Luft46's Blog

Been away last weekend picking up some kits mainly being the Special Hobby He 162. I’ve forged on with more work on the DAS Werk MaschineKannon including lots of moulding pins

Not been much in the mood for modelling for a while. The BV141 has come and gone off the bench. It needs seat belts and guns so it is resting whilst these come by mail. The cockpit is half finished and the fuselage halves are glued together and that’s it for now.

Have done a final coat on the mine clearer pads which will be given a light dusting after it’s put together.

The attached photo shows the desk configuration for the last few days.

I have on the other hand been reading the revised William Green Luftwaffe book entries on the BV 141 and FW 189. Interestingly the cockpit area on the 141 was a copy of the 189 before some changes and major problem with the 141 was issues with the undercarriage hydraulics, engine vibrations and the wing shape changes. All these delayed it considerably

This is a nice kit from what I can see so far. The only niggle I can see is the shell cases are split in two so will require some fettling I suspect. Based on what I can see I will be buying their earlier small tank killer which I have some photos of it in that Berlin Tank wrecks book I bought earlier.

Well we all know what IKEA is like. I’ve now finished the first two and the Chancellor of the Exchequer has given the ok for a third one. Whilst it will be good when finished they are a pain to put together. They also produce a shit tonne of paper and cardboard.

Oh the Humanity, it’s IKEA!

Yesterday was washing day for the Raumer. I’ve also prepped for the undercoat with 72 days of Blutack to put the pads on when I do the spraying.

This is my old display cabinet which will be replaced by 2 IKEA cabinets soon when I can do the assembly amidst the usual blue air.

I’m up to scratch building grab handles/steps and yes everything you see in the photo below is essential to the process including the syringe needles. Not shown is the blue air when I accidentally stab myself!