1/18 TA-183 Huckabeen

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Started working on my 1/18 TA-183:


Washing parts.


Dremmeling out the nose intake.


Fitting the rear exhaust.
 
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Test fitting the canopy.


The kit I bought doesn't come with a cockpit so I am making a very simple one for display.


Quick test fit.
 
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Stupid auto correct messed up Huckebein, can a mod fix the title for me?
 

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Small update, all main components assembled, ready for filling then primer.
 

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Gonna be an "in flight" display? I vaguely followed that thread over yonder, and I thought I recalled a geared option.

Anyway, I'll be keeping an eye on this one. Still don't know how they thought they'd get the X-4s to work on the 183 when it proved unfeasible on the 190.
 

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Isn't that the plane that had a tail design so obstinate that it would just tear off under actual flight? I mean it's a cool looking design but isn't it technically impossible to actually do?
 

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I'm digging that. Looks great. You doing the paint scheme from the pic?
Thanks, not sure yet.

Gonna be an "in flight" display? I vaguely followed that thread over yonder, and I thought I recalled a geared option.

Yep, in flight. He hasn't released the full version yet.

Isn't that the plane that had a tail design so obstinate that it would just tear off under actual flight? I mean it's a cool looking design but isn't it technically impossible to actually do?

Looks pretty possible to me son...
 

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Maybe I'm confusing it for the Volksjager then. I could have sworn I read something about the tail coming off during wind tunnel experiments. Maybe IL-2 Sturmovik was full of shit.
 

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I imagine the 183 would have been just as problematic as the Pulqui ultimately proved to be.

Maybe I'm confusing it for the Volksjager then. I could have sworn I read something about the tail coming off during wind tunnel experiments. Maybe IL-2 Sturmovik was full of shit.

According to wiki, ten of I./JG 1's thirteen He 162 losses were caused by flame-outs or structural failures, so maybe there's some truth to that.
 
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I know the Germans had trouble with the glue they used on the Volksjager wings. Several pilots were killed when the wings fell off.
 

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I think that's what I was misremembering.
 

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Filling on the spine and some primer.


Milliput for the wing gaps and the intakes.
 

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Looks good. When's the canopy going on there?
 

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Filling and sanding done, whew!


Primed with self etching primer, a must for fiberglass IMO.


Painted panel lines, not my best work. Too much coffee? Too many beers? Must be liquor, because I don't recall.


Aluminum bits, I wish I would have used Modelmaster instead of Tamiya.


Fins! Lots of fins! Another poor paint choice.
 

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My belly belly.


I'm all about the base.


Camo, I tried a new technique for the edges. Not sure I like it, especially along the rear of the fuselage. Thoughts?



Defense of Reich band and some insignias. It's been a while since I used stencils I forgot a light hand is better than a heavy one.



Rudolph the red nosed Nutzi.
The kit's maker is fabricating a new, smaller more accurate canopy.
 

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Quick update for black painted markings. Not that anybody on the board cares...lol
 

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Decals on, not a ton of them. I wish I would have used the included stencils with white paint to help them stand out, but hindsight is 20/20 and I thought I could skip the extra work...


Working on the X-4 Ruhrstahl missiles. Still need some touch-ups.
 

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This is coming along great!


Yeah, it is. The Reichsluftverteidigung (say that five times fast) bands are a little rough to my eye, though. Then again, I know how rough painting crisp bands like that can be.
 

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Decals on, not a ton of them. I wish I would have used the included stencils with white paint to help them stand out, but hindsight is 20/20 and I thought I could skip the extra work...


Working on the X-4 Ruhrstahl missiles. Still need some touch-ups.

Every time I see that missle, I think of the first Captain America movie. I want to add a propeller to it and throw a Hydra Soldier in it.
 

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Yeah, it is. The Reichsluftverteidigung (say that five times fast) bands are a little rough to my eye, though. Then again, I know how rough painting crisp bands like that can be.



^lol...You are bang on though. Red and white are very unforgiving colors and my woes are compounded by the fact that the fuselage isn't symmetrical.
 

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Missiles done, the duality of air to air missiles with plywood fins speaks volumes of Germany at the time.


Mounting to the pylons, I filled over the alignment holes like a mOron.


Added some pins for the wing attachment.


Dum dum puttied over more alignment holes, so I provised a jig.


Not too shabby.
 
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I'm in this weird limbo where the build is pretty much done but I'm waiting on the improved canopy from the kitmaker. So yes and no...
 

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Gluing these in was a challenge, I manged to loose several...


Quick fun pics..