Henschel HS P.75

Main parts cut from the blocks and prepared for glueing. Drilled holes for alignment pins to aid in positioning while glueing. 

dryfit 

first sections glued and sanded 

and bottom side 

nosejob 😉 

Kit cockpit was sparce and left some big opening to the rear frame 

made a cockpit in styrene 

totally removable for painting and detailing 

The resin landing gear is rather solid, but the model in very heavy. I think it will bend from it's own weight over time. So I soldered some Albion alloys tubing to replace the original parts.. 

Checking the seams 

Checking the seams 

Checking the seams 

Cockpit painted in base RLM66 

Cutting up the Quinta decals 

And glue them till it looks busy  

Section of the wings is euhm... weird 

To have a regular section, this should be removed  

Also one of the wings has a dent 

Some heat later 

Then some reinforcement pins 

Dryfit... some large holes to fill 

First one done 

Second too 

Both equal 

Still some sanding to do when joined to the hull, but that is place by place, here at the rear 

Here at the front 

But first the landing gear, even in dryfit, or it can't be mounted anymore. 

filling the rather large gaps.. luckily I had enough sanding dust to use as a filler 

filling the rather large gaps.. luckily I had enough sanding dust to use as a filler 

and for the more fine work... drying for the next sanding session. The wing has a lot of micro-holes from bubbles 

and for the more fine work... drying for the next sanding session 

still some wings to add, but so far so good 

Ready for a check with primer 

Ready for a check with primer 

More filler was needed 

Looks promising 

Looks promising 

Looks promising 

Pleasantly surprised 

Pleasantly surprised, some small pitting still in the wing, but... 

Tracing the lines for scribing. These small holes from bubbles were filled with tiny amounts of CA 

Tracing the lines for scribing 

 

 

 

Cutting out the louvres 

Cutting/deepening the lines before scraping 

Both sides done 

Started the bottom side  

Proposal fot bottom lay-out, with additional droptank and wing mounted guns 

Top lay-out, the beige exhaust is from the kit, the grey ones are from a Typhoon... but look more sleek, albeit too large for the top 

The right one are smaller but from a He-111. I only want to use the top scoops 

These... 

 

 

cutting up the exhaust 

in tiny parts 

clamping before thinning the contact surface 

sanding paperthin 

all done 

Canards, with some reinforcement insid 

Canards, with some reinforcement inside 

Canards, with some reinforcement inside, gaps filled 

Canards, with some reinforcement inside, gaps filled 

Tail, same story 

Dryfit 

Further scribing topside 

Further scribing bottom 

Exhausts bottom 

Exhausts top 

Exhausts top 

Dryfit main landing gear 

Dryfit main landing gear 

Added some detail with paper 

Nose landing gear dryfit 

Other details too 

And at the bottom. Still need to check for droptank etc... 

Riveting almost added