Allan--Revell Heinkel Uhu with six engines and lengthened fuselage

[Tophe]

Belated congratulations, Allan! I love your Uhu triplex-boomer!
(Sorry, I don't come here often enough, going directly to the Aircraft directory - thanks to Glenn's topic here, I have seen your marvel today!)

[Allan]

thanks Tophe and others
here're the undercarriage doors painted in Aotake modelmaster enamel which went on very well...also the undercarriage in German grey.....it'll do.....notice that the doors have numbers on them, but I'll glue them to the nacelles in such a way that they won't be visible..and here's Humbrol matt 64 that I'm using as the undercoat color...this color can easily be turned into RLM 76 with a few drops of light blue or one large drop of bright blue, I think

[Tophe]

Don't worry, Allan: if the Heinkel 219 Uhu and this derivative was threatening Australia, in some Universe, the Lockheed factory would have provided Lightning derivatives to fight back:

Thanks for the inspiration!

[Army of One]

Wow.......looks amazing......!!! I like the idea of unmanned turrets......gunners at strategic positions using computing sights like a B29.....or maybe one or two gunners controlling them......or is it a heavy fighter.....a very heavy fighter.....an if so......what the beejesus is the forward firing battery.......?

[Allan]

here she is undercoated and ready for some white on the leading edges prior to the yellow Japanese id color..
wheel and undercarriage work is well-advanced and the main decision to be made soonish is what to to with the outer cockpits....i know I must scratchbuild a cockpit for the middle pit, but find it hard to summon up the enthusiasm to build three of them, which means that I could put weights in the outer two and then slap on the canopy and paint over it it, saying that the glass was removed and replaced with sheet metal or sand off the canopy framework and then cement it into position..I'm leaning towards the latter option
what would you do?     I'm not really keen on covering over the cockpits with plastic sheeting: too much work
Allan in Canberra, which was recentlyl ranked by the OECD as the most leveable place in the whole wide world!!!



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[Captain Canada]

Holy what ? What ? Holy cow ! What is that thing lol.....nice one Allan ! And that thing is huge ! Hard to keep track of what's going where, kinda like that stairway drawing illusion 

[zenrat]

...Allan in Canberra, which was recentlyl ranked by the OECD as the most leaveable place in the whole wide world...

I'll second that  

The plane looks great.  IMO it's be a shame to lose two of the three cockpits but I know what you mean about scratching 3 'pits.  Why not do one and then start painting it while you do the other two?  Spaced out it's less of a chore.  Also, you could make it more interesting by making two of them different to the pilots 'pit - radar or weapons operators 'pits for example?  Or a recliner armchair in one and a spa bath in the other?

[PR19_Kit]

Even the STAND is a work of art! 

[TallEng]

I'd suggest that a turret would go nicely in each outer fuselage instead of The cockpit. 
If you've got a spare couple. Otherwise just sheet over the top with
Plastikard. It's not much more work than if you fit the original
Glazing and sand that smooth. (It is one amazing plane )

Regards
Keith

[FAR148]

Awesome work

which means that I could put weights in the outer two and then slap on the canopy and paint over it it, saying that the glass was removed and replaced with sheet metal or sand off the canopy framework and then cement it into position.. I'm leaning towards the latter option
what would you do?

You don't have too fill the two outer cockpit to keep the nose down. Just drill a hole in the top of the center fuselage, add your nose weight and fill the hole. Yeah, it's more filling and sanding work but you get to keep the outer cockpits. That's what I would do.

You could also display it flying and put it on a "stick". But if you don't want drill and fill, you do something like what AMT did with their Tigercat...Was a barrel and a box to prop up the tail. There is always the old monogram piece of clear sprue trick.

http://www.modelersite.com/Abr2010/images/tenyears/Tigercat/DSC07099_small.JPG

http://modelingmadness.com/review/korean/f7fbc.jpg


Hope you find a solution and don't stop building!
Steven L  

[NARSES2]

Primer really brings it together. It's got an almost lizard like look in a couple of those pictures 

[Allan]

Have done a little weathering of the undercarriage and put on the yellow...also tracked down some suitable rising suns, but at our hobby club meeting the other day I saw some really nice Russian star decals, so will decide later on...of course all this work is to put off the needed cockpit work...maybe I'm just a champion procrastinator...not sure, I'll let you know what I think tomorrow
Allan in Canberra

[NARSES2]

This is going to be some looker

[Allan]

brushed on Modelmaster Aotake for the wheel wells---no need to spray these small areas...I'll tape them off when the time comes to apply the light grey or blue undersurfaces...next perhaps another light spray of yellow and then, I'm afraid, I have no further reason to not tackle the cockpits
Allan in Canberra

[Allan]

the seat that came with the kit is very rudimentary....with some swipes of the file you can slip them into the fus even though the two halves have been cemented together...they might be useable if I use this serrated knife to cut a gap between the front (it's on the left) and back seats and then shape them into something more realistic and also use some scratchbuilding skills and plastic card...but as you can see there are some recesses under the seats that can be used to add weight to prevent a tail-sitter...if I don't put some weight there I may have to slip some into the fuselages just behind the radar operators' seat...I already have some weight squirrelled away here and there on the plane, but a little more just might be prudent...any tips on sprucing up the three cockpits? as I really think I can pimp up the supplied seats, real basic as they are, cause I have some metal seatbelts and rudder pedals
Allan in Canberra