''B'' is for Blohm und Voss (new pic added 11/12)

[matrixone]

Here is my other 1/72 scale what-if that I had been working on the last two weeks, the Special Hobby Blohm und Voss BV 212. This is one of Special Hobby's early kits and was not a very easy model to build but it turned out okay with a little extra work, the parts on the sprues had to sawn off instead clipped off like most other kits and then a lot of carving/sanding needed to get the parts to fit. But these early S.H. kits are still fun to make and I enjoyed building this one even though I needed to do a lot of PSR work on it.
The camouflage scheme took a little time to decide on what I wanted with this aircraft but since it was a Blohm und Voss design I figured they would have used a splinter pattern like many of their other designs had. Colors are 76/81/82 I mixed from Model Master enamels.

On to the pics...









Matrixone

[Cobra]

Well Done,matrixone This has a feel like Someone set the plane up for Luftwaffe Brass to see it! Hope to see More Great Work like this Dan

[Gondor]

I can see this series of posts getting interesting as Matrixone precedes through the alphabet letter by letter.

Gondor

[NARSES2]

Lovely 

[PR19_Kit]

A magnificent model of a bonkers aeroplane, superbly done! 

And 'C' is for.......? 

[Weaver]

Always liked the looks of that one. Great model and photography there!

[dumaniac]

top job - I like the 240 better

[Sturmbock]

Dat as cool!

[matrixone]

Thanks guys, I really appreciate your comments!

The ''C'' will not make anybody happy, its going to be a 1/48 scale Focke-Wulf Ta 152''C'' from the Dragon kit.
For anybody thinking about building the Dragon Ta 152C be warned: some of the illustrations on the instructions do not match the parts, also you must cut off the nose of the supplied Ta 152H fuselage halves and glue the DB engined power egg onto the fuselage. Cutting off the old Jumo engined power egg was easy to do but the Dragon instructions do not make it clear exactly where to cut...it would be easy to get this wrong. Another complaint is the new mold Ta 152C wings, the leading edge is rather blunt looking and the ailerons don't look right either. Dragon took many short cuts with this kit, they just threw in new mold Ta 152C wings and a DB power egg with their older Ta 152H kit.
But its better than no Ta 152C kit at all.

The pics of this BV 212 were not what as good as I wanted but this time of year at my home the sunlight filters through all the trees giving me only a few minutes of good light per day, as you can see in the pics there were shadows from the tree leaves making some dark areas in the photobase and backdrop.

Matrixone

[Gondor]

Sorry to hear about the problems with the 1/48 version of the Ta 152C kit. Fortunately for me I build in 1/72 and Dragon made the fuselages without the engines on them and simply had a different tree for the new engine cowling. Both versions use the same main spar so I am not sure how that will work with the different wings but I suppose in time I will find out.

Great modelling and photography Matrixone as always.

Gondor

[Pablo1965]

Another great Luft46.

[sotoolslinger]

That is one nifty looking little plane right there

[matrixone]

Thank you Gondor, Pablo1965, and sotoolslinger!

Gondor,
This 1/48 scale Ta 152C is not that bad to put together compared to their 1/72 version of that airplane, the Dragon 1/72 scale Ta 152C was the worst fitting kit I have ever built! NOTHING went smoothly on that build...it looked great in the box but building it was another matter. Below is a pic of that finished Ta 152C.

The only reason I finished the model was I simply wanted a Ta 152C in my collection no matter how bad the kit was.
My complaint against the 1/48 scale version is if Dragon went through the trouble to make a new mold wing for a Ta 152C version why could they have not made the wing correct in shape in the first place...its not like they did not know how the wing actually looked, they could have just as easily made the wing correct if they wanted to. The instruction sheet also could have been improved to better show the exact places to make the cut for removing the Jumo power egg and the placement of some of the other parts. There are other problem areas with this 1/48 scale Ta 152C that can be fixed but the wing is so bad it would need to be replaced and that would not be easy to do.

Matrixone

[lancer]

Damm fine looking 212 Matrix, looks way smarter than mine! Lovely job

[dumaniac]

like the Ta 152 C - very nice work