Building the Revell 1/72 Horton Go 229

[@Ronno4691]

Tan-fastic! Bought this very same kit yesterday in (a Glasgow Scotland) model shop and want to do my first wacky Luftwaffe concept jet justice :-) This video was GREAT - I especially liked how, even watching at 1.25 speed, you showed the paints etc long enough for the viewer to see WHAT you're using then you put on screen the details of paint to thinner ration as well as airbrush specs! Alclad Lacquer is now very much on my shopping list and what a great idea for a Circle Template and painting wheels 😊 Liked, Subscribed et al! Being a tight-fisted, er, thrifty Scotsman, I'll wait till my modeling skills are more advanced before I tackle a 1:48 version of this amazing plane. Thank you for an amazing video!

[@SteamGeezerUK]

You're very welcome. That's why I do it that way, to show people not only what I'm doing, but how I'm doing it, something a lot of videos sadly lack. Thanks for watching :-)

[@Isegawa2001]

I find this plane to be absolutely gorgeous.

[@dr.doppeldecker3832]

Especially the front jet intakes have such lovely curves! I love it!

[@Imnotyourdoormat]

outstanding job........mirrored base is the only way to go.

[@SteamGeezerUK]

Thanks. It's certainly a good way to display them, and justifies all the effort on the underside that often goes unseen :-)

[@marccxxshammer6643]

great work 💥👍👍👍👍

[@luckynumbersevuuun]

nice paint job.

[@SteamGeezerUK]

Thanks, I appreciate it :-)

[@Hitman23ization]

a true artist make things going to look easy! dear sir ..the masking of the canopy was a nightmare!!!!!(messed up 1 kit)i had so much struggle with almost everything! so much respect! you are precise as a surgeon and whats clear in your videos is that you really enjoy what you doing!i do allways find couple of laughs and fun moments. What a stunning finish on the 229 :-)

[@eekinelsa]

just got the 1/32 zoukei mura version..should keep me out of trouble for a while!

[@SteamGeezerUK]

1/32 scale? I bet that's a beast :-)

[@eekinelsa]

@@SteamGeezerUK fantastic internal details with all the tubular framework..you should definitely review it someday. it will take a series of videos, though

[@m0rce1]

I've made this also and it was a great fitting kit

[@TheWlshy654]

Great looking build

[@SteamGeezerUK]

Thanks, and thanks for watching :-)

[@BennyCFD]

Well hell...........That's a pretty damn good build.

[@SteamGeezerUK]

Thanks :-)

[@oliveromodellismo]

Nice work Gianni

[@SteamGeezerUK]

Thanks :-)

[@mikesmith2905]

Looks like a good basis for a sci-fi mashup!

[@marcusaureliusantoninusaug2161]

I've build quite a few 'blue box' Revell kits myself, had trouble with each and every one of them :) The newer 'black box' kits are supposed to be better, well I'll see soon, I have that RAF Typhoon with the WW II camo up next...

[@geier1149]

The blue box models are better believe me. Only the kits that Revell stole from Zvezda (many) are good, because they are from Zvezda. Revell sells them much more expensive

[@modelman7880]

I prefer the blue box kits, I find the newer ones just are no good really. I have built 7 and not really made a very good job of any.

[@mxferro]

Could it have worked to lightly heat up the plastic tires to "mushroom" flat section to indicate tire flex from the aircraft "weight" ?

[@kevinchapman635]

A good rendition of the bird !

[@nesholo1986]

Hi. Thanks for great video. One question. Im living in Switzerland, here we dont have Panel line accent colour, for some reason (dangerous chemicals) we can import this products. Is there any other product that we can use instead of those two? Thanks a lot 👍

[@fernandoavilesmartin6326]

Loved it! Clear instructions on every process and lots of information about used products. Still one question, what did you use to the oily effect near the guns?

[@SteamGeezerUK]

That would be black oil paint. I tend to use cheap oil paints made by Crawford & Black, sold in the UK in The Works, but any cheap oil paint will do. Thanks for watching.

[@greysoneduardo471]

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[@tatumdeshawn4237]

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[@greysoneduardo471]

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[@greysoneduardo471]

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[@pandaphil]

Came out looking great! At east you didn't have to deal with getting all the engine panels to lie flush like with the 1/48 Dragon version. :).

