DocRob Posted August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 Thanks Peter, yesterday I primed These components and next will be painting and PE-ing , of the Cockpit. Cheers Rob 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Rob Looking forward to the next update with photos Keep 'em comin Peter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted August 24, 2018 Author Share Posted August 24, 2018 No progress due to summer laziness , the weather is just to good to close the door of the mancave. I have to get my new mountainbike (not to easy on my Island) and planned a surf trip. Maybe on the Weekend there will be some work done. Cheers Rob 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 Just some smallish updates right now. I did some work on the cockpit and that turned out more time consuming than anticipated, due to the large amount of PE involved. The plastic parts where primed and painted with AK's RLM 66 which is a tad to dark. There is a tonal difference between the AK colour and the grey tone of the prepainted PE from Eduard, but that's ok to me, because it adds some contrast to these otherwise dull german workplaces. The assembley of the visor parts, a combination of tiny PE and cutted film was a hard test to patience, hand-tweezer-coordination and the eyes. The instrument Panel looks fine, but there have to be some handles added later. The whole cockpit will get a coat of my trusted Future / Tamiya flat base mix, because of the differences in the shinyness of the surfaces and then the bezels will recieve a drop of pure Future to simulate the glass cover. The Eduard PE-set is so called self adhesive and for larger flat Panels like the IP it works. On parts which are bended or very small, the adherance is not strong enough, so you has to add superglue. In all this future is not worth the extra money for me. Glued with CA, you can be sure that there will be no rattling sound in your cockpit after finishing the kit . Cheers Rob 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grunhertz Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Nice work love it! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 Thanx, just watched my pictures closely. To own a macro lens dosen't mean you have to use it . Thanks god, reality is not that cruel. Cheers Rob 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Does Yahu also do a Me-163 instrument panel? Cheers Cees 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted August 30, 2018 Author Share Posted August 30, 2018 21 hours ago, Wingco57 said: Does Yahu also do a Me-163 instrument panel? Yes Cees, why? Is the Eduard one looking so bad? Yahu has two, one for the B-0 and one for the B-1 Version. Eduard's seem to represent the B-0 version and by the time I bought it, it was the only one available. The kit has also a non-colored PE dashboard, beside a well detailed plastic one for the razor eyed painters. Cheers Rob 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Great work Rob!......Harv 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Rob Looking mighty good - Keep 'em comin Peter 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 Doc, no problem with the Eduard instrument panel, just wondering. Cees 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted August 31, 2018 Author Share Posted August 31, 2018 Thank you Gentlemen. 2 hours ago, Wingco57 said: Doc, no problem with the Eduard instrument panel, just wondering @Cees: Good that we have so many AM choices in recent times. Cheers Rob 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted November 7, 2018 Author Share Posted November 7, 2018 No updates since two month. Other things, mostly summer connected, came between me and the little rocket. Now the days get shorter and the ocean a little colder it's time to hit the bench again. I assembled parts of the cockpit and did some detailing with PE and some painting. It starts to look like a workplace now, but there are still some details to be added. As much as I like the varying german camos as much I dislike their depressing grey cockpits, so I have to speed up to get it done. Cheers Rob 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 Looks great Rob. Just catching up on your build. I checked my copy of Wings of the Luftwaffe and in it, Eric Brown mentions that he was able to make a single powered flight in the Me163 while still in Germany. He pulled it off knowing that the RAE was about to ban all powered rocket flights. It's a great read of not just the flight itself but also his efforts to sneak it in. Carl 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 Rob Nice to see you back at the bench and making terrific progress in the frint office. Keep ‘em comin Peter 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted November 8, 2018 Author Share Posted November 8, 2018 19 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said: I checked my copy of Wings of the Luftwaffe and in it, Eric Brown mentions that he was able to make a single powered flight in the Me163 while still in Germany. He pulled it off knowing that the RAE was about to ban all powered rocket flights. Thanks Carl, that is very interesting and fits what's said in the interviews with Eric Brown, it sounded to me that he flew the Komet under power. I have to get me a copy of 'Wings of the Luftwaffe'. My decision to leave the engine off, is more or less made, because I don't think that the ME-163 which Brown flew in Germany would have been one with a yellow belly, are there any pictures? 1 hour ago, Peterpools said: Nice to see you back at the bench and making terrific progress in the frint office. Thanks Peter, the first step back to the bench after some time is always a little strange for me, but then it gets synced again. Cheers Rob 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 Rob, the book didn't mention the colour scheme for the one he flew in Germany but considering the nature of his flight, I doubt the bottom would have been painted yellow. Carl 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted November 23, 2018 Author Share Posted November 23, 2018 Hola Companeros, what is it you hear on a tube platform in London? "Mind the gap". On that occasion here bespoken gap is maybe about to stall the Komet build. The last days I spend dry fitting, adjusting, pre assembling, loosening the parts again, cut here, rasping there, grinding, swearing and in the end there is the GAP. While doing the forementioned things, I nearly broke everything, I built before and had to fix it again. It might be possible to fix the gap with some bending, putty and scribing, but if I will go through that painful process, I don't know at the moment. I don't like to surrender, but at least I need a little break from the pocket rocket. Thanks to everybody being helpful here, I learned a lot about that special captured Me-163 through to your support. I started a Dottie Mae yesterday and had fun with it, wiring a cockpit with lead wire, a first for me. Cheers Rob 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 Ouch, that looks like a bit of a challenge, stay strong Rob. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grunhertz Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 Oh my word!!!! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted November 23, 2018 Administrators Share Posted November 23, 2018 ohhh yes! Loving this. Having built this kit i know where the bottle necks are. Keep patient! You've got this. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusMac Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 Seen smaller crevasses on documentaries about the Antarctic! Hope you've got a lot of filler to hand Rob 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted November 23, 2018 Author Share Posted November 23, 2018 Thanks for your supportive words Gentlemen. The GAP looks a little worse, than it is in reality. The side you cannot see is adjusted correctly with tape and the upper fuselage part, where the GAP is as wide as an Alp Valley, is a little bendable. With lots of glue and force it might be solvable, but I have to teak a break from that built. It's not so much about closing the GAP, it's more about the frustration doing zillion of things to avoid that, without success. Cheers Rob 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 Wow! That's not so much a gap, but more a shelf and gap combination! What a drag! Gaz 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 Rob Just hate when gaps like this pop up. Just take your time and small tweaks will help seal them up. Keep 'em comin Peter 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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