu {updated} Tue Nov 26 2013, 14:18
Some progress on this 48 scale Tamiya offering of the He 219A7, both the cockpit and all fuselage primmer is RLM 66 from the Gunze range, kit decals have been used on the instrument panel and for the harness, on each of the crew seats, Radar unit has both clear blue and clear green added to a few of the screens, other highlights on the side consoles and other dials had been picked out by using a tooth pick to apply the colour, RLM 02, also from the Gunze range and has been applied to the nose wheel housing and to the main wheel bays of the engine nacelles.
Fuselage and cockpit primmed.
Cockpit tub sleeve and R/O's seat.
Primmer applied to the engine nacelles.
Highlighted switches in the cockpit tub and sleeve fitted to white metal floor base. Details on radar, pilot's seat with harness decal and the instrument panel.
completed cockpit tub, ready to fit into fuselage half. A coat of Dullcoat with be added prior to joining the fuselage halves.