[@SteamGeezerUK]

Thanks, I appreciate it. The problem with this one I've found is getting the front of the fuselage to line up with the rest of it. Not fun...

[@TurbineModels]

Nice work. suscribed!

[@SteamGeezerUK]

Thanks, I appreciate it.

[@brianartillery]

It's a beautiful model, but the fit of some parts is appalling - so I made mine as it appears in a famous wartime photograph, sitting on those huge balloon tyres, no wings attached, when it was discovered by American troops. It was dismantled, crated up, and sent back to the USA, probably to the Northrop works, to be reverse engineered. The Horten brothers were glider builders pre war. It still frightens me a bit at the tech that the Germans had, that luckily they never had the chance to utilise. My favourite Revell 'Luftwaffe 1946' series kit is the Focke-Wulf Project VI, or 'Flitzer', which had both rocket and jet engines. It looks suspiciously like a De Havilland Vampire.

[@SteamGeezerUK]

I've seen that. I'm not really into jets but some I like and the Vampire is my favourite, so I might get one one day.

[@sarumano884]

Just a side note: Apparently that 'X' brace on the nose wheel was never on the original Horten IX / Gotha 229, it was a brace put in by the American museum people, in the 60's, after so much interest was shown in the original machine. They didn't want the old wreck collapsing if someone improperly moved the nose wheel, it was that well balanced... It's in all the models I've seen, but none of the original photos.

[@bryanjacla1068]

Did you put weights on the model? if so, where and how heavy?

[@SteamGeezerUK]

I don't honestly remember 100%, but I don't think I weighted it at all.

[@Feliciajudo]

Great video...only that the plane is the HORTEN HO OR GO 229...HO by the designers, the Horten brothers and GO bt the manufacturer, Gotha

[@SteamGeezerUK]

I just go by what it says on the box :-) Thanks for watching :-)

[@lutzvonhintermond274]

*Gothaer Waggonfabrik, Gotha is just the City

[@gamerhalim4717]

I had already 😄 from Indonesia 🇮🇩

[@Pablogogo]

How long do you give between painting and gloss coats? You always appear to get a very smooth finish. Nice build

[@SteamGeezerUK]

Thanks. Not long. For most acrylics, a minute or two with a hair dryer is more than enough in my experience.

[@Pablogogo]

@@SteamGeezerUK Thanks, I was assuming there was hours.

[@SteamGeezerUK]

@@Pablogogo A lot of people will tell you it's hours, but I've never found it necessary to wait that long. Some finishes need time to set and to cure, but acrylics usually dry in minutes.

[@Pablogogo]

@@SteamGeezerUK I'm just getting back into modelling and had a Vallejo clear gloss crack like crazy over tamiya X paint. From what I could see I didn't allow enough time for the tamiya to be fully cured.

[@NSYresearch]

You just know Plasmo would be cutting it up and adding everything including the kitchen sink....

[@SteamGeezerUK]

I'm not entirely sure this particular model would be worth the effort :-)

[@kirknewton100]

Built one myself. 1/144 scale. My first model building attempt in... Oh... forty years!!! Yikes!

[@SteamGeezerUK]

Never too late to get back into it. Thanks for watching :-)

[@kirknewton100]

@@SteamGeezerUK your welcome. Have a Mk1 Hurricane so going to try a diorama. You mentioned a glue in one of your videos, you brush it on, very thin stuff. Is it easy to make up?

[@FMA678]

En mi opinión, una de las aeronaves más impresionantes de la ll guerra mundial. Algo insólito para la época y por fortuna para los aliados no pudieron construirse más porque de haberlo hecho habría cambiado el curso de la guerra.

[@PocketsHomeMovies]

..did you find a frozen captain america inside?

[@SteamGeezerUK]

Yes, bear. Yes I did.

[@Simon-sv6qe]

George Shorttail wrong plane

[@oscaralbertolobato8914]

HortEn!! Reimar.

[@oldbaldfatman2766]

March 7, 2021----Thanks for the video, but looking at this kit in a different way. Right now I'm into 1/35 scale zombie/apocalypse dioramas, but if I need a break from 'em, will be going for Luftwaffe '46 aircraft. But also in a different way. Like showing this plane in a NMF scheme with kills painted on it as it's on public display while the Germans are celebrating VE Day.....which was when the Germans occupied all of Europe, including Britain. Maybe put a damaged/captured P-80 in British or American markings, while "sub-humans" are pulling a cart loaded with garbage behind these aircraft.

