Revell Me262 B-1/U-1

[BlrwestSiR]

4 hours ago, ScottsGT said:

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. 

On a plane like the He111 I would definitely consider masks if they're available. So many tiny windows....

[BlrwestSiR]

Okay, canopy was giving me fits with the uh, fit. Solved it with some chopping and ripping out of bits. Much better now. It will still need a smear of filler but way better than before.

I also threw some paint at it and of course, I shouldn't have unmasked the canopy yet so I'll have cover it up again. 

[Martinnfb]

repetitio est mater studiorum   , almost there, can't wait for the squiggly squiggles 

[BlrwestSiR]

37 minutes ago, Martinnfb said:

can't wait for the squiggly squiggles 

Me too! Just need to mask the canopy off again. 

[Peterpools]

Carl

Nice work on cleaning of the canopy fit for sure. Looking mighty good.

 

[BlrwestSiR]

Time for an update on the 262. I went back and forth on getting new masks for the canopy when I decided to just do it the old fashioned way and cut my own. Hopefully they work okay. I then sprayed the touch-ups and the right side of the fuselage in RLM76. 

I then started on the mottle camo. 

With the wings unmasked. 

Next up will be the undersides and engine nacelles. 

[Peterpools]

Carl

Cammo is looking mighty good. 

[BlrwestSiR]

Thanks Peter. My first real try at mottle camo. 

 

[BlrwestSiR]

Time for more paint. This time I masked the upper sides off and sprayed the black lower sides. 

I used NATO black to help give it a weathered look. 

 

[DocRob]

Sweet Carl, I never have attempted a mottling camo myself, but hope to do soon. I would be lucky, if it comes out like yours.

Cheers Rob

[Peterpools]

Carl

Good call on using Nato Black, as it has the faded look that seems to be weathered right out of the bottle - my favorite.  black.

 

[BlrwestSiR]

Thanks @DocRoband @Peterpools! I'm happy with the mottle and the black undersides. I have done a bit of post shading on the underside though to hopefully bring some more contrast to it. 

 

[Martinnfb]

Looking good Carl. I was wondering,  wouldn't make sense to paint it together with the nose cone? That way you have consistent camouflage pattern. I understand that the radar bearing arms are in the way. Perhaps just to tack the cone in gently without antennas and attach the whole assembly afterwards ?

[belugawhaleman]

Nice work Carl! I only tried to do the mottle thing once.....on my Pegasus

1/18 V-l....just a few spots...

[BlrwestSiR]

3 hours ago, Martinnfb said:

Looking good Carl. I was wondering,  wouldn't make sense to paint it together with the nose cone? That way you have consistent camouflage pattern. I understand that the radar bearing arms are in the way. Perhaps just to tack the cone in gently without antennas and attach the whole assembly afterwards ?

It would have been easier if I had remembered it wasn't on yet. Same goes with the rudder. It'll be easy enough to paint them to match. 

[KevinM]

That's looking awful good there Carl!

[BlrwestSiR]

Whatever is giving me the motivation to keep plugging away at the model is still going so I'm making some great progress. 

I started cleaning up the brass gear legs. They're by Aerocraft. There was some flash so I had to use a Dremel to grind it off. 

They were then primed and painted. 

 Oleos still need to be done. 

Then I painted the remaining control surfaces.

I'll probably wait until the gear is on before adding these. 

Next up, I touched up around the cockpit opening. 

I attached the rudder and painted that along with the nose which is temporarily stuck in place. 

 

[BlrwestSiR]

I did a quick test fit of the tailplanes. One thing I noticed looking at pics is that the tailplanes tend to be pointing up rather than down. I've given them a bit of this to add some visual interest. 

[Martinnfb]

Nice work Carl! 

[PanzerWomble]

Very good looking airframe 

[BlrwestSiR]

Markings time. I used masks for the main markings as I get along better with those than decals. 

The other side. 

Then I did the wings. 

The right upper wing is slightly back from the left so I'll need to re-do it once things are dry. 

Oh and the landing gear legs are on. 

[Martinnfb]

That looks really good! 

[KevinM]

He's making it look easy peasy

[Peterpools]

Carl

No question you're on a roll and making fantastic progress. Nive work on cleaning up the gear as metal gear does take extra work to whip them into shape. Mask work looks perfect as well. 

 

[Martinnfb]

some motivational pictures