Ok for anyone considering trying this kit, I will say for a 1/48 plane, compared to a lot of them anyway, it is l-a-r-g-e...here is the fuselage with a 1/48 P-51 for scale. More work to go on the fuselage seams before pain time.

Also another example of its size, one wing compared to P-51

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Hello Ralph, you had made some progress, looking good so far. Not easy but you managed all the problems, thunbs up.
Heinkel made some record attempts just before the war, it is very aerodynamic shaped even with the large floats.

All the Best

Bernd

Motors, they're resin. The pushrods are added from bits of pencil lead, painted aluminum. I didn't know if you could paint pencil lead or not, but you can

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Rick I use the trusty Ex-acto. Lay the lead flat, put finger tip on top of it each side of the cut - to keep it from flying off into the void. Its soft, really.

I could not find any wire to suit me and all I had would bend with cutting then could never be made really straight again.

The pencil was laying there right in front of me so I thought, why not?

Ha! you may not want to Rick-
Here's a pic of the spreader bar I had to put inside the wing (only one wing- that tells you something...) to make it open up enough to fit over the woefully tiny tabs on the fuselage it mounts too

Oh yea here's another tip for any would-be builders of this kit...get your shop-vac, whisk broom etc ready, there's going to be lots of shavings and dust, lots of whittling, sanding, filing and maybe some cussin' too going on when you get to trying to fit the big pieces together!

Oh but hey, the challenge is part of the fun, the plastic is soft and easy to work..

the pic is another indicator of the size -

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Ralph, it certainly looks like you're making great progress. It looks like all your carving has paid off on the final assembly of the major parts, the joints look flawless.

Great progress Ralph, good work with the spreader bar in the wing, the pecil solution is great too, love it.
Compared with your very nice Mustang, it s a monster. But a nicely shaped one !
Keep up the good work my friend.

Best
Bernd