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Article by Mike Grant |
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This was supposed to be a weekend project, designed
in order to clear the 1/144 Academy Ju88 and the Eduard Bf 109F off my shelves
where they've been sitting for some time. It ended up taking almost 2
weeks of on-and-off work, but I enjoyed it simply because I didn't get too hung
up about accuracy, and there was no cockpit detailing to do :) I did have
several plans of the various Mistel combinations which I used to determine the
shape of the warhead and the position of the supporting struts. The
warhead I built from several round-section pieces from my spares box (a cowling
from some long-since forgotten kit, half a wheel and a piece of paintbrush
handle!). Other than that I didn't do much to the '88 except remove the
raised panel lines, replace the u/c doors and wheels and add the navigation
light to the wing leading edge.
I painted the splinter pattern with
acrylics and made new decals with my ALPs printer, including the swastikas.
I handpainted the squiggle camouflage with a fine brush and much cursing.
Eduard's 109 was built straight from the box except that I did hollow out
the solid cockpit and added a seat, more to assuage my guilt than anything else,
you certainly can't see anything once the canopy's on. I used the kit's
decals, they're probably not correct for a Mistel aircraft but I don't much
care, they look OK and I suspect it would be hard to prove otherwise :) The
struts I made up from lengths of Contrail strut material and lengths of sprue.
Mike Grant
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