Some shots of the He-112B with the Spanish Nationalist markings.

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I’ve been eyeing this Rareplane kit for a while. I am also happy on building the Heller kit too. I am hoping to have both made before 2022 starts.

Building those vacuform kits is sort of a dying art, Bob @ v1pro ! I’ve never attempted one. The owner of the hobby shop I frequented in the1970s told me “ unless you absolutely have to have that certain airplane , I’d stay away from vacuform models “ . I’ve always remembered that .

Jay @ssgt, I avoided these vacuform kits until I finally built one last year. I wind up enjoying the build but there were times it felt I was working with an egg shell….I was happy with the end results and I hope this build will end up the same way. Let’s see how this build works out.

Michael I will be starting this near the beginning of December.

Tom @tcinla, yes I agree on the Rareplane builds. I like their fine raised and recessed surface details. Last year I built my first vac-form kit a Republic P-43 Lancer and I really enjoyed it. I hope this He-112 comes out looking like one.

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Last night I started to work on the He-112 vacu-form kit. I first started by marking the edges with a marker. Cut with a scissor the parts I want to work on, in this case the left side of the fuselage. I taped 500 wet/dry sandpaper on a wooden shelf so I can use this anywhere. I also use tape to be attached to the piece that I will sand which acts as a handle or grippy spot. Add some water on to the sandpaper and start sanding the surface which will be used to glue to the other side of the fuselage. Going in circles does not work at the beginning but it gets easier later on, I normally start in a left-right motion. Stop and look to make sure I am not going too far and continue. I sand until I see the edge on the marked seams starting to thin out and either it just about to fall off or I can easily peel it off with my fingers.

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