work in progress shot by Iart. (he's good at this ain't he)

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<S> Iart that is outstanding!
Hmmm maybe time to revisit the IJ

ta bollok for posting

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Reisen pilots have big hinomarus

Wow!

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Nice work on the Heinkel!

Maybe it's a nice idea to have the front windows with the small round glass, like it is presented at Sinsheim Technikmuseum with this CASA 111


Regarding the windows you can find all variants when searching for original b&w images.
I would assume that sometimes the front windows may just have been painted over...

Here are images form the production line where the front windows can be seen closed & open:

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Thanks Bollok for posting that screenshot. I have now added hinges
to the rear elevators as well as the words "Nicht Betreten" (do not
step here) in several places.

The reason I asked is because I painted the Totenkopf (skull) in the
position where it would be if the windows (or doors) in front would
be. The 3d model we have has windows there and thus the skull is
partially hidden. No big problem. If the windows were painted over
like was suggested by Onisan or if they are doors that can be opened
then the skull would show up entirely.



Another question that is no big problem is this: see the B/W photo
and you will notice the spinners appear to have gun holes. Could
this be a gun or an opening to cool the engine? It is modeled in
the WB plane.



Still hoping for glossy or smokey glass.

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This site has a lot of detailed info on the Heinkels. Does not seems like they had cannons/MG's in the engines though, which several Bf 109 versions had.
https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraf ... raft_id=99

Really nice work Iart7!!!

The holes are most likely access points to affix the propeller spinner (although different attachment methods are possible).
Alternatively it could have provided cooling air to the propeller pitch control system. I'm not the expert, but some web searches could shed some light.
The early 111s using the DB601 vice the Jumo 211 introduced in the H series had radically different spinners, similar to those on the 601 powered 110s and 109s.
I think it quite safe to say there were never any guns mounted in the He111 engines.

Crashed pic is of an H-2 with Jumo 211 engines. Presumably forced down on 30 Aug 1940.

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A "Hucks starter" usually protrudes from the spinner.
Hucks starters were in vogue pre to early WWII.
The Japanese used them on Ki-43/44s and betty bombers.
Do a google search for HE-111 walk-arounds and you'll see at least 3 types of spinners.
No, there never was a Motorkanone mounted in an H-E111.

A bit of a thread hijack. Some interesting reading from Flight Magazine, circa 1943 on the Jumo 211.
Interesting note in the first page of the article, if the analysis is to be believed the engine was capable of mounting a cannon firing through the airscrew shaft, similar to a DB601.
Based on online searches, this was not possible on later Jumo 211s, possibly only on the original 211?

https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1943/1943%20-%202102.PDF
https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1943/1943%20-%202103.PDF
https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1943/1943%20-%202104.PDF
https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1943/1943%20-%202104.PDF

Nice German manual on the Jumo 211B und D here:
https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/junkers-211-pdf.55747/
Pretty sure the assessment about a provision for a cannon fit in Flight Magazine was an error. No mention of a possible cannon fit that I can see in the 211B manual, but I can't read german either!

These engines all used inertial starters, so pretty sure using a Hicks starter wasn't what the holes in the spinners were for. Photos of later 111-H and later variants all seem to have the holes covered over. Could have been used as inspection access points. Not a pitot head. A puzzle for another day...

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what you see is just a hole in the end of the hub....

Don't forget those sneaky germans designed these planes as passenger aircraft that could be easily converted for military purposes.
Hence why they have windows.


I would defo paint them in so you see the skull display properly

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