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| KIT | Heinkel He 178 V1 - Condor 1/72
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| COMMENTS | Good, mismatch between wings and fuselage, some putty |
| MODIFICATIONS | Cockpit scratch-built except instrument panel, modified wings to match fuselage, new air intake, acetate windshield |
| REFERENCES | German Jets in WWII - Model Art 348 German Jets, M.Griehl (Warbirds 52), A & A Press Jet Planes of the III Reich, R.Smith & E.Creek, Monogram He 280, Waffen Arsenal 108, Pozdun-Pallas V.
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| PAINT | General - RLM02 (Tamiya - 25 XF22 RLM Grey + 2 XF2 White) Airbrush mix - 1.5 Paint + 1 Tamiya thinner, details in Metalcote Humbrol Pol. alu., pol. steel and mixes, Tamiya X11 Silver and XF56 Met. Grey, all brush painted Varnish - Superscale Gloss brush painted and Tuffilm Matte spray Details - Cockpit : RLM02, seat-belts : Vallejo 986, wheels : Humbrol 3-85 + 1-Pol. Steel, tires Tyre black Compucolor, undercarriage legs : XF56 Met. Grey. All brush painted |
| ACCESSORIES | Photoetched buckles, seat from spares boxes |
| FINISHED | July 97 |
| HOURS | 6 |
| VERSION | He 178 V1. First plane to fly on jet power only. This model represents the plane on his first maiden flight with fixed landing gear and open cockpit on the 27.8.1939 at Marienehe, Germany, that lasted 6 minutes. Pilot : Captain Erich Warsitz |