Heinkel He-162 A-2
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Roll call...
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A nice little tool: Voyager’s Scraper tool
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Started !
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In progress: wheel bay and cockpit
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Cockpit is completed
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Ready for major assembly...
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Glueing the fuselage
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Well... back on thé workbench !
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Reference pics for the landing gear
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Detailing in progress
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Silver paintjob
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RLM02 paintjob
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WIP... Main paintjob is coming..
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Cockpit completed with the instrument panel
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Clear parts masked and painted with RLM66
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Almost ready for paint !
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Starting-blocks the paintjob. Step 1: base coat.
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Step 2: pre-shading
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Step 2: pre-shading
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Focus on the port vertical fin: RLM76 and partiely masked german markings
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Masking....
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... and painting !
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Painting the base color (RLM84)
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Main paintjob completed
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Main paintjob completed
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Trial on future base
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Decals...
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Decals... in progress
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Weathering process: the jet exhaust
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Weathering process: the jet exhaust
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Weathering process: oil (sepia in the engraved lines
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Weathering process: oil (sepia in the engraved lines
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Weathering process: the engine
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Weathering process: the engine (completed)
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Weathering completed
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I call it done !
Komentáře
2 13 November 2017, 11:06
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Nice project, count me in! Is it going to be RLM02 all over? Looks that way in the profile, or is it a French colour?
6 October 2018, 11:00
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Thanks Wim. I think it is more greenish... a strange color,, not defined yet. Maybe between RLM02 and a light olive drab.
6 October 2018, 11:30
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Does the Voyager Scriber actually work ? I've got one and didn't get to use it yet.
19 October 2018, 07:21
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At the moment I am restricting myself to only buy tools,detail sets etc.... No space to hide complete boxes anymore..... And not much time to building them either! But thanks a lot for the suggestion!! 🙂
26 October 2018, 20:15
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Ha ha ha not impossible, but my Tetris skills are stretched to the limit.... Still room for some more PE and resins inside of the existing boxes! 😄 😄
27 October 2018, 13:36
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Seen this quote on « Scale modeling jokes » FB page:
« I've come to the conclusion that buying models and actually building them are two separate hobbies ».
🙂
27 October 2018, 14:30
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Main paintjob completef, sealed with a coat of gloss varnish... next steps: decals and weathering.
3 April 2019, 16:42
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Thanks mates !
Alter a coat of matt varnish... Roll call for the small parts => final steps !
10 April 2019, 08:28
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Love the French paint work! Looks much better than in German colours
22 April 2019, 17:36
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I wonder if this colors would be great in 1/32..... /really want to open the box/
23 April 2019, 12:26
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Great looking Salamander, Rv. I agree with Nathan, that matte varnish gives a great result!
23 April 2019, 15:57
Album info
in French service 1947-1948