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Heinkel He 177 A6 - Greiff

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2 2 October 2012, 18:03
Zimmermaniac
started...cockpit almost done, inside of fuselage and cockpit painted RLM66 ( Gunze 416 ), now working on seatbelts and washes, more later
2 October 2012, 18:07
Holger Kranich
Did you made the pix in a Solarium?😢 it's looking great Zimmi! Pe's are worth the money as long as the canopy is not closed! I'm exited about the outcome of this beautiful kit!😢
2 October 2012, 18:20
Zimmermaniac
I'll try to make better pix tomorrow Holger 🙁
2 October 2012, 18:22
Holger Kranich
Hey no worries, my pix are sometimes so bad that I don't even dare to load them up😢!
2 October 2012, 18:24
Mike Kryza
A good looking start!
2 October 2012, 18:33
Aghis Barberopoulos
Very good looking cockpit! I am jealous 🙂
2 October 2012, 19:03
Philip De Keyser
The cockpit looks great zimmy, keep the pix comming😉
2 October 2012, 19:39
Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
Hi ,Zimmi
Cockpit looks realy great.Well done.Looking forward for more!
2 October 2012, 21:03
Augie
like the look, will be watching
2 October 2012, 21:27
Bill Gilman
This kit is really growing on me. You keep doing such a good job and I'll have to buy a copy!
3 October 2012, 01:13
Wilfried Bogaerts
Zimmi !! Zimmi !! Looking good, keep goin' and beware ... Augie is watching you😉
3 October 2012, 05:43
Jan Goormans
very nice work in that cockpit !!
3 October 2012, 09:06
Zimmermaniac
cockpit almost finished, just have to add a million motherf156'(é48ing handles 🙂
for the case of Holger, better pix
3 October 2012, 13:33
Holger Kranich
Looks gorgeous zimmi! Great work! And the pictures are beautiful😢
3 October 2012, 14:28
Adrian LR
Great work. Is that out of box or any add-ons?
3 October 2012, 15:09
Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
Wow,Mate!
Same question as Adrian.
3 October 2012, 15:27
Christian Lehmann
Real amazing Zimmi. Can´t believe that it is 1/72,
3 October 2012, 15:29
Zimmermaniac
it's Eduard goodies 🙂
3 October 2012, 15:56
stefan natus
Looks promising.
3 October 2012, 17:10
Zimmermaniac
handles are on, took me bout half an hour, paintin on the frame, cutting 'emm off and mounting into place
3 October 2012, 18:05
Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
you dont need lessons,Mate .Youre on the right way.Keep up that very good work! 🙂
3 October 2012, 18:33
Zimmermaniac
Hey Markus, are you coming to the BSMC convention in December ?? it's 10 minutes driving from where I live, we could have some beers 🙂
bsmc.be/
3 October 2012, 18:43
Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
Its on my to do List,Mate!
3 October 2012, 18:47
Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
🙂
3 October 2012, 18:47
Zimmermaniac
little progress, first try in soldering PE parts, luckily nothing of it won't be seen anymore 🙂
5 November 2012, 18:06
Holger Kranich
These lil belts are horrifying, I know! But you did well! This will become a great replic of a Reichsfeuerzeug😢!
5 November 2012, 18:15
Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
Well done,Zimmi.At my next project i want to try soldering to (for the first time ,too)
I am not so into planes ,so why Reichfeuerzeug?
I know that the Sherman Tanks called "Ronson" ( like the lighter) because of the fast burning by a hit to the ammo.
5 November 2012, 18:27
Holger Kranich
The 4 engines liked to go up in flames too often. It had many nicknames like reichsfackel and so on😢!
5 November 2012, 18:33
Mike Kryza
Holly it is right. They never solve the problems of two engins one behind the other. They overheated very often...
5 November 2012, 18:38
Holger Kranich
Yep! The other problem was that it should have diving bomber capabilities... Total silly order from the RLM!
5 November 2012, 18:44
Mike Kryza
Right too!
5 November 2012, 18:46
Aghis Barberopoulos
If only the double skin evaporative cooling worked efficiently enough... 🙂
As Holger pointed out, if it wasn't for the ridiculous dive requirement, it would have been a fairly successful aircraft. It was certainly advanced enough that the Brits were really interested in it.
5 November 2012, 19:09
Holger Kranich
I remember one of the British pilots who said that he ever felt comfortable in a German aircraft but not in this one!
5 November 2012, 19:13
Aghis Barberopoulos
He obviously didn't fly the Me 163... hehe 😉
Youtube Video
 
5 November 2012, 19:17
Acki
Cool video! Thanks Aghis.
5 November 2012, 19:23
Holger Kranich
Fritz the Fox! Cool! That's funny, indeed!
