D Bellis Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Built box-stock except for; Wires added to the back of the IP and inside of the main wheel wells. Replaced clunky arial mast with a spare Hasegawa part. Signifer wheel set. All paints are Testors Model Master Enamels or Testors 'small bottle' enamels. D andromeda673, BGB, Daywalker and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Wonderful build and the finish is right on the money. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daywalker Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 (edited) Damn that looks good, REALLY good! Finish is spot on, love the mottle finish you have achieved here. How did you get that hard edged camo on the tail to look so good? Edited December 16, 2012 by Daywalker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Excellent build; ditto the other's on the finish! Barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Lovely work D! Mind if I pinch them for the website? Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mz826 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Very nice looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Bellis Posted December 17, 2012 Author Share Posted December 17, 2012 Thanks for all the kind words! How did you get that hard edged camo on the tail to look so good? Thanks! I cut a mask from flexable 'sign vinyl' based on photographs of other Kommando Nowotny Me 262 tails. Lovely work D! Mind if I pinch them for the website? Thanks, Kev! Sure, you can use the pics. D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 The paint and finish you've done has me staring in detail for sometime, very well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B. Andrus Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Outstanding work, D. You sure can handle an airbrush. How do you like the Signifier wheels? D.B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Matt Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Great work D. Especially the airbrushing. Cheers Matty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Bellis Posted December 17, 2012 Author Share Posted December 17, 2012 Thanks again for the kind words! How do you like the Signifier wheels? The Signifier wheel set is ok, certainly a huge improvement over the kit's vinyl (or whatever they are) tires. However, the nose wheels provided are not the correct sizes. The wide tire is significantly smaller in diameter when it should be the same diameter as the narrow tire. I was lazy with this build and used the provided treaded tire because it is very close the correct diameter. The optimal route would be to get a set of good aftermarket 1/32 K-4 main wheels and use one for the nose wheel. I'll probably do just that for future builds of this kit, although I'm not sure if good aftermarket 1/32 K-4 wheels even exist. D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 That's just gorgeous - and the same machine I'm planning to do with mine - so wonderful inspiration! Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Cross Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Nifty! Very understated weathering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Bellis Posted December 18, 2012 Author Share Posted December 18, 2012 Thanks! D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Bellis Posted December 18, 2012 Author Share Posted December 18, 2012 I almost forgot: 3/16" (5mm) was removed from the main gear legs' oleos. Checking my references, it appeared that the kit legs represent them fully extended, and the model looked like it was standing on its 'tippy toes' with them like that. Each plastic leg was cut at the top of the oleo, and the oleos shortened by the required amount. The ends at the joint were then center drilled to accept a short length of 1/16" strene rod before gluing them back together. A small alignment tab had to be removed from the inside of the upper gear doors as well. I would have preferred to use the kit's metal main gear legs, but modifying those would have been far more difficult. In the end, only the metal nose gear leg was used (with the oleo scissors removed to represent the late production version). D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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