Motorhead HE111

Grey-Violet interior, fit is great except for me misaligning the left wheel well. 

Closed bay doors, nice fit, minimal filler 

 

Filed the bejeesus out of the top of the left well (The one I misaligned!) wing wouldn't fit otherwise - DON'T DO LIKE I DID.  

4MM motors found on amaze-on, grinding/sanding out mounting hole in cowling face 

Beveling the nacelle face a bit to neaten up the fit 

 

Fit very well, even got it straight -using the fat props as they look like Heinkel props to me.  

shot black on rears of flying surfaces and elevators before assembly  

The Album shows the bombs falling from racks outboard of the fuselage - so, I trimmed the kit supplied racks, and moved them outboard 

Wings and nacelles on today, fit not too bad except for my left, again the result of my misaligned wheel well. First round of putty/sanding done 

wing to fuselage fit very nice 

Left nacelle underside - yikes. Pretty good size gap to fill here. 

First round sanding check with silver rattle can 

Upper blister fit test gunpack from Academy FW-190 kit, will be fitted with twin 30mm MK103 - Lemmy and the boys don't screw around...... 

sanding gunpack to fuselage contour 

Ink line to keep sanding straight back and forth else gunpack will sit cockeyed -this worked pretty well. 

Upper cannon blister rough shapes 

Upper and lower former sparkly clear hood and gondola, obliterating frames and hacked up to be cannon blisters.  

Second round sanding check, almost done -  

 

Fitting belly canon pack 

Not bad 

blending belly canon, working paint finish 

Paint fiddling - gloss is tough to pull off 

painted, sanded, glossed - now for the decals 

Belly looks ok, big hole is for mounting pole/wires 

GRRRRRRRR. What should be the most fun ain't. The decals are awful. Thick, stick almost immediately (USE LOTS OF WATER), and... they shatter. Quite a letdown.  

Fighting through decals, lots of slicing and many coats of solution. Decals are thick and stubborn.  

Cockpit finally going on -  

Placing greenhouse on piece by piece AFTER painting- bottom of greenhouse mimics album cover, no glass, sanded smooth and sold black.  

Brass tube over motor shaft, then heat shrink. Should fit snug inside prop hub 

Snug fit, no wobble -  

Almost ready for test run! 

They both run pretty smooth but a bit too fast - I'll have to add a resistor 

Right motor has a wee whine to it. Oh well. Won't be able to hear it over Lemmy and the boys' amps!