1/48 Eduard / Roden Heinkel He 51 B 1

Gallery Article by Jens Gerber on June 21 2016

 

      

Again a model has left the work bench, in this case, the Heinkel 51 B of Eduard / Roden in 1/48 scale.

Much good for the kit of Roden I do not say, the shape shift was significant, hull, chassis bottom surface area needed to be much more adapted and smoothed dry, no part could be used without rework.

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Sinkstellen on some parts like propellers and tail skid made the job any easier.  Excellent contrast, the accessories of Eduard, the etched parts and decals.  The assembly of the space was then quite easy despite the bad parts.  The bracing is made with EZ Line.

The colors of the Heinkel date from the years 1998/1999 and are of JPS Color, for a simple primer with Alclad Primer colors were highly diluted in up to 7 layers applied was diluted with 75% isopropanol.  

The machine has the markings of staff physician Dr. Heinrich Neumann / Medic Battalion SAN / 88 flown in 1938 in Spain.  Behind the pulpit should even a "spell" be applied "Do not hurt me, I also tu`euch nothing" that unfortunately I could not find the decals, for handwork and brush I have unfortunately do not have the talent.

Best regards from Germany.

Jens Gerber

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Photos and text © by Jens Gerber