Me410 A-1: To The Finish! 11/7/10

Chuck you are the maestro for sure. That Light curing putty, looks different for sure. Ive seen it advertised but never taken the bait. Going to get some next time.

Heres an inspirational pic for you,

...Guy

You guys are the bee's knees- cheers!

Here we go again- take it away, Fritzi!

Superb work and presentation chuk.

I have an observation, though; the grab handle on the aft starboard gunner's station needs a little cleaning up.

subfixer wrote:

Superb work and presentation chuk. I have an observation, though; the grab handle on the aft starboard gunner's station needs a little cleaning up.

Oh no hurry and fix it before Pfenning finds out!

Cleaned up?  No, I'll have to junk the whole thing and start over.   ;)  I've been meaning to just replace it- man, that one resin bit will be the death of me! 

Thanks-

chuk

Chukw, you've made my day. As always all looks great. I'm making notes so when I grow up I can be like you..........heh, heh...

sign me,

Waiting with baited breath.........

Great work on a difficult piece, Chuk.

By the way, I'm with you on the PE seatbelts - I far prefer the unpainted ones. So much easier to deal with.

Kevin

Gee, Pfennig's getting pretty testy, isn't he? Maybe some hasenpfeffer and sauerkraut will put him in a better mood.

I've been at a point lately on my model where I'm having to do a lot of shimming, so I know how that goes.

I have learned another great tip.  Thanks again for the inspiring build and thanks for sharing.

Matt

Thanks, my friends- glad you're hanging on for this interminable build!  ;D

 So much going on- so little modeling time!  Why are automobile tail lights so hard to change, and styrene so easy to over-sand?   In one case, the hands are too big- and in the other, WAY too big!  Ditch-digging would make a greta hobby, don't you think?  ;)

I sometimes wish that you would publish a how-to video for some of your steps. The double post of the True sander from Northwest could probably do with a deletion of one of the posts.

Great job chuk, thank you for posting it.

I knew my life was feeling empty for some reason..and there it was, your post. Just what the Dr Ordered. Great stuff Chuck, you rock.

...Guy

Another great post....yes, those pesky everyday jobs around the house. They kinda keep us away from the important things. Know how it goes..

If it had not been for babysitting the grandkids, grocery shopping with the wife, etc.....I could have gotten more done at the workbench....welllllll somethings take priority ya know.

Take care and will be looking for the next post..

Wow, Chuckeroo. The wethering is looking fantastic. I love the splash effect of the drips and drops. Nice save also on the flawed resin piece. You are a true artist.

One thing though. I looked into getting the wheel wells for my one a while back, but from what i could deduce the gear doors were shut on the ground? You could say the hydraulics failed.

...Guy

Thanks, Guy.  The well fix was so simple- yet it eluded me for sooo long!  The wheel well doors did cycle on landing to avois rocks and such being clanged up into the works- but if you can show all that juicy interior detail, don't you think I will?  ;D  Let's just say it's under a pre-flight inspection- I'm sure that happened on a regular basis.  Thanks for another greta pic, to!

Cheers!

chuk

 I like Greta pics too!

 Ha Chukw made me chuckle!

Chuk- another great installment!!!! I thank you so much for doing these step by step builds. I have learned so much from these builds.

Kannichiwa & Arigato-Jason 

Chukw; Another brilliant installment;  the finishing techniques, the great repair strategy, the clever use of "found" paint containers**. 

All and all a great help to my understanding of what really good model building looks like.  Many thanks   

** now of course I have go out and get prescription contacts so's kin get those cool disposable contact containers- but what the heck, its all about following in the footsteps of the master

With all the shimming you've had to do lately, let's have some "Music to fill seams by."

Okay, everybody sing:

"Shim-shiminey, shim-shiminey, shim-shim-sheree..."

Oh well, as my mother always says, "This too shall pass."

There must be somethomg in the water here- you guys are nuts!  Must why why I loves yas so!   ;D

 Well, it's been a crazy weekend, but I did manage to get a little done.   Here's the mixed bag of achievements, as presented by my helpers- go, Fritzi!

Back at my workbench again after a couple months off and just got caught up in all your work again.  Beautiful work as usual.  Can't wait for more.

Mark

Chukw I cant tell you how much I look forward to your installments, please do keep up the fantastic work.

Great installment Chuck. Love your subtle attention to detail.

...Guy

chukw

Good stuff,  thanks.

 now a question: because I'm not familiar with resin-yet-, is it sorta normal for defects (ie breaks/missing corners) to be found? or just "the luck of the draw" with a peticular package?