John, thanks that has been on display until recently that the wings have finally been installed to the air frame. Your right though, it does like just like it without the props. And no wheels mounted either.

Lots of nice little details! Almost ready for business.

Erik, you know there are lot bits and pieces on this plane that need to be installed.
Spiros, thanks a feature that the Luftwaffe used as a safety device when the engines are on,

The amount of detail that needs to be added after painting on this kit is daunting, Chuck (@uscusn), especially all of the antennas. I always worry about cleaning up things like antennas after taking them off the sprue. Sometimes it is hard remove the sprue nubs without damaging the very thin kit part. I particularly like your decal success on the spinners.

Thanks Mike, you know the initial paint job I did not like how the squiggles seemed a bit too thick. What I did is take the RLM75 and edged the RLM76 for lack of a better term to thin them a bit. Then back with the RLM76 and evened things out in most areas. It turned out much better than originally planned and kept it random. There is no set pattern. And yes it is easier to do than a standard Luftwaffe scheme that involves the various RLM02 blotches along the side of the airframe in various sizes and roundish shapes. The dampers I just simply painted them burnt metal and AK's Light rust wash over the raised lines and then with a cotton q-tip and white spirits randomly rubbed the rust into the damper and got that effect. First time I tried it. Love the results.

Thanks Walt, I do find that as well on the use of the spirals for their spinners on a lot of their aircraft, I believe it is more for safety than decoration. Since they do not paint the tips of their props, the spiral helps that the engines are on and be wary of the propellers arc.

Now let's wrap this party up.

Mostly attaching most of the antennas the 219 had plenty. Starting with the rear lower antenna.

The landing light lens is attached to the LH leading edge of the wing.

The rear warning mast is then attached to the tail.

Now the fun part, FuG antenna array on the nose. Starting with the top pair. Nice that Tamiya had the base mounted on the insert. Which makes mounting each mast to its base on the nose. Much better contact point,

I have the Monogram BF-110G4, night fighter, finished it around 2000, I have yet to install the FuG antennas on that model. After 1 attempt I put it off. I still have the antennas just need to set up some kind of mounting rig to hold them in place as they set.

Back to the Uhu, next is to attach the lower set. These are nice out of the kit by the way, so really an aftermarket set is not necessary unless maybe for a different configuration.

Now to attach the lower set, making them set at a 45 degree angle. The lower rods are painted red and white as a ground crew safety measure. I'm sure there were mishaps anyway.

Next is the boarding step ladder. This is the last part, but figures it is the one that really has no real good contact point to attach too. But in the end got it to stick.

Finally the canopy is popped open and will be displayed open.

And there it is. Ready to fly and terrorize the Lancasters and a Mosquito.

Das Ende

Hi Chuck @uscusn!
This is a wonderful result! Such an imposing model!
I also definitely state that your build thread us truly fantastic: appropriately covering the build process, up to the slightest detail, with the necessary pics to accompany the text.
I felt like I was building the Uhu!
Again, congratulations and big thanks for the thread!

Fantastic result, Chuck.
So much detail and perfect finish.
Thanks for sharing all those steps you have taken to achieve this.