JeroenPeters

I now have tried 4 different types of transparent sheet. 3 fails and the last one seems to work. However: it transfers alle the details from the master. Even the 3d print lines. I’m a bit of a donkey for using the unpolished version of the master instead of the one I painstakingly polished smooth. Ready for round 5! Also added a flange to the upper deck and smoothed in the sides.

Samded the upper deck flat. Quite happy with the evergreen fix. Now to smooth it out and make a flange at the edge.

Also. Adding these Evolution Miniatures IS soldiers to the build.

Started making the shims to make the upper deck fit. About 2mm on each side.

Dryfit of the fuselage. Almost good enough. Some more sanding is needed for a good fit.

Yes. Indeed. Already made a master for the large hatch on the nose, but will also make the glass nose. The resin on the set is brittle, thick and yellow… I’ll do a first test run this weekend

Vacuform machine arrived. Can’t wait to tey it out

Instructions say nothing about seatbelts for the bombardier, but i gave him some.

Even this pushrod needs to be lengthened

Mind the gap! This whole set is A JOKE. Every single part needs to be seriously altered or completely remade. The rear upper part has serious shrinkage OR the side parts have. Either way: more scratching is needed.

Painting and fitting the Aires parts. Shite fit. Probably due to shrinkage and it being… well.. Aires. Also remade the sanded away detail in the MDC interior. Almost fits. Almost.

So… not being happy with the resin MDC transparent parts, i 3D printed a mold for the upper canopy. I bought Evergreen transparent sheets in 0.2 and 0.4 mm. I’ll heat up a piece and pull it over my mold.

Stick installed. Wheelbay painted in aircraft aluminum from Alclad2.

Hard to capture in a decent photo, but all the detail is there

Better.

Really was not liking the KG13C control stick Aires provides. Downloaded a decent file for the handle and drew the rest myself. Jist picked them out of the printer and they are curing right now. Picture below is the resin Aires version i abandoned.

More work on the pit. Seatbelts done, wrinkled and weathered with pigments. More levers installed. Getting there.

You are correct! But the release handle is still on my PE fret. I will install it after fitting the pit, since it will be easily knocked off. The handle you see is red as well, but looks yellow since you see it from the top in the pic and shines metal. I’ll add some extra red to that as well. Cheers!

Starting to look like a pit

Slowly adding detail to the pit

First paint in the pit. Mixed my own RLM66 to match the Eduard coloured PE. Much more stages to go, but it’s a start. Also found in my stuff original me262 breaker switch lettering. If that makes sense. I encircled them in one of the most useful me262 books i have for a modeller.

Combining the Aires resin cockpit with Eduard coloured PE and rudder controls. The PE needs some adjustment but nothing major. My me262 control panel provides some mojo.

Wasnt happy with the rudder pedals. Aires lets you install these waaay too wide. And Aires does not provide the whole assembly. Scored a few of these to make life easier.

Still trying to make the floor fit. Shrinkage all over the place. Removed all the floor detail on order to sand everything flush. Then i’ll have to scratch the detail back into place. A bit worried about the transparent parts.

Fighting the shrinkage. Adding shims to the sides of the floorbed. Bought the Eduard zoom set for the Revell kit and hoping it will fot the Aires resin pit. We’ll see