I have built well
enough models until now but this is the first time publishing an article on ARC.
I started to build
models 15 years ago (1989), but I had a very long break (10 years, 1991 to 2001).
Fortunately I returned to this hobby with big appetence. The last 2 years I have
built about 15 models.
One of
my best category of aircraft is 1/32 World
War II themes. But last Christmas my son Konstantinos (6,5 years old) choose to
give me for a gift Revell’s 1/48 Henschel Hs-129. I directly
fell in love with this scale. I had 2 serious reasons. 1) The large variety in
this scale and 2) the more kits in this scale is newer than 1/32. (aka. Hasegawa’s Me 262 in 1/32 it looks like 1/72 in front of
Tamiya’s 1/48
same model)
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I started my HS 129 with big delight.
After 10 days of Historical research I began my model straight from the box
without the help of any detailing set.
In “Hensel Hs 129” book of
MBI publishing I notice two photos of hs 129 with radio compartment cover
and transmitter cover open. It was a challenge for me to open the two covers and
build the inside details from the beginning. This change with the addition of
some details in the cockpit (seat belts, support mechanism of seat) was
the only changes in this great Revell model (not so new, I think that
the molds are from Hasegawa)
The actual aircraft that I decided
to build was “Blue O” W. Nr. 0310 from 8./Sch. G2 that were transferred to
Tripolis (Libya) in December 1942. I found three color profiles of this aircraft
and one b/w photo.
I hope that you like my model. I spent 2 and a half weeks to finish it. With 2 hours of work
per day. I’m not satisfied with the quality of “loose flakes of paint”
weathering. The reason is that I use acrylic paint instant of enamel. The
flue of engines was made with black color and pastels. The panel lines washed
with the technique of “water-color-
dishwashing soap”.
I would like to thank my son Konstantinos for his gift and my wife Mirsini for her
patience.
Kit:
Revell Henscell Hs 129 1/48
Colors:
Aeromaster RLM 79, Tamiya XF-23, Gunze Sangyo H64, Gunze Sangyo H47,
Gunze Sangyo 20, Winsor & Newton Acrylic Gloss Varnish,
Tamiya XF-1,Tamiya X-14, Aeromaster RLM 02
Reference:
“Hensel Hs 129” book of MBI publishing
Warplanes of the Luftwaffe
ModelTime Magazine , No7, Focus Press
Yiorgos
yiorgos@domianos.com
Athens,
Greece, February 2004..
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