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1/72 Me-262 A-1a/U3, "White 2", 1./NAGr 1, 1945 (Revell)

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  • Member since
    April 2015
  • From: New Hampshire, USA
Posted by UKguyInUSA on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 3:27 PM

Wow, that's an impressive job for a 1/72 scale model...looks gorgeous, but too small for my eyes! Yes

 

Cheers  Smile  

Martin

 

 

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 11:55 AM

Thats an impressive loking buld, i really like how you have done the scheme. I have the MPM kit in the stash but doing that camo really worries me, thats some series mottling.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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    March 2012
  • From: Corpus Christi, Tx
Posted by mustang1989 on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 8:56 AM

That's pretty freekin' sharp right there! Yes

                   

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    August 2013
Posted by Jay Jay on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 8:34 AM

OH MY WORD !  That;s a fine looking ME 262 ! The absolute best 1/72 I've ever seen .

 

 

 

 

 

 I'm finally retired. Now time I got, money I don't.

  • Member since
    November 2003
  • From: Naples, FL
Posted by tempestjohnny on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 7:09 AM
Great build and nice work on the canopy

 

  • Member since
    March 2015
  • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
Posted by Toshi on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 5:09 AM

This is an amazing excellent job on such a scale!

Toshi 

On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

 

Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

 

 

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    February 2005
Posted by marcopreto on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 4:30 AM

It took some years (quite a few to be honest), but it's completed!

Only recently I improvised a vacforming device and sucessfully made a new canopy.

Using masking take as templates, I markedwhere the canopy frames would go.

The previous step made masking the clear areas almost trivial.

The interior colour was sprayed first, followed by the primer colour used back in 2009, so the green colour has the exact same background, in order to match the colour perfectly.

After aplying the green colour and touching up a few last details, it was completed!

 

I hope you like it.

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    February 2005
Posted by marcopreto on Sunday, October 25, 2009 11:42 AM

Thank you all for your kind words.

I'll check out the Me262 GB!

 

The nose was masked with the thinest masking tape I have around (0.5 mm), using the kit panel line as reference. First the white was airbrushed, followed by the red and the blak final line the last (with the necessary masking - the black line was the only that didn't used a panel line as reference - for this one I aplied a 1 mm masking tape in its place, aplied the masking tape right next to it, removed the 1mm tape and that resulted on a 1mm stripe ready to be painted).

I used Vallejo acrylic colors: 

RLM 76 - Vallejo Model Color 153 (slightly highlighted)

RLM 82 - Vallejo Model Color 86

RLM 83 - Vallejo Model Air 11

RLM 76 was aplied overall, followed by the RLM82 (firt concentratin on the stronger spots and then fusing everything) and some few spots of RLM 83 completed it. All colors were aplied freehand. The frustrating thing was that these acrylic colors (mainly the Vallejo Model color range) insisted on drying on the airbrush needle and nozzle - I had to stop painting every 1,5 -2 min. do clean the needle and nozzle! Adding some retarder helped a bit but I still had to stop frequently!

The levers on the cokpit are PE leftovers and PE tree portions trimed and with a drop of PVA glue aplied on their ends to simulate the handles. The seatbelts are from Eduard.

I hope to complete it soon, but I'm still strugling to make a good canopy, 'cause the Revell one is one of the worst I've seen.

 Cheers

 

  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: Niagara Falls NY
Posted by Butz on Sunday, October 25, 2009 12:38 AM

 

 Wow Marco, that is one heck of a build all around..!! I especially like the attention to the office as well as the gear bay interior..

 The paint job and scheme is outstanding.. Thank you for sharing..

Flaps up,

Mike

Rangers Lead The Way

  If you would listen to everybody about the inaccuracies, most of the kits on your shelf would not have been built Too Close For Guns, Switching To Finger

  • Member since
    March 2008
  • From: New Jersey
Posted by Dirkpitt289 on Saturday, October 24, 2009 11:44 PM
Great job. I love the job you did on the paint scheme. What colors did you use and how did you achieve it? As for the cockpit I see the belts are PE but how did you make the knobs and levers? They look to thick to be PE.

I also like the work you did in the wheel well area. SWEET!

Dirk

On The Bench:

B-17F "Old 666" [1/72]

JU-52/53 Minesweeper [1/72]

Twin Me 262's [1/72] Nightfighter and Big Cannon

  • Member since
    January 2009
  • From: Algonquin, IL
Posted by model geek on Saturday, October 24, 2009 10:20 AM

Marco,

Great detail in the cockpit. I don't know how you guys do this in 1/72 scale!!! Very well done on the paint job as well.

 

Tom  

 

  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State
Posted by rjkplasticmod on Saturday, October 24, 2009 8:08 AM

Great looking Build.  Add the canopy & she's good to go.

Regards,  Rick

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  • Member since
    July 2003
  • From: Bicester, England
Posted by KJ200 on Saturday, October 24, 2009 6:31 AM

Stunning looking build.

I've never seen this kit built before, and you've captured the distinctive recon camo perfectly.Thumbs Up [tup]

Karl

Currently on the bench: AZ Models 1/72 Mig 17PF

  • Member since
    September 2003
  • From: South Central Wisconsin
Posted by Daywalker on Friday, October 23, 2009 10:40 PM
Very, very nice work.  Especially the paint and office details- WOW!  We sure would love to have you over at the ME-262 Group Build... Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

Frank 

 

  • Member since
    September 2004
  • From: Vernon, BC, Canada
Posted by razordws on Friday, October 23, 2009 9:25 PM
It's a beautiful build Marco.  I love the nicely mottled paint job.  What colours did you use to achieve that?  Come check out the Me 262 group build and join us. 

Dave

  • Member since
    March 2009
  • From: Wirral. UK
Posted by Spike190 on Friday, October 23, 2009 6:12 PM

I agree, very very nice and hard to believe it's 1/72. Really super job. Marco have you checked out the Me 262 Group Build?

 

Cheers...

Mike  Toast

 

  • Member since
    October 2007
  • From: Rhode Island
Posted by jmabx on Friday, October 23, 2009 6:04 PM

Like it?  I love it!  Thumbs Up [tup]

 Hogan wrote:

  What did you use to mask the nose to create those perfect circles?

I wanted to ask this myself.

Jeremy    Propeller

    

  • Member since
    March 2006
  • From: California
Posted by Hogan on Friday, October 23, 2009 5:22 PM

That is very, very nice!  How you can get that level of detail in the cockpit is amazing!  What did you use to mask the nose to create those perfect circles?

Bob

  • Member since
    February 2005
1/72 Me-262 A-1a/U3, "White 2", 1./NAGr 1, 1945 (Revell)
Posted by marcopreto on Friday, October 23, 2009 4:08 PM

Hi:

Here's another small bird that's sitting on my workbench. It's Revell's 1/72 Me-262 A1-a/U3, which depicts white 2 , belonging to 1./NAGr 1, during the last months of WWII.

I've made some improvements to the cockpit and to the main gear wells.

The camouflage was applied and cleared for the aplication of decals (I've used the box decals which were not very bad, and once cleared over nicelly fused with the paint work).

 It was already slightly weathered and flatened, and this is its present state:

I hope you like it.

 

Cheers

 

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