1/48 Tamiya Heinkel He 219 A-0 NJG1 "Ernst-Willheim Modrow"

[lawdog114]

Hello, I thought I would share my "other" latest build. I built this and Schilling's P-47 at the same time. It was my first "determined" adventure into tandem builds and won't be my last. I sort of enjoyed switching gears from 8th Air Force to Luftwaffe.

Anyways, it's the Tamiya A-7 I backdated to a A-0 in the NJG1 markings of Ernst-Wilheim Modrow who was a 34 kill ace with 33 of them being in the He 219. I used the the Vector conversion set, which includes some resin parts to make the conversion, most notably the 4 cannon belly insert and the second (and very fragile) Lichtenstein FUG 212 radar. The Vector replacement nose was found to be considerably undersized so I modified the kit part to match. I scraped the resin wing intakes since, at least to me, the risk didn't justify the reward

Thanks for looking. Comments and critcisms are welcome ..

Joe








A few in-progress shots...

[mostrich]

This plane has some outlines that could easily fit into the 21st century.

Flawless build and, as always, mastership in handling the airbrush. When there is tiny room for imperovement it is the panel line wash. Some tone with lower contrast might had fit better into the ensemble.

Oh, and Kudos for not breaking the Radar!

[LyleW]

Joe, this is yet another amazing piece of work.

[BorgR3mc0]

That is some top notch modelling Lawdog.

[KSaarni]

Fantastic build, love the cockpit !

- Kari

[Gary Brantley]

Excellent airplane model Joe! Great work as usual sir.
Gary

[Paul]

sweet

[dogfish7]

Really like how the panel lines pop and the cammo painting, as well as the replica of an actual aircraft.

[Thomas_M]

My comment: superb!

What brand did you use for the camo colours?

[lawdog114]

Hello Thomas. I used Gunze Aqueous.