Good
Morning! This is my second article here in ARC and as it happens, it also
involves another Eduard kit. This time it’s Eduard’s own Heinkel 280 done in
a “what if” scenario. Don’t get me wrong, the Heinkel 280 is indeed a
sleek and sexy looking aircraft, but for me doing it in monochromatic grey seems
a bit boring. So to put a little spice, I dressed her up as a jabo doing night
sorties.
Building
the kit itself is fairly straightforward; I didn’t encounter any major fit
issues and used very minimal amount of filler putty. Since this wasn’t the
profipack version, the interior was somewhat spartan and I addressed this by
adding a couple of stretched sprues and copper wires. I also utilized a spare
Revi gunsight from Tamiya as well as strips of masking tape as seat harness.
Externally, the kit was accessorized with a couple of Hasegawa and Tamiya Stabo
250 & 50’s plus their corresponding bomb racks.
Painting
was done using Gunze acrylics and later weathered with artist’s oils and
pastel chalk. The decals came from the kit itself as well as leftovers from my
Tally Ho stocks. As a personal touch, some wet editing was done to spell out
“Elle”, the nickname of my first daughter Maria Isabella (this one’s for
you kid!).
The
diorama base came from a pile of wood beside our house which was under
renovation at that time. The groundwork is actually a mixture of sawdust and
basil leaves, spraycanned with various shades of green. An occasional oil stain
was also simulated and placed strategically underneath the kit. The figures and
accessories came from ICM and Hasegawa and painted in oils.
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images below to see larger images
Well, I
guess that’s about it. Before I go, some acknowledgements… thank yous go
out to Mr Aaron “4 eyes” Ronquillo and other fellow members of IPMS
Philippines for their kind words/ critique/ suggestion on my latest kit, to Mr
Dennis “Archangel” Yap of grandhobbies@yahoo.com
for providing the kit and figures, and finally to the staff of ARC for allowing
me again the chance to feature another work.
Raphael
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