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Trez
Not a bad kit for age. Mods; Wheel well cut out, detail added / nose wheel well and doors detailed / single canopy cut to three parts - grab handle head rest detail on inner frame / whip antenna added / antenna wire / cockpit detailed - bullet proof glass - AM belts - map case - boxes - sight post and sight - twisted out of view for taxiing - wires - throttle quadrant / wing flaps deflected

gorby
Nice work.

Trez
Thanks gorby - this is one of my test beds. Hopefully next year I can build and display

Mr D
Nice... very nice 👌👍

Mr D
Will have to add one to stash once l build my next one on line-up.
Smart aircraft n great history 👌👍

Trez
Thank you Mr D! Airfix is probably your best bet at this scale

Transall NG
Nice kit ! 🙂
@ Trez : Airfix is not better, nor Academy, nor Hasegawa ! There are no "reasonnably" perfect Me 262 kit at this scale, all of them suffering of some trouble, all of them having some great qualities... The Revell one is the best one in terms of quality, very easy to assemble, Tamyia stuff quality overall... but it suffers from a problem nearly no one can see, a positive incidence of engines nacelles regarding wing's incidence. Not easy to see at all for sure !
According the type of 262 you wish to built, you can combine sub-assemblies of specified kits to ease your correction work.
Czechs craftmen have a nice potential future kit with this one !

Trez
Hi Transall NG, thank you for the comment and insight! You mention the Tamiya and Revell kits - I assume you mean 1/48 or 1/32?
I have a fair few Czech/Eastern European kits - very good indeed - top of their game. There will always be newer kits that want to jump into your stash but I find it's like looking for the end of a rainbow. Eduard Volume 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 where does it all end? I prefer to check the kits I have and make my own adjustments within my limits - otherwise model kits are saturated with the dreaded After-Market thus stifling initiative and creativity whilst emptying one's pockets!

Mr D
Hi Trez,
I like your above comment, it's all part of the fun doing custom work and improving...l like scratch building little bits n bobs n details.
I'm trying to discipline myself on buying, lm trying to stick to build one buy one🤣
Trouble is if l buy a model with intention to build next..... Something else pops up !
How did you get on with the mottled effect on this build?? Did you practice on paper first ??
👍

Trez
Yes, it does seem to be a common issue🤭
I didn't practice on a piece of card or plastic sheet (which is the right way) I just go from one test bed kit to another. But what I found is - low pressure, higher dilution and end cap off airgun. Really best if one can get the thinnest line possible on a practice sheet. If it goes wrong it's no bad thing to tidy up with the base colour

Mr D
Thanks Trez... For advice, l did struggle a little when l did my FW-190.
And intend to do a ME-262 in future....as l think it's historically a must have in the collection.
Cheers 😁👍

Laurent VILLANUEVA- "HELLER ForEver"
amazing job

Michael .
Why so many of the same model?

Thomas Faber
Because there are some difderent decals which I like to built

Dietmar Bogatzki
Ist aber kein geschäft 😉

Laurent VILLANUEVA- "HELLER ForEver"
das gut !

Transall NG
Hello! Take a seat !
A mix of two TOKO references. A Zavod 18 aircraft with metallic wing.
Well, i guess your father knows that any aircraft can be critisized, as they are always used far over what they were built for...
Good luck !

Duster_d
@Transall NG, my father just got caught up in a wave of "Messerization" in the 1990s. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, a flood of articles about the Luftwaffe flooded into Russia, which was like an ideological distraction. Many people dreamed of Messerschmitt and Focke-Wulf aircraft, considering them the best while simultaneously criticizing Soviet aircraft. Perhaps this was successful because in Soviet times, the qualities of German and Allied aircraft were underplayed, and there was little information about them available.

NLAWScametovisit
Duster that's a really interesting insight!

Nicolas
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Duster_d
A representative of Zvezda contacted me and, after clarifying some details, informed me that they would send me the missing part of the kit after October 1st. It pleases me.

Guy Rump
Following! 👍

Duster_d
The missing part №15 has arrived by post. Thanks to Zvezda for their good customer service.

J35J
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Gerald
Hello Welcome here 😉