1/18 FW TA-183 Huckebein?

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Re: 1/18 FW TA-183 Huckebein?

Post by YT » Sat Sep 07, 2013 9:19 am

There used to be a great little hobby shop down in Champaign that carried a lot of these kits like this, that's where I got mine. Unfortunately they went out of business a couple years ago. I really want a 1/18 scale TA-183!
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Re: 1/18 FW TA-183 Huckebein?

Post by pizzaguy » Sun Sep 08, 2013 9:24 am

Thanks for looking guys. I picked up a Huck off Ebay. I am working on getting the cross sections drawn up.

YT, Are you thinking of Slot-n-Wing Hobbies?

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Re: 1/18 FW TA-183 Huckebein?

Post by normandy » Sun Sep 08, 2013 10:29 am

pizzaguy wrote:Thanks for looking guys. I picked up a Huck off Ebay. I am working on getting the cross sections drawn up.


Great news, I'm glad you found one. This will be cool in 1:18.......

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Re: 1/18 FW TA-183 Huckebein?

Post by YT » Sun Sep 08, 2013 12:16 pm

pizzaguy wrote:Thanks for looking guys. I picked up a Huck off Ebay. I am working on getting the cross sections drawn up.

YT, Are you thinking of Slot-n-Wing Hobbies?
No leisure time Pet and Hobby over on Mattis. Slot and Wing just moved, hot mess that it is. Although I have scored some nice deals there over the years it is a crazy place.
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Re: 1/18 FW TA-183 Huckebein?

Post by pizzaguy » Sun Sep 08, 2013 4:03 pm

I forgot about leisure time. They always had a good selection of discontinued models. SnW is more organized in their new place. At one time they had great scratch and dent selection.

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Re: 1/18 FW TA-183 Huckebein?

Post by pizzaguy » Tue Sep 17, 2013 2:22 pm

And we're off. Couple more items and some skin. The Amtech model has helped a ton. There isn't any good high res plans anywhere. I finally won a proportional divider on Ebay cheap. That's helped enlarging the 1/48 to 1/18 details. Kids sports cutting into allot of the weekend time. This was one evening. Imagine a whole weekend.
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Seen it online (front Cover), but not sure if it has anything of value for this project. I'm a little leery to buy it since the last book purchase.

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Re: 1/18 FW TA-183 Huckebein?

Post by YT » Tue Sep 17, 2013 3:05 pm

Looking great Nathan!
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Post by normandy » Tue Sep 17, 2013 4:25 pm

Moving along nicely, looking good!!!

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Re: 1/18 FW TA-183 Huckebein?

Post by pickelhaube » Wed Sep 18, 2013 6:24 am

Looking good so far. :wink:
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Re: 1/18 FW TA-183 Huckebein?

Post by pizzaguy » Wed Sep 25, 2013 2:43 pm

Some skin and a little beauty makeup. Proportions are lining up with the Amtech model. I'm laying out the wing in AutoCAD and should be getting those put together this weekend.
Added the Russian pilot for scale. I have an Admiral 262 in the crawl space. Does anyone recall if that came with a pilot? If not which German pilot would accurately go with this aircraft.
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Re: 1/18 FW TA-183 Huckebein?

Post by YT » Wed Sep 25, 2013 3:36 pm

Looks great Nathan! Those Admiral figures are pretty rough. I'm thinking the 21st 262 pilots may be a better choice?
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Post by Light.Inf.Scout » Wed Sep 25, 2013 3:56 pm

Slot and Wing....is that the place in Champaign....they moved? Haven't been there in years but did get some good deals and YT you're right....what a hot mess.
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Re: 1/18 FW TA-183 Huckebein?

Post by pvanroy » Wed Sep 25, 2013 3:59 pm

Looks excellent! Can't wait to see more! Great work!!!

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Re: 1/18 FW TA-183 Huckebein?

Post by Jnewboy » Wed Sep 25, 2013 7:52 pm

:shock: Looks great!!!

The best figure to use would be the 262 night fighter pilot with the O2 mask.

Please tell me you will be selling these as kits, I would love to have one!
Years ago I wanted one so bad I was about to carve up a mig 15 but I knew it would look worse than my "Kate" made from two zeros ever did :lol:

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Re: 1/18 FW TA-183 Huckebein?

Post by pizzaguy » Wed Sep 25, 2013 8:12 pm

I will feel more comfortable offering these once I am able to make the fiberglass mold and get the first cast out. From there I can work on the internal details, canopy and landing gear.

There is an injection molding company 15 minutes away from my house. If it wasn't so expensive I would see if they could do.

Thanks for the comments.

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Re: 1/18 FW TA-183 Huckebein?

Post by Crazy Kraut » Thu Sep 26, 2013 3:52 am

I think I´ll need such a pretty little thing too :D This one would look perfect between my Me163, Horten and all the Me262´s.

I totally agree with YT and Jnewboy because of the pilot figure
question--> best option would be the 21st Me262 pilots. The AT-figures suck!! Better solution if no 21st 262 pilots available would be the D9 and late G6 pilots (Guys in the black suits)
Wir haben gehurt, gekämpft und gesoffen, des Führers Mühlen verbraucht, sind auf dem Zahnfleisch gekrochen, doch haben wir uns teuer verkauft.
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Re: 1/18 FW TA-183 Huckebein?

Post by normandy » Thu Sep 26, 2013 12:33 pm

These guys are still around.....
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The progress on your 183 is very impressive! Ya this would look great flying with a couple of 229's. :wink:

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Re: 1/18 FW TA-183 Huckebein?

Post by DocTodd » Sat Sep 28, 2013 9:27 pm

Looks like a nice project, look forward to seeing its progression.
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Re: 1/18 FW TA-183 Huckebein?

Post by pizzaguy » Wed Oct 09, 2013 8:38 pm

Slow weekend. I was able to get the main parts constructed. Now it's just sanding, filling, sanding and priming.

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Re: 1/18 FW TA-183 Huckebein?

Post by normandy » Thu Oct 10, 2013 2:18 am

:shock: Sweet!!!! This is looking Great!

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Post by Jnewboy » Thu Oct 10, 2013 11:10 am

Looks great!!! 8)

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Re: 1/18 FW TA-183 Huckebein?

Post by pvanroy » Sun Oct 13, 2013 5:46 pm

Magnificent!

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Re: 1/18 FW TA-183 Huckebein?

Post by pickelhaube » Mon Oct 14, 2013 5:03 am

Looking good so far :D
Kirk Douglas : Mine hit the ground first
John Wayne : Mine was taller



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Re: 1/18 FW TA-183 Huckebein?

Post by pizzaguy » Mon Oct 14, 2013 8:53 am

Thanks for the encouragement. I was able to get the wing fillets going this weekend. I can get started on the panel lines as soon as my 1/64 panel line tape arrives. I've been putting off the canopy, but it's time. I'll work on that this week.

Should I exaggerate the details to in the canopy, so when I do the vacuum form the details come out better? I was thinking of doing the frame in resin and glass on the vacuum.

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Re: 1/18 FW TA-183 Huckebein?

Post by pickelhaube » Mon Oct 14, 2013 7:31 pm

The resin frame will give the glass some rigidity as well as making it easier to paint. :wink:
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