Let's Craft Episode 10 Revell 1/48 Horten Go 229A

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Жыл бұрын

I hated this kit. Here I thought a Dragon mold reboxed by Revell of a fairly simple aircraft design would be pleasant to put together, but nooooooo.
Music Used
Miami Sky - Karl Casey ‪@WhiteBatAudio‬
Twilight Echo - K-Waves
Scrapes - Silent Partner
Outlaw - Vladmsorensen
Winds (Ennio Mano) - DJMelvin
Skyfall - Hypnotica
Silver Waves - TrackTribe
Slice of Paradise - Karl Casey ‪@WhiteBatAudio‬
TV Drama Version 2 - Audionatix Creative Commons

Пікірлер: 28

@NegdoshaManido 3 ай бұрын

I wish I had seen your build before I bought this kit. Not sure I even want to attempt it now. You made it look great, but I don't think I could pull it off. Thanks for the video. It is a testament to your skill!

@J0SHize 3 ай бұрын

Wow it looks amazing

@davidjefferis4467 Жыл бұрын

Like or loathe the kit, you made a good-looking model out of it. A pity no crew are included, though.

@vitoscaletta3886 3 ай бұрын

Even if this is a bad Kit, you made the best out of it!

@vitoscaletta3886 3 ай бұрын

Miss the swastikas tough!

@ofmodelsandmonsters 3 ай бұрын

I appreciate it, thank you.

@piloto5248 Жыл бұрын

Nothing to said JOB WELL DONE .........!!

@viceroy7792 9 ай бұрын

Beautiful work!!

@scottbuildsthemall5124 6 ай бұрын

Your results are great considering what you had to work with! I bought both versions of the Ho229 when they were released by Dragon. They remain in my stash, and I will likely build the Zoukei Mura versions before I attempt the ones from Dragon.

@alvaro2338 Жыл бұрын

The most important is that we like this hobby.

@ofmodelsandmonsters Жыл бұрын

Sí, muy importante.

@johntreloar8203 Жыл бұрын

I have built this kit and yes it has a lot of fit issues, but nothing a lot of putty and sanding can't fix, nice build.

@100yojimbo 11 ай бұрын

Have built the 1:72 scale revell kit of this and had similar problems that you have had. It's 1:48 scale upscale of bad fit. Nice work you have done 👍👍👍👍

@PanzermansBunker Жыл бұрын

Seems you disliked this kit. Though the final result looks pleasing to me. I always add the dreaded swastikas to German war time aircraft. Just a part of history. Your paintwork is awesome. Happy hobbying. Bill

@ofmodelsandmonsters Жыл бұрын

I appreciate your compliment, but I'd call my work on this average at best. Normally I would add swastikas to German ww2 builds, but you gotta be really careful showing those online, I could desguise them on conventional aircraft, but this one I wouldn't be able to.

@randyherbrechtsmeier4796 9 ай бұрын

That's why I buy old DML kits off of Ebay. Better quality. No Flash. Skunky Decals. Easy fix .Add a True Detail SC-1000 bomb. Looks great

@xWILZTAx 22 күн бұрын

Turned out well but i cant be bothered with all the messing around. I build to relax not get stressed with poor quality fitment.

@jeffyoung60 10 ай бұрын

Don't be down on yourself so much. You did a splendid job with this Revell, Horten Ho 229 flying wing jet fighter. I would love to own it if you didn't want it. I once assembled a 1/72 Ho 229 and painted it. I thought I did a good job. I brought it to a hobby model shop over ten years ago and they put it into the display case with other modeler's airplane kits. We were allowed to leave a small card with our names and a price if we wanted to sell it. Shortly after, the store called me and said someone wanted to purchase my Ho 229 and I said, yes. I only sold it for $35, a pittance really. But I didn't think I could get more money for such a small aircraft model. Perhaps in hindsight I should have asked for $50. The Ho 229 was something of an anachronism for its time. It pointed to the far future of fighter aircraft designs, not truly fitting with 1945 which was still the age of high performance prop fighter planes now reaching speeds of over 450 mph. The Ho 229 looked to the 21st century which it would easily fit. Yet in its time, the Ho 229 was hampered by its low power Junkers Jumo 004A turbojets, each one capable of only 1,980-lbs thrust. The Reimar brothers were counting on the new, upcoming Heinkel turbojet which promised 3,000-lbs thrust. But the promised Heinkel turbojet experienced continual technical development problems and was ready only at the very end of the war. Thus the Ho 229 prototype flew underpowered at almost 4,000-lbs thrust instead of the intended 6,000-lbs thrust, a huge difference. When the hapless test pilot, Lieutenant Ziller attempted to land the Ho 229, an engine cut out and the wing dipped. The jet plane stalled and crashed. This was a clear sign the aircraft was underpowered. Having an engine cut out upon landing is dangerous for any twin-engine aircraft, but in an underpowered one, it was catastrophic. This was a double tragedy. One, an experienced pilot like LT Ziller was irreplaceable at this very late stage of the war, some two months before the surrender. Two, the crashed Ho 229 was the only flying prototype. The Gotha plant engineers and technicians worked seven days a week, 96 hours from many of them to frantically hand manufacture the first flying prototype. Its loss was irretrievable. Gotha prepared two more prototypes. One was almost complete but still not in flying order when American troops overran the factory in April 1945. After disassembling that prototype, the Americans shipped it to the United States for examination. But it never flew. As prototypes go, had the Ho 229 been flying one year earlier, it doubtless would have undergone many refinements, improvements, and tweaks to its design. The actual final production Ho 229 may have looked different from the prototype in some small ways. The model shows the cockpit was indeed a cramped space. It doesn't look as if a pilot over six-feet tall should be sitting in it. There was little, if any, sideways wriggle room.

@gebus5633 13 сағат бұрын

What was manufactured during the late war, or if the war went on longer, probably had similar or even larger fit issues. Maybe the kit was just ultra realistic... 🤔

@ofmodelsandmonsters 9 минут бұрын

@@gebus5633 I never thought of it that way. Guess I can look forward to much of the same when I build the Academy Ta 183.

@salazarju1 2 ай бұрын

Sorry with what I am going to write: I am not seeing a bad kit. I am seeing a builder that make medium effort to make good finished kit with what he has on hands. One evident issue: the bad decals aplication effort.