Landlubber Mike

Quick update on where I am with the two Hs 129 builds. I've been slowly working through the various details pieces like the engines, guns, landing gear, props, etc. Everything on this Hasegawa/Hobby 2000 kit is going together really nicely. If I wasn't adding in all the various aftermarket, I'd probably be long done now. For my first diorama of the Hs 129 being serviced, I wanted to show at least one engine exposed. The Verlinden set has only one engine in it, which made me think it would look a bit odd to have the two engines look different from one another. I ended up finding two engines from Vector which are really nice. Here they are next to the kit engine - I just need to add the rods, but you can see how much detail Vector includes which should make for a nice exposed engine. Next post will be on the bottom cannon.

Another beauty PW - great job!

I was a little worried with how the metallic finish would look as it shows everything, but you did a masterful job with the putty and other remedies. Great work!

Looking great Denders! That's a nice looking red finish. I have those machinist blocks from MicroMark as well. They come in handy for sure, especially given the weight.

Wow Rob, just catching up on this build. How creative and fantastic! Well done my friend! I love it! Tells a cool story.

Another beauty Kevin! You work so fast and so cleanly, it amazes me. I should send you some kits from my stash which never seems to go down

Beautiful work Hubert!! Even better, congrats on now being fully retired! I'm jealous!

Wow, awesome project!

Nice job Kevin!! Moving along quickly on this one!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I'll be curious to see what you think of the kit. Anigrand has a number of esoteric subjects that look cool, but hard to tell from the quality as there aren't too many completed Anigrand builds online.

Wow, good save!!

I had picked up the Trumpeter Me 262 kit a couple of years ago with I think the same MDC RB conversion kit. Recently I happened to come across someone that was complaining that the MDC kit had shrinkage issues. I didn't test it out on my kit, but my guess is it's probably similar to what you are experiencing with yours. Funny thing is I picked up a second MDC RB kit that was just listed on eBay this morning. Was really inexpensive with shipping included so I figured what the hell. My first set was missing some hinges, so hopefully between the two kits I can put together a decent U2.

She missed six days of school with a fever and was really tired. Probably took a good three weeks to get to feeling better. She also lost weight (when she was thin/athletic build to begin with) and was a bit slower and more tired which didn't help as she plays travel softball. I remember having walking pneumonia maybe 15 years ago. I'd have a touch of a fever and feel a bit tired, so would go home, take a day off from work and sleep 12+ hours. Then I'd feel better for a good 5+ days and then go through it again. The z-pack antibiotics certainly helped, but I really needed to sleep many days straight for a good 10+ hours to finally get over it. And I usually function just fine on 5-6 hours of sleep. I think it's one of those things where you really need to rest for a long period of time to kick it.

I have some leftover Vallejo gloss black and will use it on small things with an irregular surface like engines where I will also use Vallejo Metal Colors. Otherwise, I use Mr. Surfacer black and/or Mr. Surfacer Ueno Gloss black if I want to black base for larger flatter surfaces where surface finish is important.

Looking forward to following this one Chris! My daughter caught pneumonia back in September. Apparently a lot of kids and adults have been catching it this fall. Hope you feel better soon.

Welcome back Peter! Glad to hear the prognosis is good!

Happy belated birthday Peter!!

Another great one PW!

I feel like I've been steadily working on the models but have little to show for it. I did manage to add additional panel lines and rivet the two models. I need to touch things up in a few places with primer, but the rivets look pretty cool. We will see how much of them shows up after painting and weathering. Thanks again @Martinnfb for posting the panel line/rivet diagrams! I also managed to build up the two Vector engines, though still need to add control rods. I'll post pics when they are done, but they are looking very nice as per usual from Vector. I have a couple of Opel Blitz trucks that are resin - took me hours to separate and clean up the parts, and now I can finally start building them. I'm hoping they look ok when done, as I'd rather not have to go out and buy a Tamiya Opel Blitz kit. Other than that, I'm working on landing gear bays at the moment. There's really not too much more I need to do build wise on these, with the exception of the open engines and needing to figure out how to make the Vector engines work with the Verlinden set and the Hasegawa kit. Thanks for looking in!

I agree with FullArmor - really nicely done with a great use of negative space to avoid overcrowding. Your dioramas are a big inspiration to me as I start trying to model more diorama scenes!

Wow Kevin, that came out great! I like the finish on it!

This is looking spectacular Hubert - well done!

Peter, glad to hear you and your wife are doing well. Best wishes to you both and to your brother!

Looking really nice!