1/32 Henschel Hs 129B-2 Zoukei-mura

[Thomas_M]

Okay, here we go! Without too much boring babble I would like to show you the new kit from our friends in Japan. Took me quite some time to work the pictures, hope they wet your appetite!

It´s this kit:

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Here ist the assembly manual for you:

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I like they show you all needed parts for a chapter in a general map!

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See step 3 - 4. K: they also recreated the warm air channel (part J-31) too keep the windshield free of ice and prevent fogging!

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Final steps. But let´s see how many steps you still have to relish!






The gun assembly is fixed to the lower fuselage by four bolts, just as the real aircraft!

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There is just one marking option given, but I could imagine some more will see the light. By Zoukei-mura, or others.




NOW we are done! Final steps...

I did not picture the precut mask sheet for the canopy, that´s also provided. Precut, Tamiya do you listen?

We close the printed stuff with the decal sheet:

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Wanna see some plastic? Here we go! IIRC this is the first time Zoukei-mura uses a tan coloured plastic, similar to Tamiya´s.

Sprue A:


As this kit has interior provided I will show each sprue from both sides, as here:


Sprue B: