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AndreasK
AndreasK
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Helldiver

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102 16 April 2022, 20:50
Geoff Murphy
Watching with interest
17 April 2022, 09:36
AndreasK
Made a little bit of progress in the last two days. At least the fuselage is assembled. Next, I will cut out the dive breaks to show them in extended position.
20 May 2022, 21:19
Thomas Bischoff
Nice work 👍
20 May 2022, 21:24
Kyle DeHart
Looking good
21 May 2022, 02:29
Hanno Kleinecke
Watching 👍
21 May 2022, 06:51
Ofer Cohen
Following with great interest.
21 May 2022, 07:11
AndreasK
Finally I can share some progress. Attached the improved dive breaks and prepared for the priming.
6 July 2022, 15:14
Guy Rump
Looking good. 👍
6 July 2022, 15:58
AndreasK
I want to try out the new Mr. Hobby Aqueous Surfacer white Aqueous White Surfacer.. Hobby - AQUEOUS HOBBY COLOR Satin, Acrylic, 40ml

Can anyone share some experience with it? Does it work with Mr. Leveling Thinner? Any colour types to avoid on top of it?
7 July 2022, 16:04
AndreasK
Brought on the above-mentioned primer, but I was not really pleased with the coverage. Used it 1:1 with MLT.

Intermediate blue is also already on. Will share pictures once I sprayed the rest in Navy blue.
28 July 2022, 05:19
AndreasK
Did the major part of the paint job and overall I am pleased with the result. Some touch-ups are needed as can be seen on the photos
26 August 2022, 16:08
Thomas Bischoff
Cool - factory fresh paintjob 🙂
26 August 2022, 16:43
AndreasK
Some progress
- gloss varnish
- decals
- gloss varnish

21 September 2022, 11:42
Thomas Bischoff
Zur Haftung auf den Aetzteilen: hast du die mit Mr Metal Primer oder ähnlichem vorher grundiert?
21 September 2022, 18:25
AndreasK
Ich habe sie mit Mr. Hobby Surfacer 1500 grundiert. Das war aber nicht optimal. An den Klappen habe ich mit Tamiya Tape teilweise die Farbe wieder abgezogen. Zum Maskieren bei den anschließenden Korrekturen habe ich die kleinen bunten Post-Its benutzt, die nur minimale Klebekraft haben.

Es ist mein erstes Modell mit Ätzteilen. Nach dieser Erfahrung werde ich nächstes Mal Metal Primer verwenden 😉
23 September 2022, 03:44
Gerald
Nice 👍
29 September 2022, 11:50
Nathan Dempsey
Looking great!
29 September 2022, 12:15
Rui S
I agree 👍
1 October 2022, 11:51
AndreasK
Thanks for your compliments. I applied some wash and will continue with detail work tomorrow like paint chips and oil stains. Then I will post some updated pictures!
1 October 2022, 16:51
AndreasK
Decided to have only light wear. Some alu chips around panels, bit exhaust smoke, but no oil leaks. Most planes in reference photos looked rather clean.

Also finished the engine and bombs but all the detail work kept me from applying a matte varnish so far.
3 October 2022, 12:46
AndreasK
It is done!
9 October 2022, 13:47
Guy Rump
Excellent build, your detailing is sublime Andreas. Congrats! 👍
9 October 2022, 13:57
Erik Leijdens
Fantastic result Andreas, great attention to detail.
9 October 2022, 14:38
Neuling
I agree with Guy and Erik. Excellent model!
9 October 2022, 15:34
Geoff Murphy
Awesome work!

Geoff M
9 October 2022, 17:59
Thomas Bischoff
That's beautiful!
If you want to spice up: colour photos suggest that one of the canopy frames of the rear turtleback was painted red. E.g. faintly visible here: defencenet.gr/istori..heiriseis-sto-grammo
9 October 2022, 19:07
Nathan Dempsey
That's a really nice build! I'm kinda sad I traded this kit now.
9 October 2022, 19:47
AndreasK
Thank you all for the nice feedback. I really appreciate it.

@ Thomas: I have not noticed this in the photos in the various reference books I consulted. Is it only red on this single aircraft or maybe only in this unit? Maybe it was a field modification because the gunner always bumped his head there 😂

@ Nathan: The kit is really recommendable, especially for its age. I only added the cockpit PE, the rest of the detail is oob.
10 October 2022, 09:04
Thomas Bischoff
I guess the red painted canopy part is showing up on late Helldivers only. Difficult to see as you need good pictures - Possible that this was not applied to all. Another picture of a dash 4 with the red strip is here [img1]
 
10 October 2022, 11:49
Thomas Bischoff
Best example is howrver the cover picture on Warbirds Illustrated no 36
10 October 2022, 11:50
Neil
Wow!
25 January 2023, 13:43
Guillaume Blanchet
Looking fantastik! Love the paints job. I really like how the US interior green pops as a colors.
16 April 2023, 12:15
Rui S
A Beauty indeed 👍
16 April 2023, 12:31
AndreasK
Thanks guys. I appreciate your compliments!
16 April 2023, 17:51
AndreasK
I am proud to have won a silver medal at Euro Model Expo in the beginners category with the Helldiver. It was my first competition. 😃
30 March, 05:59
Hans
Award well deserved. 👍
30 March, 07:01
Neuling
Yes!
30 March, 09:50
Martin Oostrom
Congratulations. Can you explain how the categories work? Because on the tables there was very little difference between beginner, advanced and master models.
30 March, 11:39
Nathan Dempsey
Nice to hear you were awarded for this build. Well done!
30 March, 14:56
AndreasK
@all: thank you very much!

@Martin: beginner class is for everyone that has never won this class. Standard class is if you have won at least 2 silver or one gold in beginner class in the last 5 years. Master class is when you have won a gold medal in standard class in the last 5 years.
31 March, 00:25
Patrick Hagelstein
What a beautiful build! And congratulations on that award!
31 March, 00:29
Martin Oostrom
@Andreas, that clears it up then. Thank you!
31 March, 06:28
John E
Congratulations! Very nice work! 👍
31 March, 18:14
bughunter
Congratulation from me too 👍 And come on, we want to see your models in the Standard Class next year 😉
And thanks fro the visit on my booth in that corner far away!
2 April, 16:46
AndreasK
Thank you very much guys.

@Frank: I will visit your booth anytime again. It's just incredible what you produce! Seeing the parts move is much better than just the static pics 😃
9 April, 18:32
Pietro De Angelis
Deserved award, congrats!
9 April, 18:55

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