[Minairons] 1:144 Heinkel He-51 fighter

[Lluis of Minairons]

As already announced a few weeks ago, we're expanding rapidly our 1:144^th scale SCW aircraft range, thanks to the patronage on Plane Printer designer through Patreon.
Our latest model is Heinkel He-51, which is sold in box as a single piece DLP 3D-printed model, so requiring no assembly.
Model design is inclusive of a pilot bust seated in cockpit.

More info on https://minairons-news.blogspot.com/2022/08/1144-heinkel-he-51-fighter.html

Best regards,

Lluís Vilalta
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[Colonel Kilgore]

That is a lovely-looking model Lluis!

Are you going to be providing decals for your planes' SCW markings?

Simon

[Jimmy James]

Oh Lluis, this is gorgeous! Lovely work.

[Lluis of Minairons]

That is a lovely-looking model Lluis!

Are you going to be providing decals for your planes' SCW markings?

Simon

Thanks for your warm appreciations, sirs.

Simon, I do already have in listings a few decal sets: https://minairons.eu/en/34-1-144-scale-decals-spanish-civil-war

These are aircraft specific, though. In spite of this, they can be used for other similarly sized aircraft.
For instance, all roundels in my sample Heinkel He-51 do come from a Fiat CR.32 decalsheet - otherwise, number codes and tail markings are home made decals instead.

Lluís

[Colonel Kilgore]

Thanks Lluis - I'd missed those decals - it's good to know of their versatility.

And they are sensibly priced too - so many firms charge a small fortune for decals!

Simon

[Lluis of Minairons]

As it couldn't be otherwise, I've taken advantage of the recent Heinkel He-51 release for painting a flight of these for my own collection
I'm planning to make grow my 1:144 aircraft collection with the aim to use them at local conventions in demo games (TooFatLardies' Bag The Hun! for instance), and hopefully to persuade my buddies to play it too - they seem not too convinced yet, but I'll try again.



Not enjoying knowledgeable painting guides, I have decided to guide myself just by the look of different illustrations found on Internet, while entrusting the choice of colors to my limited previous experience in this kind of models. As a result of these trials, all three planes have different color schemes - in spite of which I think to have managed to keep a consistent look for the group.



As you can see, one aircraft has a monochrome scheme of 70.886 Vallejo Green Gray, while the other two show a tricolor pattern consisting of a base of 70.971 Pale Green Gray with wide irregular, angular patches (very Condor Legion-ish!) of two contrasting colors: 70.823 Luftwaffe Green Camo and either 70.886 again or 70.874 Tan Earth. As for the lower surfaces, I've tried two slightly different alternatives: 70.989 Sky Gray and 70.906 Pale Blue. I believe this latter is the best choice.



As for markings, all tail and fuselage roundels are Minairons decals, while the code numerals and tail saltire are homemade decals.

I already had another Heinkel He-51s flight, that one from Reviresco: https://soldadets.blogspot.com/2022/01/seccio-de-heinkel-he-51.html
Humbly believe those from Minairons are better 

Lluís

[Colonel Kilgore]

Very nice indeed, Lluis!

Thanks for sharing your experimentation with colours, as well as these photos of the final results.

I hope they fight as well as they look.

Simon