Tamiya 1:48 ME-262 2nd attempt

lawdog114

Member since
February 2012
From: Olmsted Township, Ohio

Posted by lawdog114 on Sunday, June 30, 2019 3:53 AM

Greatmaker

lawdog114

That turned out fantastic Robert. You nailed the RLM colors. Thank you for sharing your work.

Thanks Joe. Your kind words are greatly appreciated. Thank you for sharing your techniques. Hopefully I’ve shown some improvement in my builds by following your excellent examples

Your builds are excellent Robert....and your welcome my friend.

"Can you fly this plane and land it?...Surely you can't be serious....I am serious, and don't call me Shirley"

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Greatmaker

Member since
April 2013
From: Eleva, Wisconsin

Posted by Greatmaker on Saturday, June 29, 2019 7:16 PM

Mopar Madness

OK Robert, that really looks fantastic!

Thanks Chad second time was the charm. I knew all the pitfalls that I made on the first one so the second one went pretty quick

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Mopar Madness

Member since
April 2015

Posted by Mopar Madness on Saturday, June 29, 2019 5:03 PM

OK Robert, that really looks fantastic!

Chad

God, Family, Models...

At the plate: 1/48 Airfix Bf109 & 1/35 Tamiya Famo

On deck: Who knows!

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Greatmaker

Member since
April 2013
From: Eleva, Wisconsin

Posted by Greatmaker on Saturday, June 29, 2019 10:15 AM

lawdog114

That turned out fantastic Robert. You nailed the RLM colors. Thank you for sharing your work.

Thanks Joe. Your kind words are greatly appreciated. Thank you for sharing your techniques. Hopefully I’ve shown some improvement in my builds by following your excellent examples

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lawdog114

Member since
February 2012
From: Olmsted Township, Ohio

Posted by lawdog114 on Saturday, June 29, 2019 3:06 AM

That turned out fantastic Robert. You nailed the RLM colors. Thank you for sharing your work.

"Can you fly this plane and land it?...Surely you can't be serious....I am serious, and don't call me Shirley"

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Greatmaker

Member since
April 2013
From: Eleva, Wisconsin

Posted by Greatmaker on Thursday, June 27, 2019 2:07 PM

BrandonK

That is really nice. Super nice camo work too. You should be super proud of this one.

BK

Thanks Brandon. Sad thing is it's almost identical to the first one when viewed from a distance but up close the old one was crap. I guess the devil is in the details

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BrandonK

Member since
June 2014

Posted by BrandonK on Thursday, June 27, 2019 2:02 PM

That is really nice. Super nice camo work too. You should be super proud of this one.

BK

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A lot !! And I mean A LOT!!

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Gamera

Member since
November 2009
From: SW Virginia

Posted by Gamera on Thursday, June 27, 2019 2:02 PM

Oh ok! Looks fine without it. Heart

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

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Greatmaker

Member since
April 2013
From: Eleva, Wisconsin

Posted by Greatmaker on Thursday, June 27, 2019 1:27 PM

Thanks Gamera! I did do a little streaking on the gunports of my first attempt and I didn't like how it looked so I decided not to on this one

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Gamera

Member since
November 2009
From: SW Virginia

Posted by Gamera on Thursday, June 27, 2019 1:16 PM

Looks fantastic to me! Love the camo and the inkblots look perfect!

Other than maybe a little soot around the gun ports I wouldn't change a thing.

I think even G'Kar would love her!

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

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Greatmaker

Member since
April 2013
From: Eleva, Wisconsin

Tamiya 1:48 ME-262 2nd attempt

Posted by Greatmaker on Thursday, June 27, 2019 12:29 PM

I built this plane about a month ago. In my first attempt I managed to obliterate most of the panels lines on the fuselage. Needless to say my rescribing effort was pitiful. The final straw was finding fog on the insides of the canopy. I used Tamiya thin to glue that down so no way to remove. The 262 is one of my all time favorite planes so I wanted to do it justice. I ordered a replacement that night and spent the next 2 weeks buiding a P-51 while I waited for the 262 to arrive. As lawdog said it's a fantastic kit. Paints are model master acrylic and Alcad. Tamiya tape and Montex masks for the bars and insiginas. Sad thing is I had fogging on the inside of this one as well eventhough I was extra careful. This time however I used white glue so I could get the canopy off to fix it.

image2 by Robert Pederson, on Flickr