Me 262A-1a '3'

cockpit during the detailing 

Wheel well opened, as should be 

framing of wheel well copied from Extratech PE set 

Joined fuselage halves 

wings assembled 

dryfit shows ever-beautiful line 

Nose filled with lead and white glue 

wings on - upper joint requires some filling 

...while lower is quite OK 

joints checked with Vallejo matt black, ready for painting 

RLM76 - Hu 127 brush painted in 4 layers 

Molak basic RLM82 brush painted in 4 layers 

Molak bnasic RLM81 painted in 3 layers 

mottles done by drybrushing RLMs 81 and 82 over 76 

decals on, with 50+ stencils set in place 

added landing gear hidraulics from steel fuse wire 

vac-form cockpit was the finishing touch 

finished model 

finished model 

finished model 

finished model 

finished model 

finished model 

finished model 

finished model 

finished model - detail 

finished model - landing gear 

finished model 

finished model