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magfor6106 Nov 2009 9:33 a.m. PST

Sorry for any cross posting. I bought these miniatures on E-Bay about a year ago. I do not remember how much I paid for them, but it was around $2.00 USD a plane and that included shipping. I do not believe Falcon Miniatures has a web presence. I found them advertised in the back of CY6 rule book or I would not have known about the company nor probably have bought these planes.

1st off, these miniatures had a lot of flash. I should have taken a photo of them before I started grinding. I say grinding instead of filing, because I used a Dremel on each one. It took about 5 minutes to grind away the flash on each miniature. The alloy that Falcon Miniatures is quite hard and I am glad I own a Dremel. Here is a photo after I have ground off the flash. One of the miniatures was short cast, the nose was considerably shorter than it should have been. The glass canopy is shaped like an He-116, not an He-111. Again, I did not buy them from Falcon and if I had, I would be irritated if this showed up on my doorstep cast the way it was.

Here are a couple of photos of them unpainted

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Here is a photo of the short cast, I have not finished the short cast miniature.

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Here are photo's of the finished airplanes.

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I really love the nose of the He-111, it comes out very nice. I also like the look of the ventral cupola. One of the down sides of the miniature is the very wide panel lines on the wings, but I do not think that minus detracts too much from the miniature. It is head and shoulders over the Navwar/H&R He-111. I got one of those as a bonus for buying some other minis and there is no comparison.

Mike

Personal logo Zeelow Supporting Member of TMP06 Nov 2009 9:44 a.m. PST

Very nice skins on the He-111s!

Personal logo svsavory Supporting Member of TMP06 Nov 2009 9:46 a.m. PST

Excellent work. I like the grit and grime. Very nice.

miscmini Supporting Member of TMP Fezian07 Nov 2009 6:11 a.m. PST

I like them, they came out very nice looking.

Franck3911 Nov 2009 9:50 a.m. PST

Excellent work, they look great

Magfor61, I have a good news for you : Falcon miniatures is still in business and have a web site : falconminiatures.com

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