Manuel Guajardo builds a 1/48 Special Hobby Heinkel He 115. He paints it in an incredibly rare Finnish paint scheme. There was only one in all of WWII to be painted in Finnish markings, and some called it Jenny. Join us as Manuel builds this beautiful, stunning airplane from a limited run kit.

Kit and Aftermarket Used:

-1/48 Special Hobby, Heinkel He 115 "Scandinavian Service" | No. SH48146*
-1/48 Montex, Heinkel He 115 Special Hobby | No. SM48380

Special thanks to Special Hobby for the product placements (noted by *).

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Credits—

Builder: Manuel Guajardo

Narration: Manuel Guajardo Sánchez

Editor: Sean Mullany

Director: Andrew Horton

Photos: Wikimedia

Music:
To the Last Man – Jon Bjork
Apollo – Dream Cave
A New Quest – Laura Platt
Maiden Voyage – Laura Platt
Back to Earth – Stefan Ekstrom
Really Somebody (Instrumental Version) – Flux Vortex
Morning Grass – Sum Wave
Nothing Left but Dirt (Instrumental Version) – Particle House
Timeless Clouds – Luwaks
Keys to the Imagination – Amaranth Cove
The Winds of Change – Francis Wells
3000 Years – Wendel Scherer
NightVision – Kevin Dailey

Chapters:
00:00 – Project Overview
00:51 – Complex Interior Reconstruction
09:23 – Floats and BMW Engines
13:26 – Fitting Wings, Fuselage and Transparencies Challenge
17:51 – Airbrushing Finnish Camouflage
22:09 – Decal Preparation and Application
26:11 – Seaplane Weathering
29:26 – Difficult Final Assembly
31:12 – Completed Project Presentation
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