Let's Craft Episode 10 Revell 1/48 Horten Go 229A 

I wish I had seen your build before I bought this kit. Not sure I even want to attempt it now. You made it look great, but I don't think I could pull it off. Thanks for the video. It is a testament to your skill!

Wow it looks amazing

Even if this is a bad Kit, you made the best out of it!

Like or loathe the kit, you made a good-looking model out of it. A pity no crew are included, though.

Nothing to said JOB WELL DONE .........!!

Your results are great considering what you had to work with! I bought both versions of the Ho229 when they were released by Dragon. They remain in my stash, and I will likely build the Zoukei Mura versions before I attempt the ones from Dragon.

The most important is that we like this hobby.

I have built this kit and yes it has a lot of fit issues, but nothing a lot of putty and sanding can't fix, nice build.

Beautiful work!!

Have built the 1:72 scale revell kit of this and had similar problems that you have had. It's 1:48 scale upscale of bad fit. Nice work you have done 👍👍👍👍

That's why I buy old DML kits off of Ebay. Better quality. No Flash. Skunky Decals. Easy fix .Add a True Detail SC-1000 bomb. Looks great

Seems you disliked this kit. Though the final result looks pleasing to me. I always add the dreaded swastikas to German war time aircraft. Just a part of history. Your paintwork is awesome. Happy hobbying. Bill

Don't be down on yourself so much. You did a splendid job with this Revell, Horten Ho 229 flying wing jet fighter. I would love to own it if you didn't want it. I once assembled a 1/72 Ho 229 and painted it. I thought I did a good job. I brought it to a hobby model shop over ten years ago and they put it into the display case with other modeler's airplane kits. We were allowed to leave a small card with our names and a price if we wanted to sell it. Shortly after, the store called me and said someone wanted to purchase my Ho 229 and I said, yes. I only sold it for $35, a pittance really. But I didn't think I could get more money for such a small aircraft model. Perhaps in hindsight I should have asked for $50. The Ho 229 was something of an anachronism for its time. It pointed to the far future of fighter aircraft designs, not truly fitting with 1945 which was still the age of high performance prop fighter planes now reaching speeds of over 450 mph. The Ho 229 looked to the 21st century which it would easily fit. Yet in its time, the Ho 229 was hampered by its low power Junkers Jumo 004A turbojets, each one capable of only 1,980-lbs thrust. The Reimar brothers were counting on the new, upcoming Heinkel turbojet which promised 3,000-lbs thrust. But the promised Heinkel turbojet experienced continual technical development problems and was ready only at the very end of the war. Thus the Ho 229 prototype flew underpowered at almost 4,000-lbs thrust instead of the intended 6,000-lbs thrust, a huge difference. When the hapless test pilot, Lieutenant Ziller attempted to land the Ho 229, an engine cut out and the wing dipped. The jet plane stalled and crashed. This was a clear sign the aircraft was underpowered. Having an engine cut out upon landing is dangerous for any twin-engine aircraft, but in an underpowered one, it was catastrophic. This was a double tragedy. One, an experienced pilot like LT Ziller was irreplaceable at this very late stage of the war, some two months before the surrender. Two, the crashed Ho 229 was the only flying prototype. The Gotha plant engineers and technicians worked seven days a week, 96 hours from many of them to frantically hand manufacture the first flying prototype. Its loss was irretrievable. Gotha prepared two more prototypes. One was almost complete but still not in flying order when American troops overran the factory in April 1945. After disassembling that prototype, the Americans shipped it to the United States for examination. But it never flew. As prototypes go, had the Ho 229 been flying one year earlier, it doubtless would have undergone many refinements, improvements, and tweaks to its design. The actual final production Ho 229 may have looked different from the prototype in some small ways. The model shows the cockpit was indeed a cramped space. It doesn't look as if a pilot over six-feet tall should be sitting in it. There was little, if any, sideways wriggle room.

Turned out well but i cant be bothered with all the messing around. I build to relax not get stressed with poor quality fitment.

What was manufactured during the late war, or if the war went on longer, probably had similar or even larger fit issues. Maybe the kit was just ultra realistic... 🤔

You skipped over some final steps to get the decals to lay down and be sealed properly, but otherwise it looks very good. 👍

Sorry with what I am going to write: I am not seeing a bad kit. I am seeing a builder that make medium effort to make good finished kit with what he has on hands. One evident issue: the bad decals aplication effort.

Always wondered.. why do so many RU-vid modellers “snip & drop” the parts????

I bought this model Was crap, massive gaps, parts didn't fit, Stomped on it , threw in the bin

No worse than my typical build.

Великолепно!!!