[@SteamGeezerUK]

Sounds like a great idea. I've done a few kind of "what if" types builds like WW2 aircraft in Star Wars paint schemes and also Star Wars vehicles in WW2 schemes, plus my "Language Barrier" and "Enemy of my Enemy" dioramas.

[@chancerNW]

Very nice work, despite the kit's issues you did a great job. I thinks is a fascinating type of what could nearly have been. The German's tested a lot of advanced types as gliders before fitting engines, the Me163 Komet was good example of this. The Horten brothers and Alexander Lippish (designer of the Komet) were the main German pioneers of flying wings and tail less designs. I built this kit a while back. Sorry for the photo quality in the vid. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZnMmYWqh5WNf8U

[@MWcrazyhorse]

If Germany had just a year or two more time to build they would have easily won. Look at that thing. From 1942! It was rebuilt and tested and it actually has stealth properties.

[@SteamGeezerUK]

I don't know about easily. I think by the time they got to this point, their infrastructure was so destroyed, even things like this would have made a minimal difference. You also have to keep in mind there were several Allied jets in the works. The Vampire, for example, came into service in 1946, right after the war ended.

[@MWcrazyhorse]

​@@SteamGeezerUKRight and Germany lacked resources. I'm just imagining a fleet of these in action. And If they can break Britain's defenses and thus allow the army to cross the channel and land then Hitler can invade Russia AFTER defeating Britain. No two front war. Aaaaand no bombardments that wreck Germany's industry and economy!!! Things change with a stealth bomber in ways you might not foresee.

[@angelcolin3770]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@SteamGeezerUK]

Thanks 🙂

[@lego_turkey1070]

Just made this model and i think im really mad about the wings and the front part for such decent model

[@robertjensen1438]

Just a comment for the algorithm

[@SlawomirSzczygiel-c9q]

Horton is an elefant name 😂

[@SteamGeezerUK]

That is certainly true, although a flying elephant is definitely something you wouldn't want to be caught under 😂

[@kapitanXbomber1989]

It is Horten Go 229, not Horton.

[@simoniron8416]

It's Horten... Walter Horten and Reimar Horten...

[@donovandelaney3171]

Ugh. There's one thing that I hate about model kits. I hate that there are some many pieces. The wheels should be one piece and should actually be made of rubber!

[@SteamGeezerUK]

Some people like having lots of pieces. For them, the placement of each piece is what makes it fun. Others hate the building and only want to paint. For what it's worth, some models have very few pieces, like the Heinkel H2162s I built recently - might be worth a look - kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2TbaZmgm89sgsk

[@Piter_Play]

without swastikas ?

[@SteamGeezerUK]

Yes, because they're not included with the kit. Take it up with Revell.

[@Piter_Play]

@@SteamGeezerUK I know that revell don't give swastikas with their kits . No swastikas in the box of German plane creates a new false history .

[@SteamGeezerUK]

@@Piter_Play If it's historical accuracy you're after, I'd be more concerned that the kit comes with cannon, because none of the airframes built ever had armaments. There was one that was intended as a weapons test frame, but it was captured by the US before any guns were fitted. In any case, aftermarket decals are available for people who want them, but I do most of my builds out of the box, and I understand the commercial reasons Revell don't include them. In fact, Airfix don't either, if the FW190 I build a while ago is anything to go by, so I'd suggest you take it up with them. Still, thanks for watching in any case. I appreciate it.

[@foghather]

@@Piter_Play Revell is a german company, and in Germany (as we lost WWII) it is a criminal offence (§ 86 a StGB, "Use of marks of unconstitutional organizations") to show the swastika, which can get you three years in jail.

[@nathanprentice7230]

..... Couldnt get the engines to work so they flew as gliders.... Weeeellll akshully the whole flying wing concept originated as a sport glider built by the Horten brothers. It 2as that particular glider that bought them to the attention of the luftwaffe command in the first place. So, while the original comment is right the plane had an earlier life as a glider. It has to be one of the most innovative designs in aviation history. I would argue every bit as important as the Me262. What the f¥ck were those Germans even thinking of eh?

[@kevinnazario1015]

I have it. Not the best fit.

[@SteamGeezerUK]

There's an understatement :-)

[@TopSecretVid]

The Germans tested the design as a glider. Nothing funny about its called common sense.