James C Hmmm... I'd probably try to fill it with Mr Surfacer 500 (not the more diluted 1000 or 1500) and wipe away the excess with a cotton bud (Q-tip) soaked in Tamiya Lacquer thinner. This would mostly eliminate the need for sanding but would probably take a couple applications to do. If any seeps into the panel lines near by, you can scrape it out again with an old airbrush needle. The Tamiya lacquer thinner is best as it is less likely to damage the plastic as it's not so "hot".

Rene Scheiblich Crap. Haven't got the tamiya stuff, only gunze leveling thinner... But I'll try on some sprue. For that gap I might need to stick some sheet in before the filler gets to work.
Surfacer 500 is no stranger to that plane, but I didn't think if wiping it level with thinner thanks

James C It needs to be a lacquer to break down the Mr Surfacer or other modelling putty etc (Also works great on breaking down Tamiya putty). Ordinary paint thinner doesn't work. I found that out the hard way. It's ideal for getting into tight nooks and spaces where traditional filling and sanding would be more difficult or impractical. Good luck.

James C Also, be VERY careful of using ordinary lacquer thinner like what you can get at the local hardware shop as it will melt the plastic. The Tamiya stuff is no where near as "hot" so can be applied more liberally without damaging the kit.

Rene Scheiblich Nice method, thanks mate. It works with the Gunze Levelling thinner as well. I used it for the small nooks and crannies on the tailplane joins. The wing/fuselage join was far too much for it, I stuffed a fat milliput sausage in there and will use mr surfacer to smooth out the remaining rough spots there, if any
It's starting to resemble a plane

James C

Björn Svedberg This looks interesting! Wonderful cockpit! I'll be tagging along

Rene Scheiblich Painting-wise it's pretty basic compared to most of the masterpieces shown on here you guys are too kind lol
Nice to have you on board Björn, welcome I'm most impressed with your early works!

Rene Scheiblich Made by Dragon Models, imported by Italeri. Upon reading this I remembered Jens' builds... And prepared for some putty and sanding. First fitting tests look very promising
Cockpit is mostly assembled, some wires added and sprayed MRP RLM66
Detail painting about to commence.

James C Cool project. I'm in.

Jens viel Spass dabei,der Start hat ja schon mal gute Bilder geliefert etwas Gewicht in die Nase, sonst steht die nicht richtig auf den Rädern wenn Du schauen magst, in meinem Album Starterset meine letzte Dragon Me 262, jedoch aus der Revell Box gebaut

Rene Scheiblich Welcome guys!
Updates will be added to the album.

@Jens: jup, die wird ein ordentliches Stück Arbeit werden. Deine ist ja gut geworden Angesichts der massiven Lücken und nicht zueinander passenden Formen ist das Kit eine ziemliche Herausforderung

Yup she'll be a lot of work. Yours turned out nicely, great work considering the huge gaps and badly fitting shapes!

Rene Scheiblich Thanks Florian!
Left looked the same as right. Some scrubbing and dusting later it looked like it does now
I'm still trying out things with pigments. Dry, wet, mixed into clear matt and gloss... The stuff is so versatile!
May take a few more tanks to find "my way". But I will get there.

Jos Jansen Nice work Rene, I like the fine airbrish art! Pigments are awesome weathering material, but less is enough.

Dan M Very nice job on that camo!

Rene Scheiblich Yep. That's why I brushed most of the dark tone off again. I actually like how the idler wheel turned out
Lower hull looks a bit overly smothered and doesn't fit the quite clean upper part. I don't feel like scrubbing it all off again though
I'll post a few more pics when I've painted mounted the wheels and tracks. Got to have a go at the jerry cans and tow cables too. By the weekend I should have this one done.
The next build will force me to exercise restraint and subtlety. It's going to be a plane for a change

Rene Scheiblich Added a few pics of the current state. I don't know why some are rotated though, on my PC they look fine

James C Looks fantastic with the tracks on!

Florian Ludloff ignored the rotation..... looks very good so far... (maybe try to delete and add new?) Keep on that good work!

Rene Scheiblich Will do. Tomorrow...
Some cleaning up and blending yet to come. And the jerrycans look too spanking new.

Thanks for the nice compliments mates!

Rene Scheiblich Thanks guys!
Thomas, I guess adding a (pin)wash and some highlights would definitely improve the looks, but I'll leave them as they are. Sort of a timeline of improvement yet to come

I'm surprised you guys like the Panzerhaubitze!
After some repairs I have 3 models more to add. Most of the older stuff was crushed by a cabinet in the last move

Spanjaard you can always rebuild the crashed ones

Rene Scheiblich I still have an F-22, an NH90, a Fennek, and a 1:144 Tornado awaiting repairs. Most of the other stuff got seriously crushed
The biggest plane continues to serve as paint mule. A 72nd scale He-177 from Revell

Spanjaard it is being sacrificed for the salvation of other models

Spanjaard pity about the others, sorry.

Rene Scheiblich Hehe no worries.
But you're right, the Heinkel helped me a lot while practicing my airbrushing

Kerry Cox I do like what I am seeing Rene. Now that you mentioned on my album the panzer builds you have done.
Much impressed, especially the Trumpeter E-75 with RB 8.8cm L/100.
and the Revell 1:35 PzH 2000.
sweet stuff.

Rene Scheiblich Added a few pics of my remaining models. Some are still in the process of fixing... But there they are, minus the Tornado. The He-177 was originally painted by brush too. Back then I actually thought I did fine on the camo

Ingo F Nice. I am in.

Rene Scheiblich Nice to have you on board
I'll start priming on sunday. After the family visits are over

James C Tidy looking build. The track sag with those Friuls looks awesome.

Ingo F Finally we can take a look at this one.
Looks very good mate.
Very nice and subtle weathering.

James C Nice looking build.

Sören Reifert Indeed a nice looking Type 59!

Dan M Looks good!

Martin Oostrom I think she looks fine

Michael Hickey Nice camo, and job over all.

Spanjaard looks pretty good to me

Eelco Gregoire Looks good Rene! Nice airbrushing.

Rene Scheiblich Thanks guys
I still need a bit of work with keeping the weathering in different areas balanced. Plus advancing my photography skills. All in all I'm quite content though.
Maybe I'll add a few more detail pics when the clouds over Berlin part again