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Ho229 at the Udvar-Hazy Center


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This will be epic, Jeroen. you should include the guy with the beard from Martins pic.

13 hours ago, GusMac said:

Nicely chewed.

Gus found a new weathering technique, it's called Jackrusselling :D.

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Heres a few images of the Ho229 at both Silver Hill facility and Udvar Hazy PRU.  Hope some of these images will be helpful.

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Early 2012 the Ho229 being prepped at the Silver Hill facility for move to Udvar Hazy Preservation Restoration Unit (PRU).  Note white shrink poly protecting open areas.

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Wing Root, photo taken from Observation Level with "big" lens.

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Wing trailing edge.  The laminated birch clearly "ungluing" due to aging.

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Wing trailing edge.

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Carefully being placed on mount at Silver Hill facility.

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Securing the nose gear to the mount.

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14 minutes ago, Martinnfb said:

Incredible pictures, thank you for sharing Rick. Imputes like this are priceless.

Cheers

M.

No Kidding, Martin those pics are gold !  Thanks Rick..... top notch detail photos....

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I know they were struggling for resources by the end of the war but the quality of that timber and it's treatment is pretty remarkable. I've seen timber constructions a fraction of the age of that which have deteriorated far more rapidly. The Germans always could do 'build quality'.

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Thnx for those pics Rick!

sprayed a black AK base. Then various wood shades on wooden areas. After the paint has thoroughly dried i’ll spray hairspray and then build up the grey and green shades.

also drilled out the rivets on the nose and sawed the joint line.

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