5 November 2012, 19:25
Philip De Keyser
Great start Zimmi, the cockpit looks awesome😉
5 November 2012, 19:39
Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
Thanks Mates for the explanations.Now i know more! 🙂
5 November 2012, 19:45
Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
Its like Phils "Komet " is called "Kraftei". :-D
5 November 2012, 19:49
Holger Kranich
Jep!
5 November 2012, 19:51
Zimmermaniac
gee, what conversations due to me trying to build a Greif 🙂
5 November 2012, 21:44
Zimmermaniac
fuselage halves closed up
3 December 2012, 20:18
Dave Flitton
Nice work so far!!!
3 December 2012, 20:31
Holger Kranich
Did you already dryfit the canopy? I had some problems at this point!
3 December 2012, 20:32
Christian Lehmann
Hey, Zimi is back. Nice details
3 December 2012, 21:06
Frank Krause
Nice cockpit! The seat belts are amazing! How did you deal with them? They seem to be that small, that even tweezers appear to be too big...
3 December 2012, 21:23
Wilfried Bogaerts
Good, job Zimmy ! 👍
4 December 2012, 07:18
Zimmermaniac
Frank, seatbelts are still quite handable with tweezers and a steady hand 🙂
4 December 2012, 08:01
Tim Vereecke
Nice progress zimmer!
4 December 2012, 08:02
Jan Goormans
goe bezig maat 😉
4 December 2012, 08:21
Aghis Barberopoulos
The beast begins to take shape...nice work so far !
4 December 2012, 17:29
Zimmermaniac
did some work on the tail, Revell wants you to remove the tailsection, file it and add the specific one for A-6, so I did, as ya can see I added lots of putty to fill the gap, for removal of the putty no sanding stick came around, only cotton buds and mr color thinner, see for yourselves
19 December 2012, 15:29
Holger Kranich
Looks ok in my oppinion! Its not easy to add it in the right angle but looks good on the pix!
19 December 2012, 15:35
Wilfried Bogaerts
Putty demo at the club !!!
19 December 2012, 15:36
Holger Kranich
Do you use the thinner when putty is dry or still wet?
19 December 2012, 15:36
Zimmermaniac
smoothen it when wet, remove when dry
19 December 2012, 15:48
Zimmermaniac
Wilfried...a master at work
Youtube Video
 
19 December 2012, 15:50
Holger Kranich
I tryed it that way on my latest 109 with Revell putty. Worked out very nice. And again, thx for that hint Zimmi!
19 December 2012, 15:52
Philip De Keyser
Hi Zimmi, looks great mate, I know the trick with the putty, the result looks fine, keep the pix comming
@Holger, I use the thinner when the putty is still wett, I do use sometimes tamyia fine liqiud cement for these things, but be carefull with the cement on the plastick, before you now you've got a hole in you plane 🙁
Greetz Phil
19 December 2012, 15:52
Holger Kranich
@Phil: You mean Tamiya extra thin? Oh yes, you´ve gotta be careful with that!😢
19 December 2012, 15:55
Philip De Keyser
@Holger, yes that's the one😉
19 December 2012, 15:56
Holger Kranich
@Phil: great glue!!!
19 December 2012, 20:58
Bill Gilman
What's the secret message on the glass in photos 14-17? Something about breakfast and lunch... 🙂
26 December 2012, 01:54
Zimmermaniac
I cut the PE parts from the frame on that glas, otherwise there's too much chance you bend 'em while cutting
27 December 2012, 10:36
Zimmermaniac
@Phil..I tried the trick using the thinner when putty is still wet, works great, it gets real smoothened, but works not with mr surfacer, ya wipe everything off, not only the excess
thnx for the tip 🙂
29 December 2012, 20:29
Wilfried Bogaerts
Tried it with Mr. Surfacer and Tamiya Laquer Thinner, it works! Mr. Surfacer applied on Friday evening and removed on Saturday evening with a cotton bud soaked with Tamiya Laquer Thinner. Looks if this is goin' to become a standard procedure for me now... 😄
30 December 2012, 12:41
Zimmermaniac
🙂🙂
30 December 2012, 12:54
Zimmermaniac
just ordered Swastika decals - What's a greiff without ' em 🙂
30 December 2012, 16:12
Christian Lehmann
Hi Wilfried, which Laquer thinner did you use? X-20A?
30 December 2012, 16:56
Wilfried Bogaerts
Hi Lemmy, no that's Tamiya's acrylic thinner, I use lacquer thinner, item N° 87077-500. The bottles with the YELLOW cap.
30 December 2012, 18:29
Christian Lehmann
o.k. I dont know them but with the item no ican find it
Thank´s an happy new year
30 December 2012, 18:32
Zimmermaniac
meanwhile a little progress here...much curing and sanding done
18 February 2013, 16:37
Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
Hi Zimmy
How are you ,Mate??
