1/32 Henschel Hs 129B-2 Zoukei-mura

[speedgraflex]

Mighty T,

You are indeed a superhero for those sprue shots are marvelous. ZM has progressed from colors to clears and now finds a beautiful monotone color for its latest masterpiece. You photographed these sprues so well! Thank you! I would like details of the engines, if possible?

[LyleW]

What every has said! My little brain locks up at kits with 100 parts. Oh my. The detail and delicate molding is amazing.

[Thomas_M]

Bruce, I´d love to know where this engine pic is from!
Will do some shots of the engine sprue, hopefully this weekend.

@ Lyle: no worries: if you only work on one sprue at a time you won´t reach 100 parts. But it´s this close...

[speedgraflex]

Thomas,

The image is from a repair tear down manual that I included with my research for the 1/32 Rutman project. Here is another—



Honestly I would love to build this kit, so I look forward to your updates. The other area of some speculation for me when I was researching was the shape of the lower cowling. There are variations and I am curious to know how ZM approached this issue. My assumption is that the primary dimensions come from photo documentation. Here is an example of lower cowling differences—

Version A


Version B

[Medicman71]

Wow!! Such an impressive kit. I built the ESCI 1/48 version and it was a nightmare with very little in the way of detail. Can't wait to see more.

[Thomas_M]

Honestly I would love to build this kit, so I look forward to your updates. The other area of some speculation for me when I was researching was the shape of the lower cowling. There are variations and I am curious to know how ZM approached this issue. My assumption is that the primary dimensions come from photo documentation. Here is an example of lower cowling differences—

Version A


Version B

Bruce, this kit has the cowling as seen in your first picture A.

[Thomas_M]

On special request by Bruce here are some detail shots of the engine sprue:


It´s a Zoukei-mura thing to have the pistons and rods in their engine halves to aid alignment.

[Thomas_M]

But engines again will build up to beautiful gems!

[Handiabled]

“This is definitely on my future list of builds”


- Herman -

[Stikpusher]

Those engines are fantastically detailed and engineered. But unless they plan on doing a clear parts version, some of that detail leaves you wondering why... the engine cylinder pistons for example- they won’t be visible unless there is a clear cylinder casing.