Anybody have any experience with DML's V2? I was thinking about picking up this kit but would like to hear some opinions first.

Thanks.

Well, if you got about ten minutes to kill, it builds into a pretty impressive model, sizewise. Excluding the base, it only has fourteen parts. After over three years I still haven't painted mine as I'm still waiting to tackle the seams where the fins join. They're not really that bad, but I'm just not happy with them.
Oh, and there are no decals to match the box art. The markings could easily be duplicated with dry transfers, but you only see one side. I'm sure references are out there though.

I go along with 18Bravo, it's a kit you can put together in 15 minutes and then spend 2 hours on the seams. That's the only drawback on it, the panel lines and rivets make it... errhh,mmm... a "curious" task .

But it's a nice kit, now at a reasonable price (it used to be 32 euro's, but now you get it for 20 euro's overhere)

Kris

Very imposing model, truly awful gaps between the fins and the body. IIRC the firing platform owes more than a little to imagination.

For references, try the Osprey New Vanguard book ,or look here

http://www.v2rocket.com/

I saw this kit for cheap and was dreaming up all sorts of dios where allies are capturing V2 sites or Germans trying to hide an active V2 site

I saw one Saturday at the regional show in Louisville. It is an impressive model when completed. The paint job that the one I saw was very nice.

Thanks for the feedback guys! Apart from the seams I guess it's nothing to avoid like the plague.

Shermies- you and I are thinking along the same lines. I was wondering how I could work the model into a dio.

Thanks for the help!

As crossbow said, it's the rivets and panel lines that will make this job a little tougher. Back when I modeled aircraft, I did find a fairly good solution-Miliput. Since it's water soluble you can work it into the seam, then wet your finger and smooth out the excess without ruining the detail. I've heard of guys using correction fluid for this as well.

Thanks Bravo. I figure I'll use the Apoxie Sculpt that I have. It also is water soluable and works well getting into seams with just a wet finger.

Ola Monte

Can`t say much else like already is said about this model but I happen to have a very nice picture by Tony Vaccarro (one of the more famous war time photographers) in the book "Entering Germany" from the same guy. Mostly they are Pics from after the war but there is a nice pic of a V2 rocket laying on it`s side on some sort of carriage in the middle of a street with a huge load of civilians around it.
Let me know if you are interested and I will try to scan it for you. (quite a thick book)

Thanks for the tip Faust. It's the first pic in the book. However I'm more partial to the pics on pages 186 & 187.

Maybe you can just drape camo netting over it and cover up any small details like rivets.

Either the Germans are hiding it or the Germans have abandoned it. Either way nasty dirty camo netting would work

Considering that I'm thinking about puting it in a wooded area and plan on painting it with a camo scheme instead of the black and white square pattern, the camo nets would fit in. I'll have to see how big the thing is before I can tell what type of base to put it on.

Without the base, 15 3/4 inches high. Body diameter just shy of 2 inches, with fins, 4 1/8 inches.

Thanks Bravo. It would seem that I'm looking at a base around 2 foot square.