Cutting Edge CED48242

1/48 He 111 Pedro

"Pencil Noses" Part 2

product # CED48242

Review by Steve Bamford on Jan 26 2003

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This is a new decal sheet from Cutting Edge Modelworks. The sheet includes markings for 2 different Luftwaffe He-111B's in 1/48 scale that served during the Spanish Civil war in 1937.

To build an early He-111 you will begin with the very good 1/48 Monogram He-111H and use the Cutting Edge Modelworks conversion set #CEC48446 to backdate the Monogram kit to a He 111B.

The first plane on this sheet is a He 111B-1 that flew with 1.K/88 in early 1937. The paint scheme is a straight overall gray pattern. The rudder is white with a big black "X".....the "X" is included as a decal. The tail has black silhouette artwork of a chimney sweep carrying aladder. This artwork is on both side of the tail. There is a Swastika shooting star art work in the side of the fuselage by the cockpit.

The second plane is a He 111B-1 flown by 1.K/88 in 1937. This plane has text nose art that reads "PEDRO 4". On the rear fuselage there is artwork of a grey haired woman walking her dog. This plane also has a poping champagne bottle on the side of the fuselage at the rear by the plane numbers. This plane is RLM61/63/63 camo overall on top and RLM 65 on the bottom with a white rudder with a big black "X".....the "X" is included as a decal. There is black text on the fuselage that reads "Castelo Branco".

The decals were flawlessly printed on 1 decal sheet and the clear carrier film is trimmed very close to the crisply printed colored areas, which is always good to see.

The instructions are clear and an extra page of text instruction is included with a small bit of info about these 2 planes as well as instructions about basic decal installation.

It's very good to see Cutting Edge Modelworks has come out with a resin conversion set to make an early He-111 as well as many interesting decals to finish off your Spanish Civil War He-111.

A very nice product and highly recommended.

Steve

I would like to thank Cutting Edge Modelworks for providing me with this review sample.

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