Bombing up the Greif - He 177 dio
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3 11 November 2016, 21:37
gorbyGlad to see you have given your excellent 177 an equally impressive home. Well done Jan.
12 November 2016, 07:52
Holger KranichAwesome Jan! Very scenic dio!🙂 But two of the stored bombs in the row look more american... The two on the left side.
12 November 2016, 08:39
Jan VoorbijThank you guys! Holger, those bombs are from the old FW 200 Revell kit. They weighed 1000 kgs! The small ones are 250 kg bombs from a Ju 87 Airfix kit of the seventies. The other 4 are from the He 177 kit itself, the bomb with the yellow ring on the trolley is from Academy's Bf 109 E-4. All 1/72
12 November 2016, 13:25
Stephan RyllVery good job on that big and nice dio - Great camo on the 177 congrats! 👍
13 November 2016, 15:51
Sebastian MeynerGreat looking diorama! ...and the He 177 is one of my favourite German planes anyway! 👍
14 June 2017, 15:49
Jan VoorbijThank you kindly, gents. @Holger: the two big bombs come from the old FW 200 kit by Revell.
16 June 2017, 15:46
Kerry COXJan. 🙂 I love how "Busy" the whole scene is. 👍
The eye has so much to take in and sort out. The guy on the bomb looking at the load plan. ? Or instructions on how to hook up the bombs.? hehehe 🙂
And then, there is the cammo pattern. !!! OMG. Just fantastic. 🙂
I can well imagine the many hours planning and coming up with the end result.👍
Salute. 🙂
17 June 2017, 23:48
gorbyI can't remember if you have answered this before Jan, but did you brush paint the camo, or was it masked in some way. I'm tempted to have a go at it, but not sure I have the patience.
18 June 2017, 10:56
Jan VoorbijHi Gorby, it is all brush painted. I used only masks for the canopy and other transparent parts. It was a tough job and I did it three times before I thought it to be OK.
18 June 2017, 20:03
Spanjaardthe effort certainly paid off. but i can not even imagine how much time did you spent on it 🙂
18 June 2017, 20:58
gorbyThanks Jan, you are very good at brush painting it seems - it looks like it has been airbrushed!
19 June 2017, 06:03
Clifford KeeslerWe have another master of the old "hairy stick" along with Augie. Amazing brush skills.
19 June 2017, 22:32
Vincent HeemskerkGreat work, and fantastic painting skills. Good to know that brush painting can give such results, as I can't airbrush my models (space constraints). I have a new goal to work towards 🙂
20 June 2017, 07:16
Album info
Heinkel He 177A-5/R2 in the last fase of being "bombed up" on its dispersal, Fliegerhorst Châteaudun, France, 1944.(1/72)
Parts and kits I used for this dio:
- He 177: Revell
- Opel Blitz: Italeri
- Kübelwagen: Academy
- Bomb trolley: Academy
- Fritz X trolley: scratch built
- Bombs: from several Revell (FW 200) and Airfix kits (Ju 87)
- Figurines: from the ground personnel sets by Airfix, Heller, Revell
- Oil drums, munition crates and jerrycans: Academy
- Planking: made from wooden coffee stirrers
- Platform: print
- Vegetation: Woodland scenics
Thanks for looking,
Jan
