ME-262: Reich Defender II 10/09-7/10

bondoman wrote:

Luftwoller wrote: Bondo, i got to the bottom of the Torque scissor quandry. The early machines had a torque scissor and the larger formation light on the bottom of the rudder. The later machines didnt have a torque scissor and had the small 'Dot' of a formation light. Yey me. ...Guy Here's another piccie, Darling.. And come to think of it, that may be why the link doesn't show up in a lot of photos- THEY'RE SIDVIEWS!

Nice try Bondoodle. Great pic though. Great pics too Jeremy. Love the one with he racer canopy. Very sleeeeeeek.

Daywalker wrote:

mucker wrote: No, Frank, you look fine... Happy 40th! Alright... who took that photo of me?

Name the movie ths pic is from for 10,000 Ninja Points.

Would it happen to be Strange Brew?

Frank...

jmabx wrote:

Would it happen to be Strange Brew?   Frank...

10,000 Ninja points to you, Jeremy...you hoser!

jmabx wrote:

Strange Brew, the movie that was shot in 3B, three beers, eh. Or as it might be known to some Hoserama.

The year is 2051AD, ten years after World War 4. He was the only one left after the holocaust, eh. It was lucky for him he was off planet on vacation at the time, eh...

Never heard of it. Is it any good? I have a man who can get me...err...certain videos.

Right, i need help. Im very close to paint on mine and this is the scheme im going to try,

Im pretty sure of the lower sides are RLM 76 and the top surfaces should they be a mottle of RLM 81 and 82. Also do you reckon that the top of the wings would be a rough splinter of the 81, 82 or a hard edged? I reckon that the scheme looks like a field aplied job with the nose in natural with puttied seems. From what ive read, the putty was grey rather than the yellow showed.

So, 81 82? and Hard or soft edged splinter?

...Guy

Guy, 

Might just be 83 over 76, I've seen several JV 44 262's that were finished in this scheme, i.e., just one shade of green.  I've got a book on JV 44 that I'll double check when I get home.

Mike

Bondo- What a great looking build, love the 262 in that scheme!

Mike (Butz)- Great work on that gun bay, good to see you back in the saddle!

Aaron- 263?  Non-conformist! Looking good!

Frank- Happy Birthday to the illustrious GruppenbildenFührer!

sfcmac wrote:

Today is 30 Oct 2009 and in the Great State of Wisconsin our noble and non- progress pic posting leader has just turned 40!  A very happy Birthday to you FRank!!!! I thought this was a funny thing to turn up in a search for Hellcats!

 Happy Birthday Frank, the memory thing is only temporary, it gets worse the older ya get, until you get to my age and, ah, and, ah, what was I talking about?...lol

 Happy Birthday.

 Mo

 PS great looking builds...lol

HAPPY BIRTDAY TO FRANK HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO FRANK!!!

Welcome to the over 40 club and yes it sucks! So any goodies form the missus? A new optivisor mabye.

I think Mucker nailed you dead on with that pick! Strange Brew is one of my alltime favorite movies! Darn Jeremry beat me to the answer. Take off you hoser eh!

Guy yes I do have it on DVD if you really are interested. The are not Amies thought they are Canuck's. They movie is all about drinking beer so it might tickle you fancy. First you have to answer some more  questions from Bondo about the Godfather CD sets that I sent you then I will send you Strange Brew.

Major bummer today. No one has the Eduard mask set for the Tamiya 262 in stock except Roll. They take 2 to 3 weeks to deliver.. Oh well if I get to that point and i still do'nt have them I will bounce back over to the RA GB and start my next prodject if I can ever decide which one to do next!

                                                                                              Soulcrusher

mucker wrote:

10,000 Ninja points to you, Jeremy...you hoser!

Take off, eh...

I can feel it kickin' in you knobs...

Now I can lose my sign...

and get a sidekick who's not a hoser...

and maybe start on the U3 sometime this year.

luftwaffle wrote:

Aaron- 263?  Non-conformist! Looking good! Frank- Happy Birthday to the illustrious GruppenbildenFührer!

