Me 262 A-1a, Kommando Nowotny, White 4

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Kommentarer

24 14 March 2020, 03:33

Jim J
Completed the build and priming. Quite a bit of filling, sanding and panel line scribing. Primed with Mr. Surfacer 1200.

19 March 2020, 23:48

Mathieu
Taking a seat for the final. Looks like there is a lot of sanding and filling.

24 March 2020, 10:33

Nigel
Good job so far, Jim! 👍

Where did you get the clear painting stand?

24 March 2020, 11:06

Jim J
Thanks Manthieu - yes, lots of filling and sanding, particularly around the nose and engine cowlings. The model is optimized to display with the panels open, so if you want to have it buttoned up, "adjustments" are needed to get the shape right and close gaps. Also, a significant amount of scribing panel lines was required. I actually scribed after the primer because there was so much filler used.

24 March 2020, 17:01

Jim J
Thanks Roland and Nigel. Much appreciated.

@Nigel- The stand is from Flightpose. www.flightpose.com. I use them for painting and have a few for displaying models in flight.

24 March 2020, 17:03

Rui S
Looking good 👍

24 March 2020, 22:23

Jim J
Thanks Rui!

26 March 2020, 00:38

Jim J
Added a few B&W photos to the collection.

1 April 2020, 18:54

Nigel
Fantastic! Are the tail swastikas from Archer? Certainly not from the box!😉

1 April 2020, 19:33

David Deavall
Very nice indeed

1 April 2020, 20:03

Stefan Schacht
very nice 👍

1 April 2020, 21:15

Jim J
Nigel, David and Stefan, Thank you very much for the encouraging comments. Much appreciated.

@Nigel: I actually used Montex masks for the tail swastikas. I'm a novice with masks and they didn't turn out well initially and required lots of touch up. Next time I'll use decals. Thank again.

6 April 2020, 05:14

Grzegorz Janikowski
Hi, i got some questions. My decals in cockpit are not so sharp like yours. Did You use 3rid party decals? 2. Did anybody see that REVELL switch the camo patern on the wings? Where it is supposed to be brown is green where it is green and brown. Painting from instruction does not even match the drawing on the box 😉. I see that you do the correct painting. But what about the body. Do you have the correct painting scheme for white 4 on 3 party (not REVELL) sheets?
PS. Nice build!

3 May 2020, 15:04

Sebastian Meyner
Beautiful work Jim! 👍

3 May 2020, 15:22

Neuling
Sehr schön! Beautiful paintwork.

3 May 2020, 18:21

Rui S
Very nice work 👍

3 May 2020, 18:29

Jim J
Hi Grzegorz: Yes, I used third party decals for the instrument panel. The revel decals were not good (poor registration). I used Airscale Luftwaffe instrument decals. On the Revell camo pattern, yes I noticed they had the wing pattern backwards and that the instructions didn't match either the box cover or the sample model photo. For the body, I found an Eduard scheme that was same as a few others I found on line. Thanks for your comments!

3 May 2020, 21:25

Jim J
Thanks for the nice comments Sebastian, Neuling and Rui. Much appreciated.

3 May 2020, 21:26

Jim J
Thanks again for all the of the comments. As a quick update on this model, it was able to achieve 2nd place in the "1/32 and larger Jet" category at the IPMS regionals on May 1, 2022 in Cape Canaveral. Thanks again.

2 May 2022, 00:59

Jim J
Thanks again for the comments. Another quick update - this model won 2nd place in the 1/32 jet category at IPMS US Nationals in Omaha last week. It was a surprise for me but I'm very happy with the result. Thanks again.

1 August 2022, 22:14