Murph's Model - He-111 camo version, original scale: 1/58

[papermate]

The next project I'm building is Aaron's He-111 camo version, a repaint from his
earlier He-111 that doesn't have a wing spar. No problem, rolled paper tubes
can do the job. Here are some pics of the WIP pending one more engine and
landing gears. I have scaled it down to 1/72 to fit in my collection of 1/72 Oddball planes.
The model, at the reduced scale, measures close to 9 inches in length and seems
to be okay for storage.

Papermate

[willygoat]

Oh that looks nice! I wish that would have been around when I got the desert pink one. This is a nice kit. For all of the strange curves of the 111, it builds out very nicely.

[papermate]

Thanks, willygoat. This camo version is Aaron's latest He-111. Perhaps, he'll do more repaints and design a wing spar for them.

Papermate

[papermate]

Like these.

Papermate

[thepaperguy]

Papermate how bout a captured He-111 lol

[MacSongLi]

Great looking model papermate. Nice build as always.

Gary

[Ponytail]

Somehow I'm not happy with the nose. Seem not rounded enough...
Or am I a 'rivetcounter' now...

[papermate]

Hi Willem, I would have thought the same but after googling the Wikipedia, which gives a description of the nose design and seeing the 3-view diagrams, I have found that Aaron has dutifully captured the contour or concave shape of the nose section.

The Wikipedia says, among other things "The design of the He 111 A-L initially had a conventional stepped cockpit, with a pair of windscreen-like panels for the pilot and co-pilot. The He 111P and subsequent production variants were fitted with a fully glazed cockpits, laterally asymmetric nose, with the port side having the greater curvature for the pilot, offsetting the bombardier to starboard. The resulting stepless cockpit, which was a feature on a number of German bomber designs during the war years in varying shapes and formats, no longer had the separate windscreen panels for the pilot. ........"

And the pictures show the asymmetric nose of this plane. Yeah, some weird design in those days but for a reason as given above.

Papermate

[papermate]

And thank you Gary for visiting.

Papermate

[Don Boose]

Nice work, as always, Papermate.

I enjoyed and learned from your exchange with Willem.

Don