Komet
let´s try to make it look intersting!
shaping the wing and the elevon
squared wingtips... not looking good, need reshape
looking good so far
cutted elevons
what can I do to make this tube looks decent?
taking some spares from my storage, let´s see what we can do for the little
still one empty space behind the pilot seat... flap sides was sawed on one wing, it can be compared with the default one on the left
Luftwaffe
Pilot from airfix bf 109
It will do
Armored glass made out of compact disc case
Some instruments from other kit
So, looking more interesting now
Masking canopy
Parafilm M
Primer from AK interactive
Pitot is from hypodermic needle
Preshading
Lower surface RLM76 paited in a mix of Revell aquacolor, I used the recomended mix in the instructions of Me 262 1/72 from Revel for it but later I found out that they have the color just right for the job, the 49 Hellblau
painting the wheels
first color of the upper cammo in (tamiya XF-5)
I was going mad about color matching research, when I saw that I was stressing myself too much with something that was supose to relax me...
...Also, I could not find good directions for the cammo scheme, soft edge? hard edge?, than I decided to "let it go" and do what pleases me...
... what is the point of having one hobbie if you are not having fun? so I went to my Tamiya colors and pointed out 2 colors that looked nice to me and I taped one hard edge cammo over the model (I realy hate masking...)
After unmasking (I love unmasking as much as I hate masking) that´s how it looks like the model after the painting and one light clear coat, the preshading almost desapeared in the darker color (Tamiya XF-51) and a coat of XF-22
Ready for decals, I have being putting this model away for a long time, I want to finish it for good! there are more models in my stash waiting to be putted together 😉
Decals on, and... they are horrible! too glossy, little bit out of register, they do not respond well to my decal softner (revell decal soft), the number in both sides of the fuselage are in the same side to the cross, when they should be always behind.
Good old wash with oil paint and white spirit.
just messing up everything ^_^
than I cleaned up, almost with no white spirit, just a paper towel dry can take it all when it is well glossed before.
It is finished , now I need to take my time and photograph it properly, also my Skyhawk needs proper pictures after it was finished :-/
Navigation lights, painted silver with clear red / green on top, skid in the uper position as it is normaly seen ready for take off.
I have been needing to post the final pictures for many of my builds, so I´m starting with this one.
Chipping was done with Prismacolor silver pencil.
Some pigments here and there to spice up the things a bit
Navigation lights worked whell, the pitot tube was made out of hipodermic needle of different sizes.
it is complicated to capture the tiny interiour behind this thick canopy in my Iphone camera...
this was supposed to be a quick build... (^_^)
All in all, I loved the result.
another dificult close up
Comments
4 December 2014, 18:14
Hanno KleineckeGreat work on this tiny "Kraft - Ei " . Just in time and in the right place to be hidden by the Easter - Bunny.... 😄
6 February 2016, 17:02
Spanjaardlooks very nice. i may have done a bit less chipping, I doubt any Me-163 had many flying hours.... but it looks really good anyway. i have sine Komets in my stash waiting....
21 May 2017, 17:46
Cesar MunizSpanjaard, what you said make sense, I think I have looked too much museum pictures and there they are very worn because of the handling assembly/ disassembly processes.
21 May 2017, 18:00
Spanjaardi always remember visiting the Me-262 in Hendon, I was told by somebody working there that the 262 was original, but none of the paint was. The Me-109 next to it, had its original paint.... So museum pieces can be deceiving sometimes😉
the 163 in Gatow museum looks great if you can visit. Too good actually, almost like it got out of the factory the week before😉. who knows, maybe it is the original paint.....
I have seen pictures of others, and they look like hell. but they were war machines, maybe have not been restored, and were painted about 70 years ago, with know knows what quality of paints...
if you look at more modern aircraft, left outside enough time, the paint starts looking like crap, Gatow outside collection is a good example, some of them are in a pitiful state, i am sure they were not like that when in service😉
21 May 2017, 21:53
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one academy "not-so-quick" build ...., it was inexpensive but have shape problems, no cockpit details and bad decals with wrong and also not-so-clear instructions to place them, I putted it aside for long enough, now is time to finish this building for good!
