This build of the He111 is a replacement for the original Airfix He111 that I built back in 1969 for a display at the local cinema. Of course the original Airfix kit required quite a few modifications whereas this build is OOB.
As with all the new Airfix kits it's important to carefully follow the instructions and ensure all mating surfaces are clean any mould seam lines or paint. Once this is done the fit is excellent and it goes together very neatly.
The only modification so far is to fill the gap with plastic card where the wing mouldings can be seen from the cockpit, just visible in the underside view.

Well, Mr Biggles you are in luck. ICM are planning a 1/48th Beaufort for later in the year.
Next onto the workbench is the Airfix Heinkel He111P-3 which fortunately is exactly the same variant of the He111 as I'm replacing, indeed the kit has the same markings.
Nobody has noticed os far I forgot to add the little spinners to the props of my Beaufort!!!

Decals now in place on the Beaufort,. I'm using the kit decals and they work really well with Microset etc. Brushed on Vallejo Matt, with a dash of gloss, varnish. Now for the gathering, It would appear from photographs that operational Beauforts were very scruffy with marked paintwork, especially on the wing surfaces close to the fuselage.
Any word of warning about the build. It is very important to ensure the turret is accurately assembled and is sitting down well into its mounting. This is because the fairing that covers the front edges of the turret, and indeed stops it falling out, is a tight fit and needs to bed in accurately to the fuselage before being glued into position.
Standby for the next episode soon.

Downloaded the video. It works and I have just watched it. Cheered me up on a wet and miserable day at the seaside aka Hornsea.

So Zak, can we expect a full rendition of 'We're riding along on the Crest of a Wave' at the next meeting?

So pleased you have found the enthusiasm to finish these figures, they are really full of energy and of course and excellent build.

Just a little more info on the Ju88A-1.  It is being built to replace a much older model and it makes an interesting comparison with modelling now compared to back in the 60's.
The kit it self is really very accurate and  correct for the 88A-1 version, including the cockpit.
It had been my intention to hand paint the model with the 'new' Humbrol Dropper paints as I have found these to be very good to use, with excellent coverage and leaving no brush marks. Unfortunately the range as marketed does not match any of the colours that are 'on the tin' so it's a matter of mixing 2 or 3 colours together to match suitable colour chips.
Looking at my original model it's hard to believe it was hand painted, such is the quality of the original 'Humbrol Authentic Colours'. These of course were enamels and full of chemicals such as lead etc. so they have been reformulated. and the range is much reduced now anyway. both in the Enamels and the Acrylic colours.
As I have several other models to build as I replace the original kits I'll be trying other manufacturers acrylics.
Just one final point, all the models in the BoB set can be replaced with recent Airfix kits except the Junker Ju88. This model has not been replaced in the range as yet. What's the betting they will do the Ju88 next year?!!!