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A bit dramatic? This is how the Vega would mess up the hairstyles of museum visitors :)

The little Goblin won the gold medal for 1:48 aircraft in the Master class in the Euro Model Expo 2025 contest.

Now the airscrew. There are 4 little white stripes in the kit as decal, but they are not long enough to go around. I ass...

The same in front view. The wheels are also on. So that is the last picture.

St Valentine's Day - flowers added!

A final look at what made this project so special.

A trained spider is a big help!

mirror (equipped with a mirror foil), ..

Cockpit frame are glued into left half, so now I could add the remaining seat belts. I need to add some wires but the co...

This church was always shown on the different logos of the "Halberstädter Flugzeugwerke".

Looks good

For a used look I used some polishing wool.

The last picture of this build report shows the weathering, mostly some oils below the engine. Here you can see the rota...

Axle glued in with CA gel.

New tires and remaining parts mounted.

The front view shows the nice little tooth wheel. On the prop boss two little PE rings from a Part set covers the wood i...

This biplane pusher DH-2 won a bronze medal in the category Planes 1:48 at the Euro Model Expo 2024.

And that is the view from top. I hope, the sprue can hold the heavy model! I secured it with CA.

After painting I added fabric belts from HGW Models. This part is only plugged in and can be removed ea

That is the result after shaping and primer, the front side ....

A turned adapter for engine start was the last part!!!

This model won a gold medal in the category Civil cars in 1:24 Master class at the Euro Model Expo 2022 in Lingen. Here ...

Today I had a Wingman beer in my advent calendar. Take a look at the colors! If that's not a suitable drink for this pro...

The kit has some clear parts for the nav lights, but they look like little rods. I scratched some in drop shape, with wi...

Actual state

The airscrew looks nice and can rotate.

A fresh detail added :)

Silver Medal in Master at the Mosonshow 2024.

This model won a bronze medal in the Egg-Planes category at the Euro Model Expo 2024.

Already some time ago I made a outragous error, a big mistake and you were kind enough not to point it out to me. When I...

This bird is finished!

And a final view! The scratches on the vickers was fixed with painting Alcalds with brush, other scratches fixed too. Th...

I started the weathering with little oil paint dots, then added oil and pastels. More later in a new album.

Top view

The airscrew is finally finished, with painting, metal parts on the hub and decal.

There is now a turnbuckle in front of the wood of the undercarriage.

And with side cowling removed. Also all the window masks are removed - ok so far.

The rigging is finished, as far as I'm aware of wires.

This model won a silver medal in the category "Planes 1:48" at the Euro Model Expo 2024.

After some paint I added the same wire as on the spool with a drop of solder as weight. Nice detail ;)

Rigging to fuselage

I tried to avoid hiding such nice details below a layer of paint, so I used different kind of chemical bowns. One exampl...

That is my candidate H322 with a little bit H308 gray.

The last pic of this build is the closed cockpit cover with Vickers MGs. I have no pics from the mounting and rigging pr...

The brake lines are added with lead wire painted rubber black.

Close but not exactly there.

Sync gear, airscrew, hub are finally mounted. A valve (part of the kit) painted brass and added.

This model won a gold medal in the category aircraft in 1:48 Master class at the Euro Model Expo 2022 in Lingen. Here to...

I used the upper sides of the second "U" as mounting points for the tailplane struts, since I was not able to cut and be...

And back to normal. This has significantly increased the robustness! The whole plane flew off the table onto the floor t...

Additionally a copper wire, wheels are in place.

There are little light bulbs provided for the head lamps (y) Be careful, no spares!

The parts together. Two control wires comes from the cockpit, runs over the pulley on the strut and comes to the turnbuc...

After mounting the upper wing (Did I mention that there are moments when I hate superglue? What do I say moments, I mean...

After some painting as preparation I started to apply HGW 3D decals for the rib tapes. After some hours the carrier has ...

After painting the covers black I'm happy with the look.

I also noticed a funny effect on the model! If you lift it with the skis on, the skis are tilted by the center of gravit...

This could be a stage coach in a lobby of a Wells Fargo bank.

The 2CV Ente fits well on this street, in terms of size and period.

The kit part has only the big instruments so I added some HGW frames. Also no instrument decals provided. I used the ver...

After the left wall I added the front cockpit cover. On top of it is a clear part - I guess this is the compass. On some...

I painted the smooth new sheet metal inside alu and black outside with a brush, and after hardening the cushion with lea...

fake ...

My main interest was, of course, in the U.0 rotary engine. It is in running order, and there are traces of castor oil.

It looks nice with varnish. Of course it have to go upwards!

To get a template I glued one clamp with CA and sawed, filed and drilled new clamps.

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