Looks great so far .!A lot of putty used ,or??
18 February 2013, 18:31
Zimmermaniac
a lot o' work goes in the area where the bombbays meet the fuselage. nasty seams appear there
further on...hiprecovery goes slowly but steady, thnx for asking mate
18 February 2013, 19:10
Holger Kranich
Good to hear that model and hip recovery makes progress!!!
This Reichsfeuerzeug seems to become a beauty!!!
18 February 2013, 19:21
Bill Gilman
Ooh, hip surgery? Was it a replacement? My daughter does orthopaedic surgeries, so I hear about this kind of stuff all the time. Hope it continues to make good progress! I would say that the hip has priority over the model! But you still have to finish the model, or we will give you lots of greiff!! 🙂
18 February 2013, 21:49
Zimmermaniac
1 of em Hs 293 's ready for paint
19 February 2013, 13:29
Holger Kranich
The guided missle looks perfect! And they are so easy to build!
19 February 2013, 13:47
Zimmermaniac
finally the beast has wings....also spent a little ( 🙂 ) time on canopy masking
26 February 2013, 13:19
Holger Kranich
The canopy is indeed heavy to mask... But as I see, you did it well!👍
26 February 2013, 20:32
Zimmermaniac
some subs almost ready, just some more fading needed, nose canopy applied, needs some new masking and touching up
7 March 2013, 17:52
Bill Gilman
Good Grief!! Looking great! Let's get some paint on the old bird! 🙂
7 March 2013, 23:20
Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
Great great work,Zimmi.Must be a painfull work to mask the canopy!😉
Cant wait like Bill to see color!
8 March 2013, 17:05
stefan natus
Great masking work!
8 March 2013, 19:15
Zimmermaniac
primer coat added, checked for flaws, none to see so time to take the thing out for the real paintjob
21 March 2013, 14:13
Dave Flitton
Looking good. Masking looks like it took a while to finish.
21 March 2013, 15:03
Zimmermaniac
RLM 65 on, followed by carefull masking for RLM 02 in wheelbays and rear turret housing
27 March 2013, 17:18
Zimmermaniac
off to the RLM 77 mottling, with a very faint heart 🙂🙂
28 March 2013, 14:10
Holger Kranich
Hang in there, baby!😄
28 March 2013, 14:41
Zimmermaniac
IT WORKS !!!!!!! yeahhh 🙂🙂🙂
28 March 2013, 14:46
Zimmermaniac
in fact, it's so much fun ya gotte be carefull not to cover up the entire RLM 65 🙂
28 March 2013, 14:49
Holger Kranich
Very good!
28 March 2013, 14:50
Zimmermaniac
one side done clouding, you guys' opinion would be great 🙂
28 March 2013, 15:33
Aghis Barberopoulos
It looks good from here, go on!
28 March 2013, 17:43
Zimmermaniac
the thing's got paint !!
3 April 2013, 18:59
Roy McKenzie
The cockpit looks great and the cloud paint scheme is awesome, nice work 👍 👍 👍
3 April 2013, 19:16
Helerson Maciel
Nice job.
I have one in stock waiting to go to the bench.
Just do not know when.
🙂
3 April 2013, 19:30
Bill Gilman
You're on the road to stardom! This thing looks great!! 🙂 🙂
3 April 2013, 20:01
stefan natus
Paint looks great!
4 April 2013, 17:35
Zimmermaniac
little progress again, markings, wheellegs and matcoat, now it's up to the pastel work
13 April 2013, 15:24
Philip De Keyser
Looks great Zimmi, looking forward to the endresult😉
13 April 2013, 15:40
Zimmermaniac
postshading of the underside, using blue/grey pastelchalk, followed by a rondomly blended in light blue over the panels
14 April 2013, 16:40
Zimmermaniac
been foolin' round with pastels, halfway there, would like to have your opinions guys 🙂
16 April 2013, 19:48
Aghis Barberopoulos
If you don't mind me saying, the surface looks too matt for an aircraft in 1/72 (maybe it's the photo effect), otherwise the post shading is quite effective. Are you applying a glossy or semi-glossy varnish afterwards ?
16 April 2013, 20:08
Christian Lehmann
Well done Zimmi. Looks o.k.
16 April 2013, 20:12
Zimmermaniac
@ Aghis : the matcoat is to hold the pastels, final coat will be more semimatt
16 April 2013, 20:48
Zimmermaniac
upperside pastelling done, seems to be something wrong wite the picsize, gotta ask my daughter bout it, her camera 🙂
17 April 2013, 20:31
Zimmermaniac
panellines on fuselagesides are pastelled in with grey/blue
21 April 2013, 14:34
Zimmermaniac
and again some progress...exhausts done, wheels, bombs and propellors are on
22 April 2013, 21:29
Holger Kranich
Fkn great Job Chris! I love your "lighter"!!!
