Condor
1/48 Heinkel 178
Kit C48002
The paint scheme is just aluminum and some other color, I guessed RLM
02, it shows up differently in the few photos available. The original
flew for a short time, and a second
was built that never flew, it had
some differences and was furnished with operating retractable gear
unlike the first. There is a video on the internet of it flying, not
very clear.
It looks to me like on that flight the aft canopy was not
fitted.
The paint scheme required a lot of masking tape and
paper. I tried to enhance the panel lines with a sludge wash, but the
lines were too faint. As it was a wood wing,
and the lines do show up
in the silver areas it works for me.
It struck me as I was finishing it that without modification it could have had a part in the Disney "Planes" movie.
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