Hi Ralph, it seems you got it ! You are at the painting stage and thats good news, great build so far, keep up the good work.

Looking good Ralph. Has the beast got any ordenance to add? These planes used to be used as torpedo bombers at some point in their service.

Thanks all. Gregor the kit doesn't include any ordnance. I found some pictures of torpedoes being loaded into its bomb bay and briefly considered scratch building one and opening up the bay underneath but since I have had trouble with so much of this, I decided not to push my luck.

Yes Rob, I have seen those beautiful images. That fellow who built it really knows what he is doing.
I doubt I'll have to worry about hyperscale bugging me to let them do a photo feature of my model!

Mindlessly is right!

Here she is getting some fresh air and sunshine to help cure the paint a bit

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70deg F. at my house today when that was taken. Last Friday it was 20.
Snow is predicted Wednesday- you never know what to expect.

Some progress made, but additional errors too - one step forward and two steps back it seems...I am looking forward to wrapping this up and moving on to the next project, which will be a tank for a change of pace

Working on this big Heinkel has led me to develop my 'Principal of Model Building Error Propagation" which goes like this:
"The chances of a major irreparable cosmetic blunder in building a model are controlled by:
a) the cost of the kit
b) the amount of time invested prior to the blunders occurrence
c) the location, prominence and visibility of the blunder location
and are directly proportional to all three"

Happy Thanksgiving everyone !
I am thankful for a lot, including friends I have made on iModeler and their sage wisdom and advice.

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Hi Ralph modelling is not straight forward, i am writing this book every time :-(! The progress on your build is quite breathtaking, never expected this advance !
And its looking really good and thats an beautiful airplane, should be an impressive sight, when the finished Heinkel sits in your collection
Happy Thanksgiving ( a celebration day, we don t have here ! )
Cheers
Bernd