22 April 2013, 21:52
Christian Lehmann
Looks great Zimmi. It seems that it is comming to an end.
23 April 2013, 05:13
Zimmermaniac
finally got my replacement part from Revell ( great service ), so I can begin finishing this one 🙂
17 June 2013, 08:21
Es-haq Khosravi
Is the cockpit made of copper shits? Excellent job!
17 June 2013, 08:42
Zimmermaniac
Lemmy, as promised last sunday....the flying match is finished 🙂
11 September 2013, 21:12
Christian Lehmann
Very well done.Don't hide it.😉
11 September 2013, 21:19
Dave Flitton
Looks good
11 September 2013, 21:20
Augie
Nice!! i like it
11 September 2013, 21:51
Holger Kranich
Great job, Zimmi! She looks gorgeous! How was Prague?
12 September 2013, 06:26
Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
Very very great job ,Mate!Like the shading much.
12 September 2013, 10:18
Martin
As the others said - a great job on that beast
12 September 2013, 11:23
Holger Kranich
LOL!😄
12 September 2013, 12:54
Holger Kranich
Always good to read twice before posting!😢😄
12 September 2013, 12:54
Frank Krause
@Dirk, Holger: 😛 👍 👍 👍 😄
12 September 2013, 13:47
Holger Kranich
Is mir auch schon oft passiert...Gut das man das löschen kann😢!
12 September 2013, 14:04
Holger Kranich
Quatsch, ist doch funny und jeder weis was du meinst!
12 September 2013, 14:09
Dirk Heyer
Aaaaarrrrghh!!ZIMMERMANIAC!!!!!!!
And you was hiding this model???????
And we couldn`t see it in Mol why??????
Oh pls, holy Mr. Zimmermaniac!
Pls,pls don`t be so shy next time and show us your models!!!
A nice model, indeed!
12 September 2013, 14:09
Dirk Heyer
Soo, nun steht ihr alleine mit eurem Geläster!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
12 September 2013, 14:10
Holger Kranich
Sacknase😢😢😢
12 September 2013, 14:14
Dirk Heyer
HäHäHä 🙂
12 September 2013, 14:25
Dirk Heyer
Wenn dat die "Kleinen" unter uns gelesen hätten!!! 🙂
12 September 2013, 14:26
Holger Kranich
Ich glaube "der Kleine" unter uns bin ich...
12 September 2013, 14:40
Dirk Heyer
Nein ich!
Du bist schon versaut!
🙂 🙂
12 September 2013, 14:41
Holger Kranich
... Du hast mich noch nie gesehen und kennst mich offenbar besser als mir lieb ist...😢
12 September 2013, 14:47
Jan Voorbij
Wonderful. Saw in real life last Saturday. My compliments C! Never seen this one with its industrial - pre-Luftwaffe - code.
22 September 2013, 21:17
Roy McKenzie
Love the paint work. Very nice.
22 September 2013, 21:23
Burkhard D
Awesome!!! Looking great 👍👍👍
Is that RLM82/83 top colors?
22 September 2013, 22:18
Zimmermaniac
hmmm, I've tried to create them using the revell colormixcalouts 🙁 don't know if they really match the originals, but they look good to me
22 September 2013, 22:39
Wilfried Bogaerts
Congrats with your trophy last Sunday !!! 🙂
12 December 2013, 22:01
Christian Lehmann
Also congratz from me
13 December 2013, 06:24
Philip De Keyser
Congratz Zimmy, I don't now it was yours, looks great
Greetz Phil
13 December 2013, 06:57
Dirk Heyer
Hi Zimmi,
my congrats for such a nice He 177 model!

You achieved truly amazing results! What a mess of work with all those small Photo etched parts! Looks great.
The paint
I was thinking the contour of the nose cone would looks quiet better than presented on the the 48 scale model?
Thumbs up, mate!

13 December 2013, 08:14
Wim van der Luijt
great model of a very interesting subject...like the markings!
13 December 2013, 10:19
Burkhard D
Your mix colors are fine for me! Best built and best painted He177 I've ever seen 👍👍👍
13 December 2013, 10:33
Zimmermaniac
thnx guys
the only downthing in this box is the glasshouse....Revell should think about new moulds for it when they ever rerelease the kit...with nowadays moulding capacities it should be able to produce a high standard canopy
13 December 2013, 10:54
Es-haq Khosravi
I agree with you! The only lack in several Revell kits is their canopies!
13 December 2013, 18:31

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