In Box Review of HiPM 1/48th Scale
German Heinkel He 100D
He 113 Propaganda Fighter
Kit no. 48-003
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright: 1997
Out of production
I paid $25.02 for my kit, years ago, at a local hobby shop that went out of business.
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright: 1997
Out of production
I paid $25.02 for my kit, years ago, at a local hobby shop that went out of business.
HISTORY:
The Heinkel He 100 was a German pre-World War II fighter aircraft design from Heinkel. Although it proved to be one of the fastest fighter aircraft in the world at the time of its development, the design was not ordered into series production. Approximately 19 prototypes and pre-production examples were built. None are known to have survived the war.
The reason for the He 100 failing to reach production status is mostly unknown. Officially, the Luftwaffe rejected the He 100 to concentrate single-seat fighter development on the Messerschmitt Bf 109. Following the adoption of the Bf 109 and Messerschmitt Bf 110 as the Luftwaffe's standard fighter types, the Ministry of Aviation (the Reichsluftfahrtministerium or RLM) announced a "rationalization" policy that placed fighter development at Messerschmitt and bomber development at Heinkel.
Because there are no surviving examples, and since many factory documents - including all blueprints for the He 100 - were destroyed during a bombing raid, there is limited specific information about the design and its unique systems.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Role: Fighter
Manufacturer: Heinkel
Designer: Walter Günter, Siegfried Günter
First flight: 22 January 1938
Retired: Never entered operational service
Primary user: Luftwaffe
Number built: 25 (including prototypes)
Variants: Heinkel He 113 (propaganda, never put into service)
The Heinkel He 100 was a German pre-World War II fighter aircraft design from Heinkel. Although it proved to be one of the fastest fighter aircraft in the world at the time of its development, the design was not ordered into series production. Approximately 19 prototypes and pre-production examples were built. None are known to have survived the war.
The reason for the He 100 failing to reach production status is mostly unknown. Officially, the Luftwaffe rejected the He 100 to concentrate single-seat fighter development on the Messerschmitt Bf 109. Following the adoption of the Bf 109 and Messerschmitt Bf 110 as the Luftwaffe's standard fighter types, the Ministry of Aviation (the Reichsluftfahrtministerium or RLM) announced a "rationalization" policy that placed fighter development at Messerschmitt and bomber development at Heinkel.
Because there are no surviving examples, and since many factory documents - including all blueprints for the He 100 - were destroyed during a bombing raid, there is limited specific information about the design and its unique systems.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Role: Fighter
Manufacturer: Heinkel
Designer: Walter Günter, Siegfried Günter
First flight: 22 January 1938
Retired: Never entered operational service
Primary user: Luftwaffe
Number built: 25 (including prototypes)
Variants: Heinkel He 113 (propaganda, never put into service)
THE KIT:
HiPM is an old prolific plastic model kit manufacturer based in the Czech Republic. They make all manner of plastic model kit subjects in the popular scales.
This kit came in a very blousy shrink-wrapped tray and lid type box. It is 3 ¼” too long and 2” too deep.
The cover art shows a color illustration of two He-100’s taking off of a grassy air-field. Both are overall jet-black above a white undercarriage.
The one in the foreground has a white lightning bolt illustration on the sides of its nose. A large white number 7, followed by a large white skeletal German cross on the sides of the fuselage and a skeletal white swastika on the sides of the rudder. It has skeletal white German crosses above the wings also.
The one in the background is in the same scheme, with a large white number 17 on its fuselage sides and black and white German crosses under the wings.
One side-panel of the box shows a color photo of the model made up in the black over white scheme, but with an illustration of a white half-moon face smoking a pipe on the sides of the nose and a large white fuselage number 5. No swastika is seen on the rudder, but the decal sheet in the kit includes one that is cut in half and you have to assemble it.
Next is a one-paragraph history of the He 100D Over the copyright date for the kit as 1997 and HiPM’s street address in the Czech Republic and kit was made there.
Followed by another color photo of the model, again made up in the black and white scheme, but with an illustration of a white shield that has a black hat skewered by a sword on the sides of its nose and a large white number 2 fuselage number.
HiPM is an old prolific plastic model kit manufacturer based in the Czech Republic. They make all manner of plastic model kit subjects in the popular scales.
This kit came in a very blousy shrink-wrapped tray and lid type box. It is 3 ¼” too long and 2” too deep.
The cover art shows a color illustration of two He-100’s taking off of a grassy air-field. Both are overall jet-black above a white undercarriage.
The one in the foreground has a white lightning bolt illustration on the sides of its nose. A large white number 7, followed by a large white skeletal German cross on the sides of the fuselage and a skeletal white swastika on the sides of the rudder. It has skeletal white German crosses above the wings also.
The one in the background is in the same scheme, with a large white number 17 on its fuselage sides and black and white German crosses under the wings.
