Heinkel He-111H-8 w/ Balloon Cable Cutter

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Heinkel He-111H-8 w/ Balloon Cable Cutter

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Hasegawa 1/72 scale. An interesting aircraft. Quite a journey building this one especially working and fighting with PE cable cutter wing braces. Very fiddly. The rest of the build was good.

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Very nice finish Tom! :shoutout: :shoutout: :shoutout: That cable cutter sure makes this into a unique looking Heinkel! :hmm:
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Great recovery Tom. That is one VERY cool looking airplane and for sure unique. Finish looks spot on - well done sir :shoutout: :shoutout: :shoutout:
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That a superb finish Tom :shoutout: :shoutout: :shoutout: :shoutout:
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:shoutout: :shoutout: :shoutout: :shoutout: :shoutout:

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Very good looking!

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Great looking model of a unique bit of aviation history, Tom! :shoutout:
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Very nice!! :shoutout: :shoutout: :shoutout:
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Thank you for the kind words. :bow:
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Pretty cool finish on this. You recovered from the SNAFU easily
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