to be quite poor: the muzzles
look more ovoid than circular,
they are not hollow, and they
are marred by very heavy mould
separation lines. I replaced the
parts on my kit with four lengthsof Albion Alloys steel tubing to
better represent the gun barrels.
With the fuselage completed,
my attention turned to the wings.
These large pieces feature separate
control surfaces, and the flaps can
be modelled retracted or lowered.
The wing root-mounted cannon
muzzles are represented by part
G-50, but they have similar issues
to the belly guns, so I replaced
them with more steel tubing.
The engine/undercarriagenacelles and fairings come in
two halves which are fitted to the
underside of the wings. The fit of
these parts is good, but again the
join lines cut through panel lines,
so unless you are careful they may
be lost during seam clean up.
Stages Twenty-seven and
Twenty-eight cover the inserting
of various intakes, plus lights, to
the wing’s leading edge. The fit of
some of the intakes is a bit off, and I
found that I had to make good with
some filler. There is also a small
error in the instructions:
on the port wing, the
intake labelled H-
is actually Part E-80.
Once the wings
and nacelles are completed, they
can be attached to the wings by
sliding them over the spars to
form a tight and join-free fit. The
ailerons and flaps are attached
now. The flaps can only be attached
in either the raised or lowered
position, but the ailerons can be
positioned as you like, giving some
nice animation to the model.
When you reach Stage Thirty-
two, you are faced with the fitting
of the wing-to-fuselage fillets,Parts C-93 and C-94. The plans
are rather vague about the precise
positioning of these parts, and
a bit of care is needed in placing
them correctly. I referred to a
number of online references of
both the real aeroplane and of
the completed kit to ensure I
got them in the correct place.
With the wings sorted out, you
can move onto the tailplanes and
fins. Again, all control surfaces
are separate, and they can be
made moveable if you so wish.
Next came the Daimler-Benz
DB 603 power plants. These are
only represented by the annular
radiators, visible through the
cowling fronts (if you want to
open the cowlings, full engines
are available from CMK). Five
pieces are added to the inside of the
cowlings to build up the radiators,
and although they feature some
rather nice detail, most of it will
be hidden from view. The cooling
gills are only provided in the closed
position, but if you want to display
them open, Barracudacast have
produced a very nice set to do this.
The engine cowls fit very
securely onto the nacelles via a cone“REVELL’S 219 WAS A
STRAIGHTFORWARD, PLEASANT MODEL
TO BUILD WITH NO MAJOR ISSUES”
WWW.SAMPUBLICATIONS.COM • APRIL 2018 • 9
1/
006-11-FEAT-He219-0418.indd 9 09/03/2018 15: