1/48 Messerschmitt AG Me 410, BUDDY BUILD, Martin, Mike, Kevin

[Martinnfb]

We’re starting @KevinM, @Landlubber Mike this for fun, as long as it’s 210/410 series everything goes. Anybody can join us. Everyone is welcome, no pun intended. No pushing and shouting allowed, just kidding push and shout all you want.

I started my yesterday, by assembling the wings and fabricating a set of new air intakes. 
Position lights were cut out and new lenses were created from UV curable resin. 

[Martinnfb]

I also cut out the thick dipole of Funklande Gerät FuBi 2 , thinned the posts in order to install a new ones made of a thinner filaments. 
 

[Martinnfb]

Pit on the way. Everything fits perfectly.

 

[Martinnfb]

The nose has a whole bunch of issues, think egg-plane which the model is not  I’m not going to recreate the teardrop shape , since I care about my sanity and would like to finish at some point, however some preliminary shaping to catch the glimpse of that funny look  is necessary.

 

 

[Martinnfb]

I’m impressed how strong and fast is Tamiya quick setting glue. 
here is some work on the tail. Shortened by 2 mm, top leading edge needs some steeper angle. The original was heavily inspired by the B-29. The bottom needed some reshaping and thinning too. Not sure if worth it?, we shall see. 

[Martinnfb]

Ok. Now I have to let it dry. 😝 

some work on the resin wheels, now that I’m looking at them, I reckon the real value of the resin set is the tail wheel. Kit’s mains are actually really nice. 
 

[Martinnfb]

As an afterthought I had to cut out the back wall in the wheel wells. 
slowly shaping the intakes, please ignore the paint. It’s just a temporary solution in order to get a better perception of shape.
 

[KevinM]

Now my ProModeler kit Martin has the Eduard set included with enhance the pit for my build a bit.So you going for self-inflicted wounds with Rosie the Riveter. That's good cause the Blitzkrieg that Mike and I just received was a ...bit over whelming  

[Landlubber Mike]

Wow, great start Martin!  You're really moving along!  A little bummed to hear that the shape may be off on this kit, but it looks pretty darn close to bother trying to "fix" it.  

I pulled my two kits off the shelf last night to look at what I'm going to be getting myself into.  For one I have the various CMK sets, and the other, the various Aires sets.  Then for the two, I have a few things like the Master barrels and a bunch of decal sets.  I'll try and get started this weekend.

[Martinnfb]

Thank guys, I haven't but 1/48 scale for ages. It seems so small ,on the hind side it goes together fast.

[Landlubber Mike]

I had the HpH 1/32 kit and that seemed really big!  Though, I've mostly built 1/48 and 1/72 planes.  Almost too big so I ended up selling it, especially since I had the two Pro Modeller kits.

[Landlubber Mike]

Martin, quick question(s) for you.  I see you scratched the position lights.  Is there a benefit of doing them now before you paint the wings?  

And for the UV resin, do you need a special UV light to cure the resin?  I've never used UV resin before so I'm curious on how you did them.  For example, did you dye the resin red and separately green, then put the resin in place and cure it with UV light?  Etc.

Thanks in advance - I'm already learning a lot for this build!

[Martinnfb]

The resin comes with a small UV light to cure it. Takes seconds of illumination and you can sand it. I approached it in the fast way. First, removal of the plastic lenses, then coloring the cut area with markers (sharpies) green/red, the application of resin blob, then sanding. Ten minutes tops.

[Martinnfb]

Das

[belugawhaleman]

I've Been playing around with the UV resin......it's great for making headlights models .Apply Chrome silver then make a lens. Surface

tension makes a great lenticular shape when you add the resin. Then, the UV light..I have one of the Dspiae UV flashlights...excellent

Little light. I recently replaced the lens on a Mini cooper rally car.....really can't tell the difference. Cool stuff! I've also

Used the stuff to fill gaps on resin figures...works well....And Fast!

[Landlubber Mike]

Hey guys, I had a little time last night to go through my two kits.  I forgot how much AM I had 🫣  This doesn't include other AM I have including masks and decals.  

 

[Martinnfb]

Nicey. A big investment indeed

 

cheers

Martin

[Landlubber Mike]

37 minutes ago, Martinnfb said:

Nicey. A big investment indeed

 

cheers

Martin

Amazingly, a lot of the AM came with the kits when I got them on eBay for a pretty low price.

[Landlubber Mike]

While soaking my parts, I'm trying to decide on which variants to do.  The Pro Modeler kit allows you to do a B-1/U2, B-1/U2/R4, and a B2/R2.  You can fairly easily do a bunch of the A-1 variants instead of a B variant.  There are a ton of different configurations for the 410, so you have to check your sources carefully.  I definitely want to do a U4 version with the 50mm BK-5 bordkannon.  I'd also like to do an A-1 version as well.

For the A variant, I'm leaning towards doing a scheme from the Aeromaster 48-359 decal sheet, in particular, a dark variant A-1 as #2 (or #3 from the Aeromaster 48-354 sheet below) or maybe the wolf version as #4:

 

Or there are a few options on the Xtradecal X48185 sheet - see first, fifth and sixth options:

 

 

 

For the B variant, I'm strongly leaning towards the B-2/U4 version that was captured by the Soviets as something different:

 

 

Alternatively, if I end up doing the A variant as a U4, I could do #6 from the Aeromaster 48-359 sheet (above) or there are plenty of options from the Aeromaster 48-354 sheet:

Or #5 from the Xtradecal sheet:

 

Too many options!  Sorry for the long thread, I just wanted to record my thoughts while fresh in my mind!

 

[Landlubber Mike]

Martin and Kevin, let me know if you guys want any aftermarket.  I think between the Aires and CMK sets, I have some cockpit and undercarriage duplicates.  Happy to send them to you for free.

By the way, looking at the kit parts, they are quite nice!  Lots of good definition on the control surfaces, and nice details.  Probably don't need much AM but my kits came with them so I'll likely build them (plus, I seem to enjoy hacking up my kits for the enjoyment of making the AM fit).  The one exception might be the canopy - apparently from notes I have, that might be a weakness in the kit.

[Martinnfb]

Few shots of the commie machine 

I can't find any pictures of the markings featured on the box art , Stab 1I/ZG26.