Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a JV44 (April 1945)

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November 11, 2024
Cut out the landing bay area to see more structure inside.
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November 11, 2024
Main colors applied to the cockpit.
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November 11, 2024
Drilled holes for the machine guns.
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November 12, 2024
Glued tubes to simulate the guns. I put some steel balls into the nose to avoid the tail sitter. The manual says it should be 20g. This must be a mistake, 20g is too much. I glued about 5g and it is more than enough.
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November 12, 2024
Some putty is needed to fill gaps
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November 12, 2024
Cutting the flaps to show them in lower position.
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November 13, 2024
Now you can guess that it is an airplane. All gaps are filled and cleaned. Working on the jet engines now.
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November 13, 2024
The right engine is sanded and filled. The left one is not
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November 13, 2024
The kit quality is ok, but the canopy is not. Really a bad fit. Will see how I can fix this
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November 14, 2024
Attached the engines now. Putty and sanding is needed everywhere. This is indeed a Revell kit.
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November 15, 2024
Masking canopies sucks.
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November 16, 2024
Primed in black. So paint job can start now. Will be a challenge.
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November 17, 2024
The color application on the underside is in progress.
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November 17, 2024
First camo color is done.
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November 19, 2024
Main colors applied.
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November 20, 2024
Finished the decals. Dry time now and then another coat of Emsal Floor Shining Liquid to seal the decals.
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November 20, 2024
Landing gear in progress. I added some brake wires.
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November 20, 2024
Cut out on the wings for the position lights.
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November 21, 2024
Standing on its own legs. Nearly finished the aircraft now. Some small details like attaching antennas and a final matt varnish will be the last steps.
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November 22, 2024
Final pictures are taken.
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November 22, 2024
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November 22, 2024
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Kommentarer

65 11 November, 13:50

Jan Peters
Taking a seat, following this 👀

11 November, 19:02

Gerrit Rost
The "new" revell modell is a nice job to do, the old one was terror 😜

13 November, 08:46

Chris T. An
Welcome Jan and Gerrit. And yes, the old 1963 model is horrible. this "new" one from 1997 is much better.

13 November, 08:57

Gerrit Rost
If you take the landing gear inside, place some small parts of spruey under the doors for better fit in the boxes, especially for the front wheel

13 November, 10:19

Nicolas
Following as well.

13 November, 19:11

Skyhiker
Revell canopies always suck.

13 November, 23:49

Jan Peters
The canopy is the weakest point of the Revell 262. That, and the boxed in landing gear bay.
Mind you, some boxes hold better canopies than others, it is kind of a lottery.

14 November, 06:09

Gerrit Rost
Get a file and tune it to a nice fit, and use white/ Wood glue for the canopy . I have build a dozen of this kit .

14 November, 06:24

Chris T. An
Thanks for all your hints. The canopy is glued now. Still some work needed but I think it will be ok in the end. I am not a fan of buying all the aftermarket parts and accessories, so the parts OOB must be enough. No extra vac formed canopy. 😜

15 November, 06:21

Spanjaard
following, got two of them.... 🙂

15 November, 08:42

Villiers de Vos
Booking my seat.

15 November, 14:01

V G
Great job thus far mate! I've built the same kit and the canopy fit was atrocious (could be individual error but Revell isn't famous for the fit of their models. Can't wait to see the progress!

15 November, 21:27

Rudy Poseika
I did the ME262 from this kit earlier this year. The P51 is next in line after my current build. Your progress is looking 👍

16 November, 01:42

DerMattes
Following 👍

16 November, 17:54

Transall NG
Following !

19 November, 17:59

Jan Peters
Looking good 👍🏻

19 November, 18:25

Villiers de Vos
Nice progress.

20 November, 02:34

Spanjaard
excellent result!

22 November, 12:47

Łukasz Gliński
Impressive 👍 Did you add some sort of filter over the camo to soften the colours' borders?

22 November, 13:32

Pietro De Angelis
Beatiful!

22 November, 15:14

Chris T. An
Hey Lukasz, I just masked the top of the fuselage and the wings with Tamiya tape for the sharp edge. The spots and transitions on the side are simply sprayed by hand. After applying the 2 colors, I lightened them again with white and sprayed over them in places to create a little more variation

22 November, 15:27

Skyhiker
That was fast. Great results. Congratulations!

22 November, 15:50

Jan Peters
Excellent result, great finish 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

22 November, 17:24

Chris T. An
Thanks guys. I made a short video of the model, please see here:

Youtube Video