One side-panel of the box shows a color photo of the model made up in the black over white scheme, but with an illustration of a white half-moon face smoking a pipe on the sides of the nose and a large white fuselage number 5. No swastika is seen on the rudder, but the decal sheet in the kit includes one that is cut in half and you have to assemble it.
Next is a one-paragraph history of the He 100D Over the copyright date for the kit as 1997 and HiPM’s street address in the Czech Republic and kit was made there.
Followed by another color photo of the model, again made up in the black and white scheme, but with an illustration of a white shield that has a black hat skewered by a sword on the sides of its nose and a large white number 2 fuselage number.
The other side panel of the box gives a third color photo of the model made up. Also in the black and white scheme. It is a repeat of the one with the number 2 fuselage number. Followed by features of the kit: A complete injection molded kit containing: Scribed pale-grey plastic. Includes two canopies-opened or closed. Photo-etched parts. Detailed decals for at least 3 aircrafts. Comprehensive collectable instruction book. Paint and glue not included. Suggested for experienced modelers. Model for display purposes only. Photos of built models on the sides of the box.
WHAT’S IN THE BOX:
This kit contains 2 pale-grey parts trees, a clear tree, a steel PE fret and a decal sheet in 2 sealed clear cello bags.
The instructions consist of a staple-bound booklet of 16 pages in 5 ½” x 8 ¼’page format.
Page 1 begins with a black and white repeat of the cover art, over the history of the He 100D and some READ BEFORE ASSEMBLY instructions. In English.
Page 2 gives the same things again in more languages.
Page 3 is the parts-trees illustrations for the 2 pale-grey trees.
Page 4 shows the clear part-tree and the steel PE fret. The fret includes a clear sheet with a black photo of the instrument panel on it. The decal sheet is illustrated at the bottom of the page. A small swastika, that is black and outlined in white is supplied on it, but it is cut in two diagonally and has to be assembled into a whole.
Pages 5 on through to page 10 gives a grand total of 14 assembly steps. I had to count them, as they are not numbered.
Pages 11, 12, 13 & 14 are painting guides.
Page 11 shows a 4-view profile of the He 100D in a splinter camouflage of grey and green, above an all white undercarriage. No markings are shown.
Page 12 shows a 4-view of the He 100D,. with the white number 2 fuselage number (already described above).
Page 13 shows a 4-view of the He 100D, with the white number 8 fuselage number (already described above).
Page 14 shows a 4-view of the He 100D. with the white number 5 fuselage number (already described above)
Pages 15 and 16 are blank.
The trees are not alphabetized.
The first pale-grey tree holds: the fuselage halves, main wheel doors, exhaust pipes, main wheels, tail wheel, seat, spinner etc. (39 parts)
This kit contains 2 pale-grey parts trees, a clear tree, a steel PE fret and a decal sheet in 2 sealed clear cello bags.
The instructions consist of a staple-bound booklet of 16 pages in 5 ½” x 8 ¼’page format.
Page 1 begins with a black and white repeat of the cover art, over the history of the He 100D and some READ BEFORE ASSEMBLY instructions. In English.
Page 2 gives the same things again in more languages.
Page 3 is the parts-trees illustrations for the 2 pale-grey trees.
Page 4 shows the clear part-tree and the steel PE fret. The fret includes a clear sheet with a black photo of the instrument panel on it. The decal sheet is illustrated at the bottom of the page. A small swastika, that is black and outlined in white is supplied on it, but it is cut in two diagonally and has to be assembled into a whole.
Pages 5 on through to page 10 gives a grand total of 14 assembly steps. I had to count them, as they are not numbered.
Pages 11, 12, 13 & 14 are painting guides.
Page 11 shows a 4-view profile of the He 100D in a splinter camouflage of grey and green, above an all white undercarriage. No markings are shown.
Page 12 shows a 4-view of the He 100D,. with the white number 2 fuselage number (already described above).
Page 13 shows a 4-view of the He 100D, with the white number 8 fuselage number (already described above).
Page 14 shows a 4-view of the He 100D. with the white number 5 fuselage number (already described above)
Pages 15 and 16 are blank.
The trees are not alphabetized.
The first pale-grey tree holds: the fuselage halves, main wheel doors, exhaust pipes, main wheels, tail wheel, seat, spinner etc. (39 parts)
The second pale-grey tree holds: wing halves, propeller blades, elevators, cockpit floor and seat back (11 parts)
The clear tree holds the parts of an open or closed canopy. (4 parts)
The steel PE fret holds parts of the dashboard, air intake screens, seat belts, joy stick etc. (26 parts) A black instrument panel printed on a clear sheet is part of this fret.
The decal sheet completes the kit contents.
The detail is excellent. However, no pilot figure is included.
Highly recommended.
Highly recommended.