1/32 Revell He111 with HPH cutaway

[Stuart]

you're a braver man than me - really looking forward to seeing where this is going!

[Medicman71]

Nice! Those QB exhausts look great!

[mustang1989]

I'm liking those exhausts as well Kent. Looks like it's going to shape up nicely. Good on you for all the test fitting that you can get in at this stage of the build.

[kahunaminor]

Thanks for the comments!

Committed to installation now! Chain drilled the opening, keeping well inside the edge. Sprue nippers to remove the waste piece:







The fuel cell bay has been built up. I needed some new 2 part epoxy as the stuff I had laying around for ever did not hold. But all good now:



The internal wing/fuselage joint needed trimming to fit the resin. Once that was opened up, I secured the internal join with TXT along the seam to maintain strength.



It was then onto the files and sanding sticks to the opening to finish the shaping. Lots of dry fitting of the resin into the opening and a touch of trimming to the resin to fit into the opening properly:



I then moved onto the upper wing to remove the material for the filler ports. Again chain drilled then a round file to shape. I got so focussed on the task that I neglected to thin the interior of the upper wing section to give a scale look to the openings prior to drilling them out and as such the holes are a bit thick at the moment:







Thanks for looking.

[keavdog]

Nice clean cuts! I enjoy a good surgery. Following

[speedgraflex]

Nice clean cuts! I enjoy a good surgery. Following

[KennyX]

Nice work Kent! This is one hell of a fun project to watch.

[kahunaminor]

Welcome back,

I have removed all the internal moulded detail of the fuselage as per the HPH instructions. The injector pin marks will be filled, the wing concealment fitted and putties before it is all sanded:





The lower wing cutouts for the fuel cell appear to be suitable. My only concern is the inner face of the insert may extend to far inboard and impinge on the false fuselage wall I have to add to hide the wing area:





I have sanded the inner face of the resin almost as far as I dare. I will have to dry fit the wing conceal to see how I go:



The HPH instructions require careful reading in conjunction with the kit and the Eduard instructions. The HPH ones appear to jump around a little, with some sections of Eduard PE having been fitted prior to the resin installation of the HPH set. The bomb bay area is a case in point with the PE inserts in the lower openings fitted before the resin internals.

I have attempted to thin the plastic to scale in the fuel cell openings in the upper wing. The internal is okay and surely a better scale thickness, however in doing so I have butchered the round openings:





I shall pause to consider but I believe the fix may be removal of the entire upper panel area and replacement with styrene sheet, drilled and scribed with the resin attached to the new skin.

Regards,

[Stuart]

Man this is an awesome amount of work you're putting into this!

[mustang1989]

Such clean work Kent. I really hate to see your luck with the fuel door openings but you're right. Graphing looks like it may be your only choice right now. But that should be a pretty do-able option given your skills.