JeroenPeters

Thnx! But the hardest part of the surgery needs to be completed yet. Re-sculpt the neck!

I wasnt happy with the boy looking straight forward. He needs to look up at the rocket. So i chopped off his head, cleaned up the jawline. Drilled holes, inserted rod. Now to remodel the flesh. also almost finished one door. Only needs clasps and hinges and rivets.

Bought a Reedoak boy figure today to stand at the base of the v2 to demonstrate the size. beautiful stuff. Also bought a wooden square base.

Nice! This is exactly why LSM was started years ago!

Scratching the doors. Really happy with the great reference pics i have.

Started work on the nitrogen tanks:

Coolest Pahntom in my book! Go for it!

This is the one displayed at Trafalgar Square. But you also see it on a lot of operational pics. A very distorted overall skin.

Had some trouble closing the main body. One side was a bit out of shape and needed some force to get in line. started adding oil canning to the body and wings. This can clearly be seen in a lot of photos. Not caused by air pressure ofcourse but by the internal frame and probably poor aluminium work. This will take some work....

Lovely!

Slowly building it up.

This is one kit i always wanted to build. Following this!!

Started scratching the insides.

Lovely. Got a couple in the stash and this will serve as a proper guide!

I would think so. There’s an aluminium internal frame that should have created the needed strength.

No way back. Cut out the panels and thinned the edgesz

Thnx guys! Not a lot of bench time this weekend, but i did manage to find good reference photo's to open the panels i wanted. These give access to the Nitro tanks. The top section consists out of 4 quadrants. The others open up to the Funk Gerät. I'll scratch the doors and interior.

Some progress. The cradle is done. The rocket itself is big but consists out of a few parts. Fun will start with the painting.

Here are some snaps i took while visiting the base:

Another in between project that I wanted to do since I visited the Blockhaus D’Eperlecques. A most impressive installation where V2’s were assembled and launched. It was too visible, bombed and operations moved to La Coupole close by. I bought a piece of V2 skin and will display the rocket on it’s cradle together with this relic. Not sure of the scheme yet. I’ll mount the rocket and scheme on a high round wooden base. I think

Done!

Lovely!!

Wasn’t happy with the headlight. The angle was wrong and the glass protruded too much. Sanded it back and polished. Happy now...

Almost there!

Nice start!