Darren Baker reviews Revell's 1/32 He 111 H-6

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Hi Darren

You're right to doubt the instrument panel - according to Schiffer's "German Aircraft Cockpits 1911-1970" the kit part in your photo looks correct for an He 111 D, P, H-1 and H-2, but not the H-6 or later. The original panel in the cockpit roof restricted the pilot's view too much and was replaced by a smaller one, lower and directly in front of him, with some of the instruments moved to a new side console.

All the best

Rowan

Nice review, Darren. It is nice to see kits like this that are affordable and an ordinary modeler can take on.

Wow. Where will I put mine? I want one. Some day...

There are problems as the review indicates but it is still a lot of model for the money. I have seen this in stores in the £35.00 price bracket which is a fantastic price for a kit of this size. I have also indicated in the review that there are a lot of AM sets out there which will improve the model and still keep the kit afffordable unless you go mad.

Nice review, Squire. And Russ and Darren are both right: the RoG kits are a lot of model for the money. There are ample AM upgrades for the rivet counters amongst us, but the kits build up very nicely OOB. This Arado 196 is a RoG kit (the catapult is not). The build is mostly OOB with a few minor additions.