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Here is my Revell 1/32 Me-262 A1a in the markings of Heinz Bar's Rote 13, III/EJG 2 in 3/1945.
This is a great kit, builds up nice. Overall detail & fit are excellent. Highly recommend the kit. The only issues I had was the fit of the optional opened panels, engine & gun bays, which I modeled as closed.
Used the following aftermarket;
Eduard 'Look' instrument panel, Quickboost Revi 16 gunsight, Eagle editions decals for the '13' & S/N, HGW stencils & some photo etch seat belt buckles.
Added the following;
 Wiring, piping , hoses & brake lines to the landing gear & bays; seat belts from lead foil; wiring to the back of instrument panel, levers & other misc. details to the cockpit; replaced the plastic antennas with wire & aluminum strip; plastic pitot tube replaced with tubing; added details inside the canopy; added reflectors to the gunsight & added the antenna.
Painted with Xtracolor enamels, weathered with pastels & a silver pencil. Weathering was kept light.
Thanks for looking & all comments welcome.

   

Looking forward to you build John.
It is a great kit & I'm sure you will turn out another stunner as usual.
I used the Barracuda nose on mine with the half engine in the Hi-tech kit, as Chuck had linked to.
I had to do alot of fitting, sanding, grinding to get it all together. Also, the oil or coolant tank (?) on the front of the engine casting will be wider than the Barracuda nose & will need sanded down to match the new nose. I was happy with the grafting & believe it was worth the extra effort.
Other areas I had issues with, was the cockpit was too wide, would spread the fuse out, causing negative dihedral & also caused fit issues with the LG wells. Landing gear wells were a PITA to assemble & fit correctly & the wing inserts fit poorly.
Hope it helps you on your build.
Larry

Looking forward to you build John.
It is a great kit & I'm sure you will turn out another stunner as usual.
I used the Barracuda nose on mine with the half engine in the Hi-tech kit, as Chuck had linked to.
I had to do alot of fitting, sanding, grinding to get it all together. Also, the oil or coolant tank (?) on the front of the engine casting will be wider than the Barracuda nose & will need sanded down to match the new nose. I was happy with the grafting & believe it was worth the extra effort.
Other areas I had issues with, was the cockpit was too wide, would spread the fuse out, causing negative dihedral & also caused fit issues with the LG wells. Landing gear wells were a PITA to assemble & fit correctly & the wing inserts fit poorly.
Hope it helps you on your build.
Larry

Looking forward to you build John.
It is a great kit & I'm sure you will turn out another stunner as usual.
I used the Barracuda nose on mine with the half engine in the Hi-tech kit, as Chuck had linked to.
I had to do alot of fitting, sanding, grinding to get it all together. Also, the oil or coolant tank (?) on the front of the engine casting will be wider than the Barracuda nose & will need sanded down to match the new nose. I was happy with the grafting & believe it was worth the extra effort.
Other areas I had issues with, was the cockpit was too wide, would spread the fuse out, causing negative dihedral & also caused fit issues with the LG wells. Landing gear wells were a PITA to assemble & fit correctly & the wing inserts fit poorly.
Hope it helps you on your build.
Larry

Wingnut Wings S.E.5a kit used with the following modifications:   Front undercarriage struts split into two. Cockpit opening enlarged. Lewis gun mount lowered. Piping added to front cabane struts.   Roden S.E.5 components used:   Wolseley Viper engine. Propeller. Heavily modified radiator with scratch built shutters. Modified top and bottom cowls.   Other additions:   Own design and 3D printed prop hub. Various scratchbuilt engine and radiator details. Modified exhausts. RB Productions Sutton Harness. Bobs Buckles brass tube turnbuckles. Prym Knitting in elastic rigging.   Paint and markings:   Tamiya AS-12 applied from the spray can. Self made masks with sprayed markings.                    

Thanks!. Yes, I sawed the upper half off of the Barracuda nose. Practiced on the kit pieces first.

Just finished today; Special Hobby Tempest Mk V 'Hi Tech' kit. Finished as SA-M, a Mk V flown by James Sheddan of 486 Squadron. 
Beautiful model when finished. Takes a lot of work to get there though. Many fit issues which I guess is common for the brand.
Sure looks good when finished though.
The Hi Tech kit comes with the 1/2 engine, lots of resin to replace plastic kit parts, HGW seat belts & photo etch details.
After seeing Misoslav build so many, I was real interested in trying my hand at one. Got the kit @ 1/2 price on sale at a on line retailer.
Added Barracuda resin nose & prop, Eduard flaps.
Painted using MRP paints. 
All markings except stencils, kill markings & Squadron flag are painted on.
Thanks to Reimund for the kill markings & flags !
Weathered using washes, pastels & hair spray technique for the chipping.
Thanks for looking & all comments welcome.
Larry

Hi Friends,
 
I was never a great fan of the Panavia Tornado jet, but when I saw the box-art of the Tornado GR1 from Revell in desert-pink, I have to build one.
Here is the result...
 
