1/32 ME-262A-2a/U2

[JeroenPeters]

Starting to look like a pit

[PanzerWomble]

Wow Jeroen ,  thats damn fine even by your high standards ! 

[CANicoll]

Beautiful!!!!!

[Martinnfb]

Not sure about the yellow release handle, I would go with red. Yellow is dedicated to fuel lines, but I can be mistaken. here is an useful linkie

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[belugawhaleman]

Looking great!

[JeroenPeters]

3 hours ago, Martinnfb said:

Not sure about the yellow release handle, I would go with red. Yellow is dedicated to fuel lines, but I can be mistaken. here is an useful linkie

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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!

 

[FullArmor]

29 minutes ago, JeroenPeters said:

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!

 

Super tiny parts😬. Be carefull not to lose them

[JeroenPeters]

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

[JeroenPeters]

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.

 

[JeroenPeters]

Better.

 

[JeroenPeters]

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

 

[GusMac]

Looks good, definitely more substantial than the Aires one. It looks like it's been on a diet.

[JeroenPeters]

Stick installed. Wheelbay painted in aircraft aluminum from Alclad2.

 

[JeroenPeters]

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.

 

[JeroenPeters]

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.

 

 

[BlrwestSiR]

A nice amount of progress there Jeroen. 

[JeroenPeters]

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.

 

[BlrwestSiR]

Wow, that part looks like it should be 1/48. Some serious shrinkage for sure. 

[HubertB]

Looks more like s#&!!y design than shrinkage at this level 😱 !

Hubert 

[JeroenPeters]

Even this pushrod needs to be lengthened 

 

[GusMac]

48 minutes ago, JeroenPeters said:

Even this pushrod needs to be lengthened 

 

It's either extremely cold or that's a lot of shrinkage!

[JeroenPeters]

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

 

[JeroenPeters]

Vacuform machine arrived.

Can’t wait to tey it out

 

[FullArmor]

7 hours ago, JeroenPeters said:

Vacuform machine arrived.

Can’t wait to tey it out

 

Nice! Please share more pictures when tested. Are you making canopy screen? 

[JeroenPeters]

1 hour ago, FullArmor said:

Nice! Please share more pictures when tested. Are you making canopy screen? 

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