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

Fantastic stuff Chuck. Theres always something with your posts that i look at and think 'What a great idea' With this post it was the clear acetate as a guide for rivetting.

I recently read a great article on a guy who completely rescribed an Airfix sunderland. He ran tamiya extra thin into the rescribed lines to smooth them out. Looked like perfection when finished. Might make your life easier if it works for you.

...Guy 

OH I gotta keep an eye on this build !!!!!!!!!!! Great work!! Me thinks I might learn sumpthin here. Gummy Bears anyone ??

Thanks, my friends!

That's a good tip,Lufty- I'll have toput that into practice.

Well, I've managed to barter for a CMK engine set- more fun for the future!   Top of wings and fuselage are fully riveted, and I'm in bachelor mode as the wife heads off to visit her mom.  Modeling weekend ahead!   

Luftwoller wrote:

Ill try again, i dont know what Photobucket was up to then? Heres mine,  ...Guy

well I just discovered that guy has another hidden talent! He's really good with Adobe Photoshop. That was pretty good putting the real plane right next to the paint bottle<G>!! Beautifull build Guy!

p.s. I really did think it was a real plane when I first looked at the pic

gary

Cheers for that Squeakie, Its a great subject for Chuck to build but mine was a huge dissapointment for me. My paint was just....Wrong. Contamination or something. The pit came out sweetly its just the horrid paint job. Hopefully Chucks wonders will give me the urge to strip and repaint. Never done that before. Bit daunting.

...Guy

Mansteins revenge wrote:

philo426 wrote: The Pro-modeler ME-410 is a great kit!    Where can you still find that kit???

they're on Ebay all the time. I bought one for $15 on there, but most of the time they're around $20. The wheel well set is new to me, but did buy the interior set to toss in the box.

gary

Hey chuk, last five pics not working. 

Edit: Nevermind, seem to  be working fine now.

Simply Wonderbah!  Love her new attire! Glad you got your eyes checked out and fixed!  Now you can see to really add some details you missed!  Like 1/48 scale fruit flys stuck in the radiators! Geeze  Chuk! ?!?!  Your work is extemely fine enough to give me a complex if I had room for another!

 I was going to ask in your previous post what did you used for the PE Templates to scribe those inspection points in the tail?  I missed that one somehow? Were they an add on like the landing lights on the KI -45?

 As far as your art work! Top notch! That poor pfenning is nekid though give him some lider-hosen!  He'll catch cold!

sfcmac wrote:

...Like 1/48 scale fruit flys stuck in the radiators!

If I'd been drinking something I would have snorted it out my nose. 

Good stuff, Chuk! 

That tail strut is very nice, have tried something like that in 1/32 but never in 1/48th.  Think that I'd go blind!!  Looking forward to next weeks episode!

Matt

Mmmmm Fritzi, Hubba Hubba. Fantastic attention to detail Chuck. The artworks great too.

Im going to try to post a good period pic with my replys to your posts. That way you might get a good pic youve not seen of the 410.

...Guy

I spent a lot of time last weekend consolidating four...count 'em, four spares boxes down to two, and I did see some little metal gears, I think. Maybe I'll have to try to make a version of chukw's riveting tool! I do have a soldering gun but have never used it, I don't think. Perhaps I can figure out something that won't require the soldering gun.

As always, looking forward to more!

chukw wrote:

I can't help but laugh every time I see this character.He reminds me of the Professional Bowler Jason Couch.

http://www.bowlingdigital.com/bowling/files/images/2006JasonCouch_small.jpg

 Google pictures of him if that link doesnt work. The resemblance is uncanny :)

 Oh, and Chuk, awesome work. I will be watching this start to finish, wishing I had your skills.

Hey, thanks, guys!  I've always read that these Aires sets are fiddly- and they are!  Not only that, but the resin is pretty stinky, too- I keep the vents going and the vacuum cleaner at hand.  It's a matter of scrape, sand, etc....

sfcmac: I used a Verlinden template for thos little roundhatches- got 'em from Squadron years ago.  I'll be making my own PE radiator bugs soon- NOT!

Lufty, keep them pics comin'!  Many thanks, bud!

Go for it, Jim!  I'm sure you can patch something together- it's all in fun.

Deeve, I'm not up on my pro bowlers, but that's uncanny!  I was thinking that the Captain is the kind of tired and war-weary  piloiy who's seen too much, but is still ready to take on Indiana Jones in a fist-fight.  ;D

For the rest of youse mugs- thanks again- and see you soon!

Very usefull and informative. Ive, in the past, just glued the warped pieces in!! One side at a time and hoped for the best. Ill deffo give that idea a go next time.

...Guy

the simplicity of the method for fixing the warped peices is what gets me.  Amazing work.

Thanks for sharing.

the one thing I get outta these threads is just learning a new technics almost everytime I read them.

keep posting for my sake

gary

Just because I found your Reichspfennig interesting, Chuck.. I have my Dad's WW2 GI Zippo, well.. part of it.. All that's left of the original lighter is the bottom case, as the guts and the top have been replaced.. But the bottom case has a five-Reichsmark coin soldered on each side..

Just thought I'd share..

Thanks, Guys! 

Von Hammer- that lighter is DOPE!!!

 Glad you all liked the post- but no one found the Easter Egg?   No one?  Bueller? 

 Your not saying Fritzi is stuffing her shirt surely?  ( Oh Come on I said it but you all know you were thinking it too!)

 I dunno Chuk I don't see it does it have anything to do with the dark mysterious fellow hiding by the cold water on the stove?