I actually started this build over in the IGAS / Luftwaffe GB but I am no longer a member of that group. If you want to see earlier stages, you can check there.
https://imodeler.com/groups/imperial-german-air-service-luftwaffe-group-build-may-1st-1910-to-present-day/forum/topic/heinkell-he-111-1-48-revell-monogram/
Anyway, here is the progress on the build after a long pause. I finished up the last sanding and polishing of the clear parts and proceeded with the masking, using the Eduard set. I did a bit of clean up on the seams, rescribed lost panel lines on the wings and fuselage and opened up the exit for the oil coolers just forward of the wheel bays. Revell has these sealed up, so I had to carve them out and scratch build a screen inside. Another last minute thing was the wing light, which I did with a bit of mirror foil, punched out in a circle. It almost light s up when the light hits it the right way.

I finally got to painting this weekend. I had to spend quite a bit of time first masking the wheel wells with molded on doors.

Masked clear parts were first sprayed Tamiya German Grey (the cockpit color) Undersides were sprayed two shades of flat black but mottling doesn't show up in photos. Mottling and pre-shade paneling on the uppersurfaces was done with Tamiya Flat White, German Gray and Flat Black. . That's it for now. Hope this is worth watching.

Great preperation prior to applying the camouflage, Colin @coling
Nice work on that mirror foil.

Nice work Collin. Marbling effect for black is hard, but it can be done. Try white or yellow next time.
Looking forward to see your progress

I finally got this masked and painted with the first topside color - RLM 71. Masking large surfaces is one of the most tedious experiences of modeling, IMHO. Still, I get frustrated with overspray when doing things freehand, so the work pays off.

I am very pleased with how the pre-shade came through using the relatively thin Gunze H64. Gunze thinned with Tamiya thinner and acrylic retarder is a pleasure to use and doesn't clog my airbrush like most acrylics. It is hard to photograph the preshade effect, but I finally found that low natural light works best - pardon the cluttered fnal picture but it is the best I could do to show the effect achieved. Next will be RLM 70 from Model Master Acryl , old and all I have on hand but should be OK.

That's it for now. Hope you like the results. Comments welcome.

I feel your pain about masking large surfaces Colin. Unfortunately doing a Luftwaffe splinter 70/71 or its variations is all about patience and some kabuki tape, since it’s hard edge splinter lines.
Looking good so far, eager to see how it goes along

Looks great, Colin (@coling). All the pre-shading you did is really paying off now. Looking forward to the rest of the paint and the decals.

Looking real good here Colin @coling. This is one of Revell-Monogram's better older kits. It sure sucks up a lot of shelf space doesn't it?

I haven't posted anything on this build for a couple of months after a disappointing setback while painting. I finally got around to fixing it over the last couple of weeks so here is the illustrated story:

Shortly after my last post, I carefully masked the entire model and did the RLM 70 Black Green segments with the MM Acryl paint I had on hand.

While painting, I noticed the shade was odd - more grey than green and very low contrast with the Gunze 71 I had already applied. It was not until I had completely finished and removed all the masks (!) that I came to the conclusion that it was not an acceptable color and was barely visible next to the 71. Fixing it would require masking all over again and respraying, and I also had to wait for Gunze RLM 70, ordered from Taiwan on eBay. So, after the new paint arrived, I finally I got up the gumption to remask, partly using bits and pieces I have saved from the last time to avoid wasting Tamiya tape. The Gunze RLM 70 went on nice and thin and smooth and was the perfect color so the entire model was saved after all. One pic shows a bit of the original color next to the repaint, before I did touchups on the splinter. Othewise I chose not to photograph the ugly first effort overall.

With the main camo done, I masked off and sprayed the white fuselage stripe.

More awkward and elaborate masking allowed me to spray the yellow panels under the cowlings. I had to use similar layers of masking to paint the prop spinners yellow but did not take pics of that process.The spinners are just partly inserted in the overall views that follow below. They have tabs to lock them in place when fully inserted (a weird idea from Monogram) so I am must partly test fitting them for now.

After the camo was done, I moved on quickly to clear coat to leave a nice smooth decaling surface. I then applied an oil wash before decaling to bring out fine detail. The Eagle Cal decals went down very nicely. To my dismay, however, Eagle Productions did not supply the very large underwing crosses, instead recommending the use of the kit-supplied ones! These were terrible and splintered badly but I fixed them with careful brush painting, followed by gloss and flat coating. I thing they look pretty good after all.

. Here are the overall images with gloss coat, oil wash and decals applied:

So the last pics for this posting are after I applied the MM Acryl Flat coat. I generally spray it thin so it comes out an eggshell semi gloss. I think, the Flat Coat also brings out the details of the pre-shading and oil wash quite well.

So, next to work on will be the landing gear and lower gondola details. While I have the model flipped over, I will do the underwing exhaust stains. I will do he upper gunner's position last. I have a nice vac version for the transparency which I will need to paint with the mixed RLM 04 I have been using. BTW, the tub-like fitting for the seat and gun is a friction fit to just pop out to work on separately and pop back in again.

It will be nice to finally get the masks off and push this over the finishing line. I am pretty happy with it so far.

More soon.