Non conformist? Moi?  According to GB rule # 6 reviewed by Guy there is no provision for the Me-263 A-1 not to be built here!  Besides it was a gift from someone on  this very GB!  I thought it only fitting to show off here! LOL!  Besides Frank won't remember anything from today anyways except the  unrelenting pounding in his head!

 This kit has nice resin details for the wheel wells. What are they? Gotta ask Bondo!

 The issue is that they don't fit too well as a lot of limited run kits have that challenge.  There were some gaps between that showed daylight so I filled them from the backside with window maker cement. A clear drying white glue. Then painted the back of the glue seams Rlm 02 and you can never tell. Worked well for a quick fix.

Now before I could join the fuse halfs I had to add weight bit the nose will need surgery later and there is little room.  So I did the penny trick and put 11 cents in between the back of the pit and the resin wheel chambers. Covered them with some paper towel tissue and used elmers cheap white glue to hold it all in place taking down the corner with CA. Them coins are stuck good!

 The halfs join like the old Monogram Skip Jack Nuke sub model horizontally.  Leaves a long seam that is kinda uneven along the fuse.

I went ahead and stuck the gear on cuz keeping this egg shaped fuse level will be key to a good look me thinks!

Since I had gone that far figured I may as well add the wings now.

 mmm lots of gaps.  I had to basically hollow out some of the wing and wing roots on both sides. They were solid and uneven  but I used care not to breech the outer skin of the wing. This allowed me to attach them straight and even.

Now it has been all sand rinse and repeat as the process of gap filling sanding and priming and resanding extc has been described.  After a lot of work and exclaimations I think I got things looking pretty good.

 Piece of Birthday Cake!  A little mild rescribing in parts and it may even pass for a Tamigawa kit!

 SC! Go Italian!  Is fun!  Scott Biao is missed!  Cha Ching!

I like the Ninja in the kini!  HIIII Yaaa!

Looking good Sarge. Real smooth lines. I am hoping that my masks will show up earlier than expected but if not I will just have to crack open the G-55 you sent me and show Guy how a real G-55 looks in splinter scheme camo!

Jeremy is probally eating jelly donuts and drinking Elsenor beer right now watching Strange brew.

                                                                                       Soulcrusher

Looking good Sarge. Whats with this crazy GB? Turn your back for 2 minutes and BANG!! Aarons almost finished another prospective beauty.

Bring on the questianos Bondlikins...I need 'Strange Brew'

Crusherkins, I need to see your G.55. Im praying your posties late. Send him to the sarge 1st, Dee will slow him down.

...Guy

Luftwoller wrote:

I need 'Strange Brew'

Eh ?

Like take off eh!

                                                                                      Soulcrusher

soulcrusher wrote:

Jeremy is probally eating jelly donuts and drinking Elsenor beer right now watching Strange brew.                                                                                        Soulcrusher

"Elsinore beer" I almost choked on my Back bacon with that reference.

I've had these two guys sitting on the shelf in my office for years. Just recently I was able to get a good downloaded copy from the Internet.

Love the scene where they are under water in the van and the cop diver taps on the window to see their drivers license. Such a bad move but so funny

I bought the copy of the DVD we have for my daughter. She Snowboards up in British Columbia and met a boy up there. So anyway she was telling me how he (Canadian Snowboard boy) talks funny . I got that dvd for her as a crash course on how to speak Canadian.....

(sorry Dave )

Summit wrote:

I bought the copy of the DVD we have for my daughter. She Snowboards up in British Columbia and met a boy up there. So anyway she was telling me how he (Canadian Snowboard boy) talks funny . I got that dvd for her as a crash course on how to speak Canadian..... (sorry Dave )

And we all wear "Toque's too

Summit wrote:

I bought the copy of the DVD we have for my daughter. She Snowboards up in British Columbia and met a boy up there. So anyway she was telling me how he (Canadian Snowboard boy) talks funny . I got that dvd for her as a crash course on how to speak Canadian..... (sorry Dave )

Eh?  Someone call my name?  

Guy..Strange Brew is an absolute "must see" movie. It's tied with Monty Python and the Holy Grail as funniest childhood movies I've seen. Spaceballs is close.

