1/72 Revell Heinkel He 70 G-1 "Blitz" 

by Jaroslaw Kierat

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There have been a number of these models built and presented on the web, so I just skip the intro, and jump straight to my interpretation of this classic airplane.

An out-of-the-box He-70, built using the Revell / re-boxed Matchbox kit. As the beautiful lines of the golden age captured me, I tried to get the general form right, rather than to concentrate on extra details. I selected the Lufthansa painting scheme, because I think that natural metal brings out the gracious curves most favorably.

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There was some work to recess the panel lines. It was somewhat difficult on the conical fuselage, so I improvised a lathe ;-)
And, obiously, there was a ton of putty necessary to close the gap when attaching the wing. A small hint: using several layers of Mr. Surfacer instead of regular putty was quite helpful. A final overall coat really produced a marvellous surface.

If I did it again, I'd scratch-build the landing gear. It was a pain to align so the model would stand straight, and the landing gear covers are simply chunky.

I used Alclad 2 for the natural metal, and I was really impressed by the outcome. As this is my first model after some 10 years of pause, I was amazed by the jump in technology ;-)

One thing aside - the notorious Alclad base: I hate and love it. It's tough to handle, because it seems not to dry properly. On trials nothing could produce the shine as it did, though...

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Well, my other hobby is photography. As the modell was initially meant as a diorama, somewhere in front of a 1930th airport, and I just didn't manage to build one yet, I played with my camera and a projector. I hope you like the effects - it's good old-school special effects: plane in front of the image, rather than pasting it in Photoshop...

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Hope you like my come-back model.

And finally, thanks to my friend Aleks who brought me back to the hobby.
Jay

 

Photos and text © by Jaroslaw Kierat, Germany