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Thanks for the nice compliments Martin.

I finished the base by adding vegetation and some oil stains on the planks.

Mixed up some dark brown oil paint and thinner for the oil stains.

Very nice work PJ, well done.

Apart from a stellar start to your build, the diorama base is excellent.

Keep up the brilliant work.

Cool project PJ! Lookin' really good!

Max

Lovely job on the base PJ, love the look of the wood.

That is a really terrific effort you have put into your 262. Fine example of applying the panel line effects. It just looks sharp and clean. I like it. I am also very impressed with your base. Indeed, Bish is quite an inspiration for those and you've produced one fine example. I'm looking forward to the finished product.

  Joe

Thanks fellas for the nice compliments. I see the finish line getting closer.

Ok, I really like that hardstand airfield dio!  Nicely detailed "stained" wood!

Thanks dog and mopar.

The PPP is pretty easy to work with and if it gets hard in the tube, add a few drops of water and shake it. Let it sit for a while and add more water if needed and it's like new again.

Plane looks awesome, and so does the base.  Great work!

Cheers, Mark

Thanks Mark. Very happy that you like hoe the dio is coming out.

Man this is really nice work. Question though how do you dio builders keep the shrubs dust free with out busting them.

I'm trying to plan mine without them for the same reason I button up my canopy dusting and breaking things.

blackdog62

Man this is really nice work. Question though how do you dio builders keep the shrubs dust free with out busting them.

I'm trying to plan mine without them for the same reason I button up my canopy dusting and breaking things.

 

Every so often i take my airbrush to my bases to remove dust and so on. I also use a dusting brush and just swipe it over gently. Unfortunatly i don't have cabinets for my models, so i try and dust often to stop it building up.

Dog 

I keep my models in closed glass cabinets but some dust works its way in. Like Bish, I use my ab to gently blow some of the junk off.

Got sidelined by other things but finally got some work done. I used some very thin wire wrapped around a mini drill bit to make the spring for the canopy hold open wire.

EZ line was inserted into the tiny spring and super glued in place. The HF extra hands jig are a great help in aligning things.

Hold open wire in place along with some scratched out belts made from wine foil and left over pe parts. Aerial wire is EZ line and a pleasure to work with.

Got the wheels pinned and glued down to the plank surface.  The flash reflected off the Floquil Silver and looks lighter than how it actually is.

The figures are next. Got them cleaned up and shot them with Floquil Engine Black enamel as a primer/pre shading coat.

Finished painting both figures. I had forgotten about the great looking figures Monogram used to include in their kits. I just hit them with an oil wash so i will shoot some clear flat tomorrow and then will be mounted on the base.

Everything is pinned and secured to the base. The figures add an idea of scale. 

Near the end, due to lack of material and time most of the planes that were assembled by the Germans often times had no paint and went on to fight in NMF as shown here with this Me-262.  Click on the images for closeups.

Love it PJ. Really nicely finished build and a great job on the base and figures as well. Al round really great job.

Great job, plasticjunkie!!

Wow, that is so much more than I was expecting. That looks exceptional.

BK

Such an interesting subject. And those figures are fantastic! 

Way to take an older kit and bring it together like this.   Curious, one of the jet engines the front portion is NMF while the other engine is painted front to back.  What is the reason you did it this way?

Thanks fellas for the nice compliments. These old Monogram kits are very nice and have some great looking figures included.

route62

Way to take an older kit and bring it together like this.   Curious, one of the jet engines the front portion is NMF while the other engine is painted front to back.  What is the reason you did it this way?

 

As a replacement panel and engines taken from another aircraft. This was a routine practice by the Germans at the end of the war to use whatever was available to rush the plane into service. You can also see this with late 109s and 190s where they have multiple colored undersides in combination with NMF panels.

Notice the RLM76 color on the rudder of the 262, another replacement part thrown in the mix.

When I first saw the plane I thought, "Wow!"  Then when I saw the base you built I thought, "Wow!"  Then when I saw the figures I thought, "Wow!"  And when I saw it all together I thought, "Holy Cow!!"   Well done sir. 

Cheers, Mark

I love how each segment of the build pulls everything together.  Absolutely fantastic sir!

Toshi

Mark and Toshi, thank you both for your very nice comments.

I concur with the opinions that this is a really special dio. I am going to attempt some figures soon and will be referencing this thread for my own edification.

Great job PJ!!