V-2 Rocket, 1/35 Takom WIP

[Medicman71]

Very cool!

[Gary Brantley]

Carlos, I can recommend this book for some good information and inspiration for this cool, new project. I read it back in the mid-90s for an essay in a history class at Texas A&M.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/225 ... ocket_Team

[Stikpusher]

That looks like a great read Gary. I’ll need to look for it.

[Stikpusher]

Yesterday I was able to get most of the rocket assembled





the upper section has quite a seam where the halves join, so it's gonna take some clean up before I can get to the final assembly and move forward to painting.

[Brandons_Iron]

Looks like it has real nice detail. I wouldn't feel right working on something that did not require me to do some sort of seem work.

[scorpiomikey]

I gotta ask, how do you get your builds to look so clean? Or is that just a testament to the quality of the kit?

Its looking great. Not a subject id ever build I dont think. Wings arent big enough Looking forward to seeing more though.

[Stikpusher]

Thanks guys!

Brandon, the kit does indeed have very nice recessed detail. State of the art pretty much.

Mikey, I don’t think that my basic builds are cleaner or sloppier than anyone else’s builds on here. But I do appreciate your compliment on that. I’m looking forward to getting more done on this thing, Then I can get to painting and masking for the camo scheme. And if you should change your mind, I do recommend this kit. Takom also makes a very nice V-1 in 1/35 if you want something in the same category, but more “wingy”.

[speedgraflex]

Carlos, looking good, bud. What's your plan to tackle the seam??

[Stikpusher]

Carlos, looking good, bud. What's your plan to tackle the seam??

Sanding first… if that’s not completely successful, I’ll use some Tamiya putty where needed.

[speedgraflex]

Okay. Thanks for the explanation. Not a fan of Tamiya stinky putty though. I feel it melts plastic as well as is toxic. Might be an old prejudice, of course, like with flat colors as primers.