Revell Me262 B-1/U-1

[BlrwestSiR]

4 hours ago, DocRob said:

Do you have a picture or link for the Wako instructions; Carl?

Here's a pic of the instructions for German belts. 

The drawings below show the layout of the belts from a sideview so you can see which way they thread through the buckles. 

The top one is the shoulder belts, the bottom ones are for the lap belts. 

[DocRob]

16 minutes ago, BlrwestSiR said:

Here's a pic of the instructions for German belts.

Thank you Carl, this looks way better, than what HGW provides.

Cheers Rob

[ScottsGT]

1 hour ago, BlrwestSiR said:

Well, the Beat is a convertible too so that's good to know. 

 

Just go in the spring when it’s beautiful outside.  

[BlrwestSiR]

On 2/5/2024 at 10:16 AM, ScottsGT said:

Just go in the spring when it’s beautiful outside.  

Yeah, just hope it is. 

[CANicoll]

On 1/30/2024 at 10:50 AM, biggtim said:

Naw, we're still young'uns compared to most of the other codgers that frequent this place!

Hey! I represent that remark!  Kinda...63!  

[CANicoll]

On 1/31/2024 at 11:19 PM, BlrwestSiR said:

It helps if I have the part right side up....

I did EXACTLY the same thing when I built this kit.  Frustrated me for hours!

[KevinM]

This is coming out really Nice Carl.

[BlrwestSiR]

Thanks guys for checking in. This build is moving along a bit faster than I expected, especially with the occasional fit issues I've run into. 

Anyways, the internal details around the cockpit tub are now done. 

Which meant I could get the wing in place. 

Once I do some seam cleanup, the engines can go on too. Here's a test fit. 

[Martinnfb]

Nice, you make it look easy Carl.

[Peterpools]

On 1/25/2024 at 8:50 PM, BlrwestSiR said:

Ok, I'm in with something unexpected but from the stash. 

Box contents:

Just kidding, 

The AM in the mix. 

Carl

Nice choice for sure with a good assortment of AM. 

Just catching up on the GB as I'm finally getting close to finishing the Jug and starting my GB build.  

[Peterpools]

On 1/30/2024 at 7:58 AM, BlrwestSiR said:

Well I'm 52 so not far behind you. 

Gee, I wish I was 52 again

[Peterpools]

Carl

Nice work on the office and the belts look awesome. Some terrific progress and you absolutely proved, panel covers can fit, when designed to be open with lots of work and an equal amount of test fitting.

Looking mighty good. 

 

[Landlubber Mike]

Looks awesome - those belts are incredible, wow!

[BlrwestSiR]

Thanks folks! The encouragement is helping me continue to work on this kit. 

I did a quick prime to check the various seams. Looks like there's going to be more filling and scribing in my future. 

[BlrwestSiR]

Happy Chinese New Year folks! It's been a busy couple days as a result so I haven't had as much bench time. 

I did get the seams all cleaned up. It needed a fair bit of touch up. The engine nacelles are now glued on as well.

 

[Martinnfb]

Pre-paint prep work is such a tedious part of the build , but it looks pretty sleek already.

Happy year of the dragon Carl. 

 

[Peterpools]

Carl

Happy New Year.

Some mighty nice progress.  

[BlrwestSiR]

Time for an update. I finally received my paint masks and decals for the build. So I spent some time today starting on the canopy masks. They're made by New Ware and are precut. I picked the inner and outer set since I'm planning to have the canopy open.

The New Ware masks work nicely. The fit is good and I like the option of being able to mask the inside. 

[Peterpools]

Carl

Looking good and thanks for showing su a new masking company; can never have enough, as some much is always out of stock.

[BlrwestSiR]

Peter, it's nice to have additional options for .asking these days like you said. 

[BlrwestSiR]

With the canopy masked inside and out, I painted the inside in RLM66.

While I had the airbrush out, I decided to start on the 262. I preshaded the wings. 

Then it was time for some RLM83. 

The pre-shading is still there, just a bit subtle which is what I wanted. 

[Martinnfb]

Nice work Carl, are you using kit's radar or aftermarket ?

[ScottsGT]

On 2/15/2024 at 4:42 PM, BlrwestSiR said:

Time for an update. I finally received my paint masks and decals for the build. So I spent some time today starting on the canopy masks. They're made by New Ware and are precut. I picked the inner and outer set since I'm planning to have the canopy open.

The New Ware masks work nicely. The fit is good and I like the option of being able to mask the inside. 

Reading this got me motivated to spend more money.  Just ordered masks (Eduard though) for the He 111, Ju 87 and my last T-6 Texan kit. 

[Peterpools]

Carl

Nice work on the masking and it's always a good feeling to start the painting stages of a build. 

 

[BlrwestSiR]

4 hours ago, Martinnfb said:

Nice work Carl, are you using kit's radar or aftermarket ?

Thanks Martin ! I have an AM radar set from Master but the details are different so I'm trying to decide what to do. I may just replace the vertical poles with wire and leave it at that.