Finally, heres my Me262A-2a

wow! that plane looks fantastic!!! i love seeing the great work...it so cool to see good examples of what i'm shooting for! gorgeous. gorgeous.

Hey Erock68,
I dont see no Labatt Blue anywhere..??. Its just a plain old drinking cup that Blackwolf has. Matter of fact he gave me the other one.
A nice cold blue sounds good right about now after doin yard work. Now thats a celebration.
Remember one thing, its mind over matter...!! If ya don't mind it, it doesn't matter.
If I can do it most certainly you can do it my friend. Never be affraid.
Just remember what my good friend Nike told me.... JUST DO IT..!!!!
If you have any question about the assemble of the 262, I'll be more than happy to help you out. Falcon42177@yahoo.com
Flaps up, Mike

Butz,

Superior job! I have the Tamiya kit also and hope mine turns out looking that good...

Applause!


By the way....was the Labatt Blue in celebration of a job well done?

I forgot to mention that the blue and red sqd band is not a decal. I was actually nervous because of the "curve" factor of the aft fuselage section and I did not want any overlapping of the decal.

Hey Lee,
I am glad that you liked my Me262. The only thing that I did not like on kit was the front armorment door section(the closed position).
It reminded me of how the ol Monogram kit had fit problems in that area as well. Over all it is a great kit to build.

Whaz up erush,
I'm trying man....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Flaps up, Mike

QUOTE: Originally posted by Butz Hey erush, I get it now.... sweet butz Too funny my friend! Flaps up, Mike

I still want to see some close ups if you can get them buddy!

Eric

Butz, awesome job. Cool looking aircraft!
Lee

Hey markuz226,
Thank you too kindly. Ya know your the second or third person who has asked me about close ups of the gun bay and cockpit.
I'll see what I can do K..!!

Kolja94,
Your most welcome..!! Its a pleasure sharing w/ my modeling buds and budettes
Flaps up, Mike

Great job!!! Do you have close ups for the nose gun panel? How about the cockpit?

~~~MarkY

Hey erush,

I get it now.... sweet butz Too funny my friend!
Flaps up, Mike

First off thank you for the kind words fellas...!!!

Maddafinga,
You can do anything if you put your mind to it..!! It just takes practice and time but most of all PATIENCE my good man
Believe me it took me a lot to get where I'm at and I still feel I'm not at that level yet? In our life time do you think we will ever get to that level of excellence?

Hey Keyworth,
I used 1/4" wide by 1/16" thick(foot long give or take) balsa wood. To get the tones I used "scale" black as a base coat(actually I set up the planks then painted the entier piece all at once).
After that I went back over it w/ earth brown thinned quite a bit. Its funny this was the first planking I did w/out doing any weather except by using the air brush!!.
I was glad to be done w/ the cutting since it took me almost 2 hrs to complete. Base over all was done in about two days.

gregers,
I too was pleased on how the panels turned out. Again I used the "smudge was" that Paul Boyer did a while back in FSM. For the wash I used "scale" black.
The out come was lighter for some reason compared to my D-520 which I used the same wash solution!!
Over all the 262 is one of my favorite pieces but it also comes w/ being dropped twice on its nose from an altitude of about 5'[:0]
If you have any question I'll be glad to help and also if I have any I'm sure someone here could lend me a helping hand.
Flaps up, Mike

Geez, looks familiar...

If ya'll want to see some more work by Butz head on over to my website and hit the 'More Snapshots" page...


Fade to Black...

Butz,
Excellent. Thanks for sharing.
Fuzzy

Excellent A/C Butz.

Mike, your Schwalbe is great! Nice job on the details. What did you use for the planking on the base?

WOW! Excellent work! Thanks for sharing it!

Hi Butz that 262 is superb i agree the pannel work is perfectly subtle, not overdone like some that i have seen.great work.....Greg

Very nice, lovely and clean bird..

Looks great man, hopefully I can produce something that good before too long. I really like the nicely done panel lines, not overpowering, but just noticeable, not underdone. Very nice work.


madda

Hey erush,
I will see what I can do about the close ups? What didn't sound right[:0].
I like how the interior turned out. The instrument panel especially
Flaps up, Mike

Sweet Butz! Hmmm, that didn't sound right.... Really though, very well done! I'd like to see some close-ups of the cockpit and gun bay but from what I can tell it looks great too!!

Eric

Hey Colin,
Nope everything came from the kit itself. Thanks for the kind words my friend.
Flaps up, Mike

Excellent work! Is the engine an after market job or did it come with the kit?
I made an Me262 years ago when I first started modelling. Didn't turn out to good. I now use it as a test piece when i'm painting or trying a new technique!