Soulcrusher beat me too it but I was going to ask a trivia question about the brand of beer they drink. "Like we found a mouse in a bottle of YOUR beer!" So I have a better question:

What's the name of their dog?

....I've never been around so many people who have not only seen, but also OWN the DVD (like me). Frank, if you're still accepting applications, I'd love to join up with this GB. I have a 1/48 Tamiya Me-262a somewhere in the stash.

Hi guys,

I finally have some WIP shots to show. I was hoping to be at this point five days ago but life as always intervened. The Tamiya 262 is a dream of a kit but not without a few challenges, the tightness of fit means you need to flex some parts together, and others, while a far closer fit than most out there, are still not perfect -- the gunbay cover, for instance. Great if you have an open bay, but it takes some pushing and holding to install the closed bay part.

First up, here are the subassemblies, fuselage together and wing together. Note the engines were masked even at this point, so as to minimise handling afterward, seeing as the nose gear was an obligatory installation before closing up the fuselage.

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Then I fitted the bay covers, tail surfaces, and joined the main assemblies. The fit is so tight and close that they'll snap-fit, so after a few dry runs I ran some liquid glue around the mating surfaces and eased them together. The starboard wingroot is not quite as close as the port, but not far enough out to be worth trying to do anything about it. She looks pretty good with main structures finished:

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The Eduard masks came in yesterday so my next job should be to paint and install the gunsight, then fit the canopy and apply the masks. Wet tissue in the engine trunks, figure out how to mask those open, detailed gear bays, and she'll be just about ready for the paintshop. That means I need to research Red 13 and see if I can get a handle on the most likely RLMs.

Cheers, guys, keep up the good work, remarkable builds all round -- comments forthcoming, I promise!

Mike/TB379

PS: Frank, happy birthday, you've joined the 40-somethings. See, it didn't actually hurt, did it?!

Aaron- That 262+1 is coming along very well indeed!  Looks better than I could have ever done with it.  You are the master of short run kits my friend.

Charles- By all means, aboard!  I was hoping to see you here.  I added your name to the roster, was that kit the -1a or -2a?

Mike- Excellent progress on your build.  I know what you mean about the fit, mostly perfect but a couple of areas need a bit of finesse.

mucker wrote:

What's the name of their dog? ...

Hosehead you hoser

Mike - Very nice Progress Looks like a really nice fit of the wings to the fuse.  I almost bought a Tamiya 262 the other day as I was thinking of building a converted kit

Then after I tallied up the Tamiya kit and resin conversion I got Price shock I will stick to the old classics..

Still a cool looking bird though..

Dave - That is the funniest picture I have seen in a long time....

Mike

Your  Tamiya bird is coming along nicely. What scale is it? I look forward to seeing the rest of the build.

Bob and Doug's dog was named Hosehead

Here is is guarding the familys beer

Here is is flying to save the day

Sean, would love to see that built up but I know what you mean about sticker shock.  

I would also love to see one of these (1/72 special hobby) built up.

Daywalker wrote:

Charles- By all means, aboard!  I was hoping to see you here.  I added your name to the roster, was that kit the -1a or -2a?

It's the -1a Frank.

You guys are good for abunch of hosers. Hosehead it is.

Mike, outstanding work!

Dave, that last ones a beauty. It kinda looks like a Miles Majister but without the v tail.

Your Highness, great to have you onboard, big boy.

...Guy

Finally got the paint on and let me tell you it's been a struggle to get to this point!  The first coat of paint revealed some areas that I was not entirely happy with so fill, sand, repeat, etc.  I was just putting on the finishing touches on the scond go-around of paint, the only area left to do was the black mottling on the aft part of the fuselage.  Grab my bottle of Aircraft Black, shake and DOH!  The cap was loose and voila! Spots of black paint all over my paint job! 

Note to self, tighten paint lid when done.

If you're wondering why the canopy isn't on there it's because much like Revell's 1/72 109 and 190, the one that comes with the kit sucks.  Semi-transparent and ill fitting.  Replacement True Details vacuform canopy will be required.

RLM 81 and 83 is Aeromaster acrylic, lower surfaces are MM Aircraft Black topped off with some Tamiya NATO Black to tone it down a bit.

Happy Halloween!