Luft46's Blog

Firstly I’ve got to report that the Delphin sub is now at paint ready stage so it’s back in its box in the ready to paint shelf.

I had the other day off and when I was about to commence looking for something new a parcel arrived. Unexpectedly the two resin kits I had ordered from ABK in the Czech Republic after just a week. Quite amazing especially in these times.

Taking a leaf out of Earl Martells book the kit boxes were broken down so that they could fit in the smallest space possible to save on postage.

As one of the kits was a Triebflugel – of which I already have a completed Huma kit I felt that the Heinkel Wespe should be first. It really is a nice kit, nice parts including a single piece canopy. Yes you will need to do clean up but the moulding is done so that if possible the cutting will be through a thin section of resin. The instructions are quite clear and the 3 parts of the circular ducting are numbered on the sprue via little dots so that it is clear which is which. I used a marker pen to indicate this for after the moulding stubs were removed.

A lot of thought has gone into this kit and whilst it isn’t cheap I would thoroughly recommend it on what I have seen so far

So far this Mikro Mir limited run kit has been relatively easy with no major issues UNTIL you get to fitting the torpedo fins. The channel each fin is meant to go into is undersized in both depth, length and width. The first two are not great but I’ve just eyeballed the remaining two and they are much worse. The end result is that the back portion of the torpedo is split and will need regluing but I’m waiting till all four go on before doing that as each fin requires custom fitting and will need Milliput to fill the unfortunate gaps that this process has caused. Its almost a show stopper but as there are so few parts to go I intend to soldier in so that it can go back into the box as ready to paint.