Trumpeter 1/32nd Me 262A-1a Completed Page 2

Well, its been a while since i built a 32nd kit.

Good for you Bish... 

From what I can see of the photos, it looks like it has nice details. Have you determined the camouflage and specific decals? 

Don't mind if I follow along do ya?

Ben

Yup, I'm in! 

Martin's building in 1/32?

Now that's going to be a big one. 

All of these 1/32 builds got me thinking of another distraction lol.

I can't wait to see this all painted up.

Oh My!

  I certainly wish my Clear one had been that large. That has to be one the Prettiest twin Jet Fighters Ever developed in W.W.2. I just have always thought the "Swallow" was a fit name for it. Might have come from the " Bad Guys" back then, but it's still beautiful today!

Thanks guys. Yep, i do build 32nd now and again. This kit does come with clear parts for the entines but i am not a fan of those. But i am looking to cut open some panels on at least one engine.

I'll be doing Green 1 of JG 7.

Time for an uodate on my 262. Got the cockpit finished up. The IP is all Eduard. I know the RLM 66 is a bit off on these sets, but i still really like thyem, certainly better than i could paint.

And the rest of the Pit. Here you can see the differance in colour between the Eduard PE and what i painted. Seatbelts are HGW, love these things.

And the gun bay was finished off minus the wiring. The bay and guns were all done with Alclad.

Got the top part of the pit fitted after fitting the IP. I wired up the back of the IP based on some pics of a build of these kit i found online. I could find any pics of the back of the real thing.

And then got all in inside parts of the fuselage fited, including the compass at the rear and camera at the front.

And got the fuselage together.

More soon.

Thanks TJ.

Wow Bish!  So much great detail in there. 

Hi Bish:

      As I said earlier that is one beautiful Bird! And YOU sir are doing this model real Justice here. keep it up.

Thanks guys. It is fuklly packe. It also come with 2 complete engines, as well as clear engine covers. Though i won't be useing those. Some of the interior parts also have clear options, i believe they do a boxing with a clear fuselage. You won't be able to see much of the stuff in the rear, though i will be leaving off the access panel and well as one side of the gun bays.

Does it come with a counterweight for the nose?

Now, it doesn't. It is quite heavy at the front, so not sure if it will be a tail sitter. You could add weight to the section in front of the guns. I secure mine to a base anyway, so not an issue for me. There is a bild of this on Hyperscale and he does not mention adding any weight.

Thanks LD. Ye, they do make a big differance, much better than the metal ones.

I hope to have an update soon.

Been a couple of weeks but finally have somthing to show. I got the wings on and have then been working on the engines. You have to fit in the front and rear sections so even though most of the engines won't be seen, i decided to build them both up and paint them. Paint is Alcla and Tamiya acrylics.

Most of the fit on this kit has been good. I can't say the same for the engones. There are 2 locator pins on each side of the engines, front and rear whoch go into locating holes in the covers. But putting the pins in place caused a gap of about 2mm in the bottom of the caseing, so i removed the pins on one side. The front and rear of the engine covers also neeed some trimming and still the fit is not perfect. But i got the engines fitted in the end.

I decided to cut away a section of panel on the right engine to at least sow a part of it, can't let al that detail go to waste. I will add some wiring later.

I then got it all maske up reay for priming. The panels ove rthe engine, guns and rear of the fuselage are al held in place by blue tac. The fit on these is not brilliant either so its quite lucky i don't plan on gluing them closed.

I had the day off work today so was able to get it prime this morning an dthe underside painted today. So just got to leave it a couple of days before doing the top side.

Thanks. Not sure if its accurate, i saw it on another build. I couldn't find any pics of the real thing.

Finally got the 262 painted up. The Eagle Cal sheets give 2 options for the colours of this aircraft. The underside is RLM 76 and the lighter top colour 82. But the darker colour is either 82 or 83. There are of course 2 versions of 83, the original brown option or the later green one. Most colour profiles of this show the brown version and i like that combination with the 82 so thats what i went with. Xtracolor's 83 switched from the brown to the green variant a few years ago, so i used colorcoats for that, all other colours including the Reich Defense band are Xtracolor.

The photo's of this aircraft don't show the tail. Some profiles show mottling while others, including the decal instructions, are solid. While other aircraft in the unit were solid coours, i went for mottling. After painting i gave the top a coat of Aqua Gloss as the colorcoats is matt unlike the gloss xtracolor.

As i was checking the referance pic prior to adding the decals i spotted somthing i should have seen before. They show my subject does not have the bulge on the gun bay doors. These were added to the late versions when the cartridge ejection chutes were changed from the standard curved type to an L shape. My kit has the curved chutes but the late style bulges. I am just glad my subject is not a late type as it was easier to remove the bulges than change the chutes, especially at this stage. When i checked further, i noticed my subject did not have the late type pilots head armour which the kit includes. So the kit is a bt of a mix and its easier to turn it into a standard version than it is a late version.

So i sanded off the bulges and then just brushed a light coat of flat black before re-painting.

Then the decals. The stencils are from the kit, everything else eagle Call. I did have a couple of these break up, one of the underwing crosses and one of the chevrons. The cross i manage to pul together but i had to patch the chevron with black paint.

I have since given it anotehr gloss coat, so next some weathering. Going to try oils instead of flory.

Thats a skinking feeling when you look at a freshly painted peice only to realize you have to mess it up to fix something.  I know it all too well!

Ye, i know. But its actually turned out ok.

Lookin' good Martin. Glad you were able to whip the decals into shape.

Thanks mate. Its the first tiome i have used their decals and i was a bit dissapointed.

Surprised I've missed this one until now, Bish. It looks great. I've always liked that camo pattern and yours looks sharp. 

Thanks Hoss.

Well;

 Now that's one good looking " Swallow"! I added weight to mine ( The Fully Clear one) between the gun bay and the nose also under the front of the pit. That worked. Mine has chotskes all over inside it! Then I painted Spots only where the decals go.

     I will tell ou this. Fitting the weight between the Gun Bay floor and the Nose gear well is a bear. A friend gave me the material for the weight. It was a puttyish stuff and boy it was heavy! he said it was supposed to be heavier than lead but moldable. It was.