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Kathie, Wow! That little guy sure has a small head! I found that the eyebrows were a little difficult to get the correct "scowel". Yours looks great. Suggestion: You may want to build the feet for the little bird next just in case they prove to be impossible. The feet were challenging...

Hi Flu, It's refreshing to see kids display their talent like this. Unfortunately, my son (14) would only be interested in paper models if they came with joysticks and buttons. Keep up the encouragement - she obviously has an above interest in working with paper. Thanks, Ken

Hi Johnny, I think a lot of people equate the "number of parts" to the "level of difficulty" when it comes to Halinski models. However, I don't necessarily buy into that. I built Halinski's Tornado as my second paper model. While Halinski's kits do tend to have an abundance of detail and...

Jkrenzer, Fantastic job! How long have you been building paper ships?

Bill, Very nice! Ken

Samardza, Parts 74 and 75 are best described as the shoulders of the bird. The upper (circular) region of the part is rolled so that it forms a bridge between the wing assembly and the body. The lower region (vertical feathers), simply lays flat under the inside portion of the wing and...

Johnny, Is there anything you cannot build? As usual, another flawless job. I understand the plight of being colorblind; I have the same problem, and it does affect the model building. It doesn't seem to bother you though! Ken

Hi Kathie, I was inspired with your build thread, so I decided to put one of these guys together over the weekend. Here is a picture of how it turned out. A couple of notes for you: The orientation of the wings to the body (via bent box sections) is confusing. I think the wings are supposed...

Johnny, Your builds rival anything I've seen in plastic. Another fantastic example on this one. Ken

Barry, Very nice. Those copters really add a sense of scale to your model. Very realistic looking too! Ken

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And now, the final episide of the schwalbe build. Summary: As I mentioned earlier, this kit is an electronic repaint of an older GPM offering. Here are some of the pros and cons as I saw them. Pros: The graphics are very good and realistic The proportions are close to the real aircraft...

Now we will make a canopy; or should I say "can-of-worms"... The pictures speak for themselves. I started out making a block (out of a piece of 2x4) that matches the side-view profile of the final shape. My disc sander came in real handy for this. Basically, I just kept grinding and sanding...

Here are pictures of the wheels and landing gear. The wheels were turned on a dremel. I read about this on Zealot, but never tried it. WORKS GREAT! The aircraft is starting to look like a real plane. The last shot shows what I believe to be takeoff assist rockets. Almost there....

Here I show an excellent way to form petals that make up ends of bombs, blimps etc. I learned this trick of using progressively smaller and smaller diameters in a drafting hole template from someone here on Zealot! GREAT TIP! Once these parts are painted and mounted in the engine intakes, they...

Now for the tail section. Take a look at the second picture. The red bands of paper are not correct. This is a design glitch - not me. Fortunately, I was able to repaint and overcome this one. The third picture shows how it is supposed to look. The last picture is just to show progress.

How about the engine pods... The pods themselves went together without much agony. But when it came time to mount them onto the wings, that was another story. The problem is that there are no marks on the leading edges of the wing to indicate where the engines are to be glued. This is extremely...

For some reason, I can't seem to upload the fuselage. Oh well... The next few pictures show the wing assemblies. These went together very well, but again, the instructions do not even give a hint that the inner structure of the wings need to be swept back to match the outer skin. I just guessed...

This installment shows the cockpit and gunbay assemblies. One of the problems I found almost immediately is that the build instructions are extremely vague and inadequate. Note in the gunbay that the ammunition chutes are backwards per the build sheet (1 sheet). The fuselage went together very...

Hello fellow paper modelers! I thought I would start my first build thread. Actually I am well underway with this project, but I waited until I knew I would be successful before embarrassing myself with an aborted attempt. The kit cover, the publish date of 2004, and the small number of...