1/48 Hasegawa Arado Ar 234 "Blitz"

[mustang1989]

I started this kit over three years ago and ran into a lot of problematic areas with this kit. To say that this kit has now moved into #1 on my most difficult/ frustrating and sometimes angering build would simply be an understatement. It was so bad that I stepped away from aircraft building altogether for those 3 years. Some of it I brought on myself by making things more difficult than they needed to be and other areas were just plain ridiculous the way Hasegawa put this thing together. This kit is touted to be one of the best scale model representations of this iconic plane and on that point I'll agree once it's built. Getting there was the difficult part for me. Enough of that banter though. Thanks go out to all who followed, commented and helped out since its beginning....(Bish and TempestJohnny you're both in that group) both here and abroad.

After 3 long years my Arado is finally completed:

















Finished cockpit photo



In progress cockpit photo:



aaaaaaaaand engine shots:

[LyleW]

This is certainly worth the wait! Gorgeous work!

[Stikpusher]

Joe, you have finished another stunning build! Your detail work on the engine and cockpit areas is simply superb. It may have been a long slog, but the end result was worth it.

[BlackSheep214]

Bravo! It may have took you long to get it done but it is well worth the wait. Well done!

Now go build another aircraft...

[KSaarni]

Oh boy, again one greatly finished model here on SPAM!

Absolutely gorgeously stunning build!!



- Kari

[Modelcrazy]

Looks great Joe, I wouldn't have thought a Hase kit would have been such a problem.

[speedgraflex]

Congratulations! What an amazing experience to follow your work, Joe.

[Floki]

Beautiful build and I hope to see more aircraft builds in the future.

[mustang1989]

Many many many thanks to all of you guys here for not only the comments but the egging on to see this project through. Special thanks to Bruce and Lyle for jabbing me in the ribs to build an aircraft finally.

[LyleW]

I am here to help!