Not quite certain where to put this but here goes....
I've got build logs on this kit on both MSW and Papermodellers.com but I'd like to share the final pictures and thoughts with SOS, too.
This is my first Heinkel card kit and my third model ship. I'd maybe call myself an advanced beginner in card modeling. Certainly my ambitions outweigh my experience and skill level! Still, it's an enjoyable hobby and card modelling is perhaps the least expensive of ship modeling and perhaps the least messy, too (Well, plastics might be less messy, now that I think about it.)
This was the electronic version of this kit sold by Heinkel though a printed version is available though WAK and they can also provide laser cut parts for the formers. What I did like about the electronic version is that it comes as a *.pdf file but if you're somewhat technically savvy you can edit the underlying SVG graphics. For example, I considered the deck too dark and the underwater hull too brown so I was able to edit the SVG to alter the graphics to my liking. (Though I have to admit I ended up painting the hull in order to hide many of the scuff marks my ham-handed assembly inflicted on it.)
I also 3d modeled some of the smaller, detailed parts and had them resin printed. Making them out of paper was not in my skill set! At least, not yet.
All in all I'd say the kit challenged my skills and that certainly shows in some of the details. Nevertheless, I've acquired several other Heinkel kits and look forward to building them once I've upped my game a bit.
I've got build logs on this kit on both MSW and Papermodellers.com but I'd like to share the final pictures and thoughts with SOS, too.
This is my first Heinkel card kit and my third model ship. I'd maybe call myself an advanced beginner in card modeling. Certainly my ambitions outweigh my experience and skill level! Still, it's an enjoyable hobby and card modelling is perhaps the least expensive of ship modeling and perhaps the least messy, too (Well, plastics might be less messy, now that I think about it.)
This was the electronic version of this kit sold by Heinkel though a printed version is available though WAK and they can also provide laser cut parts for the formers. What I did like about the electronic version is that it comes as a *.pdf file but if you're somewhat technically savvy you can edit the underlying SVG graphics. For example, I considered the deck too dark and the underwater hull too brown so I was able to edit the SVG to alter the graphics to my liking. (Though I have to admit I ended up painting the hull in order to hide many of the scuff marks my ham-handed assembly inflicted on it.)
I also 3d modeled some of the smaller, detailed parts and had them resin printed. Making them out of paper was not in my skill set! At least, not yet.
All in all I'd say the kit challenged my skills and that certainly shows in some of the details. Nevertheless, I've acquired several other Heinkel kits and look forward to building them once I've upped my game a bit.
