I just got a 1/72 Ho-229 by Pioneer Models of Turkey, and need to detail it. The out of the box front engine intakes are of suspect shape, and the rear turbines totally lack any detail. Are there any good walkaround sites for this plane?
Unfortunately, I believe the only surviving example of this aircraft is still 'awaiting restoration' (i.e. rotting) at the National Air and Space Museum. At least it's indoors now.
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If you don't mind me asking, why go for this kit rather than the excellent RoG kit?
I saw it one of the last times I was there, and you would be suprised that it is not as bad off as you might think. Some of the wood has rotted, but I would say that 95% of the fuesladge in complete, and intact. Original colors and markings are still bright, and not faded as much as I would have thought. Got some good 35 mm pic's at the time.
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Everytime in the past year I tried squadron,I am told its out of stock.The same with all the PM kits from them. I should mention it's just about the only times I've ever been dissapointed with their service.
Sadly, the colours and markings aren't original. I believe it was re-painted after reaching the US, including, ironically, the addition of the large white outline Swastikas.
My suggestion is: Build the Pioneer as a flying desktop model, but look for the RoG Ho-229 (e-bay, maybe?) if you want to build a good representation of the airplane. It may be pretty expensive to ship to Singapore, though.
The Pioneer Ho-229 has a lot of problems. The intake scoop area is wrong, the shape of the nose is off, the engine area, especially the exhaust, is suspect. The exhaust "onions" are too conical. No cockpit to speak of. The canopy is funny.
For pictures of the real Ho-IX, here's a link:
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Dan Johnson's
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has a section on the Horten planes, but no pictures of the Ho229:
It looks like the Dragon Ho-229 kits may be re-released soon. Greatmodels.com has both of them listed as "Taking Pre-orders". I've noticed a lot of older Dragon kits being re-released recently. An example is their Panzer IV and Stug III kits that have recently shown up in my local shop again.
The Dragon/DML kit is in 1/48 and comes with its own rather large bag of problems. The original poster was asking about the Pioneer 1/72 kit and the much better Revell of Germany 1/72 kit.
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