Model Forum / General / Models / January 2008

i recently built one of the lindberg he 111's and they are a lot of fun. while
there are areas that are almost hysterically wrong and the scale is odd, you
can do a lot to make this look good. the 1/64 or 1/69 scale is an oddball
size, so corrections must be mostly scratched.
biggest bad is the guns, smae ones in the b-17 kit and i believe they are in
others. anyone recognize them? anyway, they look like a 50 cal. so you will
need to fab up some better guns. the wheels also look undesized. too small and
too skinny. the hubs are pretty plain and the spares box, (sent to me in trade
with the late and much missed al s. he sent me about 20lbs of spares!) found a
couple of acceptable size and shape.
one of the coolest things are the motors. they are seperate little kits in
themselves and sit under removable hatches. the hatches are too thick, so
grind them down and re-do the internal bracing. the motors need detailing to
look good. but the exhasut headers are bad. maybe you can make them round and
right, i didn't bother. i made some out of sprue and glue.
the front office is emptier than a teenagers head, so get out the spares. lots
of room to add whatever you like. since it looks most like an h model, you can
go nuts as to making it your variety. the canopy is split and clunky. vac one
if you can.
the motors have really cool grills but the mesh is like10x too big in scale. i
cut up one of those round brass mesh screens the hippies used for their arcane
religious ceremonies, i bought 100 years ago and they are swiss army knife
usefull.
you can buy the kit alone, but the history series has 2 p-47's that seem to be
in 1/72 along with the 111, paints, glue and a brush, even. i bought 6 for $50
from a hard up vendor at a show. 4pm is prize hose time when they are packing
and if the show was slow......i've had vendors wave at a table full of kits
and say take it for $100 or even $50. usually the oddball table but sometimes
there are gems in the chaff.
you can have a lot of fun with lindberg kits. easy to bash and make look good.
the 111 is fun.