Airfix 1/72nd He 111P-1

[pzl66]

Where is that damn drool emote when you need it!!!
Love this build!

[Medicman71]

The paint looks great!

[Bish]

Cheers guys.

[The Drifter]

Holy smokes Bish you are on a roll....you're a kit building machine right now. The interior details look very sharp, and the paint turned out beautifully. I look forward to the end results.

[Bish]

Thanks Jeff. I don't often build 2 at once, i tend to lose track of where i am at. Afte rthese it will be back to just one.

[tempestjohnny]

Bish. The 2nd color definitely makes more sense. That light gray would have stood out like a sore thumb

[The Drifter]

Thanks Jeff. I don't often build 2 at once, i tend to lose track of where i am at. Afte rthese it will be back to just one.

I fully understand you there. I would have parts so mixed up . Just a super cracking job sir!

[Bish]

TJ, odd thing is, for years profiles ahve been showing that lighter colour. Even the Xtracolor scheet, which came out after xtracolor switched the shade of the 63, still shows the light grey. I think that ligter colour was used, but just not sure on what. And it seem that the darker 63 is also the colour used on 109's in Spain, which has answered somthing i have wondered for a while.

Its finny how the further away we get from these events, the more we seem to know.

[Bish]

Time to wrap this one up. The decals went down nicely, a mix of Xtradecal for the markings and Airfix for the stencils. These were followed by exhaust staining and a light flory wash.







The masks were then removed and finals bits added. The D/F loop was sctarch built with a bit of wire as the P-2 was not fitted with this and so the kit didn't have one.









The markings are a little confuseing. The unit badge and tail code 25 indicate KG 152, the E33 assigning it to the 3 Staffel, 3 Gruppe. But this Gruppe didn't operate the He 111. From what i can find, and according to the decal instructions, it belong to KG 255 and one source says it was one of a number loaned to 152 to make a properganda movie. Apparently this was called KG Lutzow, but from what i can find this was made in 1940. So maybe it was started in 38 and then finished off in 40 after the invasion of Poland, which is part of the movie.













And of course, a properganda movie would not be complete without a camerman there to capture the brave crew about to head out, maybe discussing who's going to be the star of the show.





Really pleased with how its turned out. A few fit issues, the canopy isn't perfect. But overall, a nice kit. And deffinetly a match for the more pricey Hase kits.

Thanks for looking.

[pzl66]

Another beautiful finish, top notch Bish!