My Forgotten Hobby III

Although I still enjoy building ICM He 111-H3 I still believe it is over engineered. I guess I will have to live with that.

I had glued these parts the night before to get a head start and the fit was perfect.

However I noticed yesterday afternoon that I should have done step 81 first.

 

 

It did not matter since I had skipped step 82. It turned to be a good decision because step 81 was not a great fit after all.

 

 

Parts C5 and C48 in step 85 were glued but will be added tomorrow.

All the parts from steps 89 to 93 were cut from the sprues and will be assembled and glued tomorrow.

I hope they will be looking like these, but I doubt it.

 

Tomorrow I will show you how it went.

Thanks to Plane Dave’s advice I finally glued the engines in place yesterday afternoon. 

I am glad I have been waiting that long because I would have broken something.

Step 82 will be next later today since my three year-old grandson is babysitting his grandfather. Steps 83 and 84 had already been done and parts glued to the wings.

Steps 85 to 92 will follow later this afternoon.

All clear parts will be set aside for painting in the spring.

Tomorrow I will show you pictures of where the project stands right now.

 

I have not been idle yesterday while I was waiting for the glue to dry.

I glued more of the wings this morning.

 

 

Work still has to be done on the the wings before the engines are added. Also I have to decide if I will expose them in plain view.

 

 

All the clear parts will be added probably in December maybe even later in the spring when I can use my airbrush outside.

I have assembled the landing struts and the wheels.

 

If you look closely you will see I have fashioned a wire to replace one of the parts. Step 110 will be done much later because I don’t want the landing gear in the way. 

Step 111 has been done.

Tomorrow I will glue the engines and we’ll see what happens.

 

 

There was no way I could proceed further without glueing the wings.

The port side went well but the starboard needed some surgery because there was a large gap where the engine will go.

The wings have not been glued completely for that reason.

That will be done tomorrow and I expect I will be using lots of masking tape and probably my vise grip.

One enjoyable moment though was glueing the foldable seat. You can plainly see it here and also where the masking tape will be used tomorrow.

This is how I replaced the broken part using the same kind of wire I had used for the broken gun ring.

I have learned to improvise.

Both homemade parts will be visible. I have to say they look good.

Not perfect but few people will notice the difference unless they compare it with these.

I have succeeded to glue the warped fuselage parts using extra-thin cement and Tamiya tape.

A little filing is all that will be needed.

I then encountered this problem. The bomb rack would not fit it so I had to cut away some plastic.

Again no one will notice…

Which brings me to these steps.

 

I followed the instructions, but step 77 should have come before step 75. It was almost impossible to attach these parts.

 

I will fix it later but again no one will never know.

 

 

Updated 14 November 2020 – 9:00

Sometimes you have to let it go…

I have glued the fuselage parts yesterday afternoon after painting the interior with another homemade mix of RLM 02 or was it RLM 66…?

I have glued just part of the fuselage halves because of some warping mostly in the front.

 

The He 111 is taking shape more and more and I am enjoying the build. Enjoyment is what it’s all about on My Forgotten Hobby.

Learning that you have to let it go sometimes is what I have to do. I have learned a lot since I started My Forgotten Hobby in December 2014.

I met fellow modelers who were my motivators.

The first motivator was Amateur Airplanes who has stopped writing about his hobby in 2018. Plane Dave was the next motivator, then came Inch High Guy even if Jeff is only into 1/72 scale model aircraft.

My collection is mostly 1/48 scale model aircraft although I have one 1/72 scale Wellington and a few model ships in different scales.

Now speaking about motivators, here is something I have watched on YouTube before. I had not noticed that both Revell and ICM had contributed to this model kit.

Watching it again will help me avoid unforeseen problems in the next steps. I should have watched it more carefully the first time.

I will surely be coming back to YouTube to help me with my next build once my broken canopy arrives in the mail.

Friday the 13th on My Forgotten Hobby III…

I am not superstitious but I won’t follow the instructions…

There is no way I will be glueing the engines right now with these fragile attachment points.

With the warm temperature we were having outside since last week in Quebec, I was thinking of using my airbrush outdoors one more time. However that window of opportunity just closed this morning with a minus 2 degree Celsius.

Last night I had mixed some leftover paint for painting the interior and I had used a brush.

But this morning I have mixed feeling about the interior colour I had used.

It was too gray.

So I went on Google…

https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235031374-another-he-111-cockpit-colour-question/

It was about painting the interior with either RLM 02 or RLM 66. Still confused, I then searched a little more…and started getting dizzier.

http://www.aviationofjapan.com/2010/12/colour-of-rlm-02-grau-grey.html

At least now I know just a little more about RLM 02 which is kind of interesting but still confusing.

My Forgotten Hobby III, just like My Forgotten Hobby and My Forgotten Hobby II, is more of a diary where I write about how I sometimes procrastinate or often struggle with building some model kits.

ICM He 111-H3, or is it ICM He 111H-3, is the first time I am building something from ICM. I have to say that I am quite impressed by it just like Plane Dave was.

I wonder if Plane Dave had the same problems with the fragile parts. Luckily I found a way. I am leaving some parts on the sprues before snapping them off.

It worked perfectly.

Steps 73 to 79 have been done and will be set aside.

 

Painting the interior will be next once I have researched how to paint it properly. 

 

This is the right place to start…

Here…

and here…