I hope this is enough because the walls are pretty thin now. I could have used the ole Dermal but was afraid I would take off too much to fast and break through the side of the fuselage. Being in such a tight area I decided to use a course grit sand paper to do this. As you can see in the pictures the gun wells extend pretty far into the cockpit area. The next step I needed to do was make some room for the new cockpit that I will be building from PE. It seems rather funny to be using an American coin but I don't have anything German ones so as I so often say, "It is what it is" He's going to be joining us for this build to emphasize scale. He was our 16th President here in the United States. I'd like to take a moment to introduce to all you guys over seas to 'Ole Abe Lincoln. They need to be cleaned up a bit with sand paper but so far so good. After some Patience I have two respectable openings. I then used some small files to get them to the proper shape and size. I started by using a pin vise to make holes at the corners and then using a sharp knife I scribed between them. The first thing I wanted to do was open the access panels to the radio compartment and transmitter. When I used the flash it washed out the details. These pictures were taken under normal lighting without a flash. As I've come to expect from Italeri it has some nice detail as you can see.
\\:D/įirst started off with the fuselage. So here it goes fellas, the MTO HS 129 Tank Buster build is underway. I thumbed through it and feel confident that I can go ahead and start this bad (_!_) bird without it. To my surprise they had the very book I've been waiting for. In my preparation for getting started I went to my LHS and picked up some of the RLM paint I will need to complete this build. As of yesterday I still haven't received it. I've been holding off starting this build until I get my book from Squadron. This model is Italeri's No: 073 1/72 scale Production of the B1/R2 version began in January of 1942, with the first units being delivered to the Eastern Front in April. In addition to the standard fixed armament of paired 20 mm cannon and 7.92 mm machine guns, the B1/R2 variant featured a MK 101 30 mm automatic cannon housed in a ventrally mounted external weapons pod. With massed formations of Soviet armor penetrating deep behind German lines, urgent priority was given to the Hs-129's production. The need for an effective airborne tank destroyer became painfully evident following the Red Army's overwhelming winter counteroffensive of 1941-42.
The cockpit was surrounded by an armor plated "bathtub" of triangular shape, resulting in the fuselage's distinctive appearance, and bullet resistant window panels of nearly three inch thickness. Nicholaus' design stressed pilot survivability.
The Henschel Hs-129 was developed by engineer Friedrich Nicholaus in response to a 1937 request by the German Air Ministry for a small, heavily armored ground attack/support aircraft equipped with a minimum of two 20 mm cannon and two rifle caliber machine guns. It will have to wait till I get my reference book. This thing reminds me of a prehistoric A-10 Warthog.Īs of this moment I don't know the exact desert paint scheme I will be using. Today I went to my local Hobby Shop and surprisingly I found exactly what I was looking for, and on top of that they also had the Edwards PE kit for this model. Well after some heavy contemplation I've decided on my next build.
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