Henschel Hs 127: Luftwaffe Torpedo Bomber

tigercat · October 11, 2015, 05:04:47 AM

It looks Dornier ish . My first,reaction to the photo was what has he done to that dornier...

zenrat · October 12, 2015, 02:59:54 AM

Good. And it'll look even more Dornierish when I add Do 217 vertical tails.
Tricycle undercarriage should change the look slightly.

zenrat · October 14, 2015, 03:05:03 AM

Stage 2 PSR finished and wings glued on. Some minor fillering will be needed.

zenrat · October 16, 2015, 01:31:59 AM

Wings and tails in place. Rudders not yet attached. My thinking its that as a torpedo bomber it'll be coming in low over water so the gunner needs a good clear all round field of fire in the upper hemisphere.
The 70's guys are checking it out...

tigercat · October 16, 2015, 02:35:50 AM

Looking good

NARSES2 · October 16, 2015, 06:42:54 AM

Quote from: zenrat on October 16, 2015, 01:31:59 AM

The 70's guys are checking it out...

Now is it upside down or is it a B&V design

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Captain Canada · October 16, 2015, 06:46:18 AM

The 70s guys dig it ! Looks funny but it makes sense.

zenrat · October 26, 2015, 04:33:27 AM

I had a weigh in today.
It took 3 fishing weights in the nose and 2 in each engine to stop tail sitting.
Now that's done painting will proceed.

zenrat · October 29, 2015, 01:34:04 AM

I lied. Before painting proceeds I decided to make her front leg.
Much cutting of plastic and bending of jumbo paperclip later;

Rick Lowe · October 29, 2015, 11:18:26 AM

I really like paper clips for this sort of thing - makes for a light, yet immensely strong basis for whatever you're using it as an armature for.
Trying to get them straight can be a bit of a mission, though...

Sewing pins can be useful in much the same way.

That's coming along really well, Fred.

Who are the " '70's Guys"?

zenrat · October 30, 2015, 03:09:58 AM

These are jumbo paperclips. About 3 inches long with 1.2mm diameter wire. Much better than styrene rod for anything structural as you point out.

The 70's guys are elhiem figures 1970's style teen/twentys males. They are gaming figures but are 1/72 and I find them very hard to resist. I like their humourous style.

Rick Lowe · October 30, 2015, 06:47:28 PM

Yes, I recognize them now... as you say, they have some interesting stuff and it's cheap too.

Their Chopper Pilots are moving up my 'Get' list as we speak...

And when I said "Immensely", I really meant "An insane amount of overkill for Modelling purposes"...

zenrat · October 30, 2015, 06:59:54 PM

Overkill maybe, but easy to cut and bend.
The elhiem chopper pilots are very good and a few have found seats piloting my builds.

Captain Canada · November 03, 2015, 05:27:18 AM

Love the look of this one ! Great stuff !

KiwiZac · November 04, 2015, 01:58:37 PM

That's coooool! The downward fins look the part, and the long legs are great!