Heinkel He111 C Lufthansa
There are several partitions for the passenger cabin, the fit of which corresponds to the rest of the kit...
The fuselage seams were finished with Nitro putty
Surprise! The wing center piece doesn't really fit on the fuselage either....
Wings were scraped much thinner so as not to be twice as thick as the control surfaces!
The molded coolers on the underside must be removed
If you build the landing gear bay according to plan it looks like this;
There needs to be a little bit of adjustment!
There needs to be a little bit of adjustment!
After I had removed about 5mm from the top edge of the landing gear bays, the wings could be installed
The wing connection to the fuselage requires a little filler
... as well as the transitions to the engines
Some details (which were a bit washed out at the factory anyway) had to be added after the filler areas had been sanded
The manufacturer had forgotten the landing light, but a replacement was quickly created
Basecoat of Tamiya Fine White Primer
A light pre-shade was followed by painting with Vallejo metal paints
The kit decals were absolutely useless, but I had already decided at the beginning to finish the model as "D-AXAV" with the name "Köln".
This is where my plotter was used...
This is where my plotter was used...
The masking masks for the bow painting required some tinkering!
And here she is now...
Not the best result, but considering the source material I'm quite happy!
Not the best result, but considering the source material I'm quite happy!
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5 21 December 2023, 11:12
Michael KohlYou have all the reasons to be happy. You turned a nasty putty queen into a sleek airliner. Very appealing.
21 December 2023, 12:25
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I always found the Heinkel 111 in its early design as a Lufthansa passenger aircraft very appealing.
You rarely see built copies of the Roden kit, which could be explained by the “quality” or “accuracy” of the components!
As part of a group build at the Cologne Model Building Forum, I dared to build it...