Sunday 13 March 2011

Armed Reconnaissance



I hope I was able to whet your appetite the other week, showing the inside of the Arado 196. If so, here are a few views of the completed model.
There are one or two kits of the Arado around in 1/48 scale, but built in 1/32 it really brings home to you the chunky, purposeful look of this very interesting model.

The build was straightforward, with attaching the wings the only hiccups. That was a problem soon overcome. Contrary to the instructions I found it a big help assembling the fuselage first and then installing the cockpit assembly.

I also found the transparencies a bit odd, flat-packed and in need of assembling. This had an advantage in that both the inside and the outside could be masked and painted.

Overall the build was very enjoyable. Well-fitting parts, nice standard of detail, highlighted by open panels and canopies.

It made a nice change from Spitfires and Bf109s. If you've built one, I'd love to see it.





2 comments:

PRSman said...

Beautiful work!!! Do you have any articles or books on your weathering techniques?
Bill

Philip Goodier said...

Hi, thanks for that. My blog contains pretty much all my handy hints and tips on weathering. If you have a search through there might be something that will interest you. Always more stuff to come, of course.