1/48 Zoukei-Mura Horten Ho-229

Gallery Article by Tony Feredo on Aug 11 2017

 

      

I built this Zoukei-Mura 1/48 "Super Wing Series" Horten Ho-229 for a friend. I was amazed at the details of this kit --- all plastic and no photoetched parts. Assembly is a little tricky as there are some portions that you need to build "frame by frame". It's best to study the instructions very well and take note the supplemental sheets that illustrate where the parts actually connect with one another. 

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I decided not to cover the entire model (the kit does come with a clear "skin") so I just left some of the details exposed. There are a number of options sold separately as "add-ons" like metal gun barrels, different wood panel grains (the real aircraft was covered mostly with wood), etc. but I decided to build the kit as is. Painted the model with Gunze Mr. Color paints and the decals were excellent as they settled well to the surface.

Overall a very good kit to build. J 

Tony Feredo

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