Ciao
Serge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi all,
The Ansaldo A.1 ‘Balilla’, Serial No:16558 of pilot Tenente Leopoldo Eleuteri of No:70a Squadriglia, operating from Gazzo Padovano during the September of 1918.
The forum build log is here:
As usual I've uploaded my PDF and bookmarked build log to Gallery 3 on my site (link below).
Thanks for your support and comments throughout this build,
 
Mike

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

Excellent as usual John.
The details you put into a build are amazing.
Your paint, finish & weathering are second to none.
Thanks for posting & looking forward to your next one.
Larry
 

Found this on Ebay and slapped it together:
 

 
I thought it would be fun to build the model with all the "working options" fully functional. I have to admit, however, that the kit really show it's age. A member added the F3F to a running wish-list, here on the forum, a couple of days ago. The F3F certainly strikes me as a worthy offering in that regard. For now, modelers will almost certainly be more satisfied with the Accurate Miniatures 1/48 F3F-1/2 if they want a nice, scale model of Grumman's little "beer-bottle" of a plane.
 
More pics of the model, these with the main landing gear deployed:
 

 
 
 
 

Hello guys! It's been a while since I uploaded something in here.
This is my first 1:32 109 in a long time, Hasegawa's G-6 with markings for Erich Hartmann's aircraft.

this is my last 1/32 kit , first for 2021, i dont build many large scale airplanes, only the Alies classics of WW2, this time is the spitfire, it is almost OOB build, just added resin wheels and PE seatbelts, and some wires to the engine, hope you like it guys. Engine cowls dont fit perfectly, but the model will be displayed without the engine cowls
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

my last built , enjoy :



 
 

 
 

 

 
 

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This is my recently completed build of the Revell Me262B-1/U-1 kit in 1/32 scale.  I have chosen to depict Red 10 of 10./NJG11, which was one of four Me262B nightfighters captured by the Allies at the end of the war.
 

 
 
The aftermarket item list for this build is as follows:
1. Master FuG 218 Neptun brass radar assembly
2. Barracuda Me262 resin wheels
3. HGW Me262B fabric seatbelts
4. Eduard Me262B-1 Exterior set
5. Eduard Me262B-1 Interior set
6. Eduard Me262B-1 Mask set
 
Please note that large portions of the Eduard Exterior and Interior set went unused.  Major markings were painted using masks produced with a Silhouette Portrait cutter.  Kit decals were used for the remainder of the markings.
 









 
 






 
 
 
The start-to-finish build thread can be referenced at the following link:
 
 
 

Here is my Revell 1/32 Me-262 A1a in the markings of Heinz Bar's Rote 13, III/EJG 2 in 3/1945.
This is a great kit, builds up nice. Overall detail & fit are excellent. Highly recommend the kit. The only issues I had was the fit of the optional opened panels, engine & gun bays, which I modeled as closed.
Used the following aftermarket;
Eduard 'Look' instrument panel, Quickboost Revi 16 gunsight, Eagle editions decals for the '13' & S/N, HGW stencils & some photo etch seat belt buckles.
Added the following;
 Wiring, piping , hoses & brake lines to the landing gear & bays; seat belts from lead foil; wiring to the back of instrument panel, levers & other misc. details to the cockpit; replaced the plastic antennas with wire & aluminum strip; plastic pitot tube replaced with tubing; added details inside the canopy; added reflectors to the gunsight & added the antenna.
Painted with Xtracolor enamels, weathered with pastels & a silver pencil. Weathering was kept light.
Thanks for looking & all comments welcome.

   

Here is my Revell 1/32 Me-262 A1a in the markings of Heinz Bar's Rote 13, III/EJG 2 in 3/1945.
This is a great kit, builds up nice. Overall detail & fit are excellent. Highly recommend the kit. The only issues I had was the fit of the optional opened panels, engine & gun bays, which I modeled as closed.
Used the following aftermarket;
Eduard 'Look' instrument panel, Quickboost Revi 16 gunsight, Eagle editions decals for the '13' & S/N, HGW stencils & some photo etch seat belt buckles.
Added the following;
 Wiring, piping , hoses & brake lines to the landing gear & bays; seat belts from lead foil; wiring to the back of instrument panel, levers & other misc. details to the cockpit; replaced the plastic antennas with wire & aluminum strip; plastic pitot tube replaced with tubing; added details inside the canopy; added reflectors to the gunsight & added the antenna.
Painted with Xtracolor enamels, weathered with pastels & a silver pencil. Weathering was kept light.
Thanks for looking & all comments welcome.

   

Here is my Revell 1/32 Me-262 A1a in the markings of Heinz Bar's Rote 13, III/EJG 2 in 3/1945.
This is a great kit, builds up nice. Overall detail & fit are excellent. Highly recommend the kit. The only issues I had was the fit of the optional opened panels, engine & gun bays, which I modeled as closed.
Used the following aftermarket;
Eduard 'Look' instrument panel, Quickboost Revi 16 gunsight, Eagle editions decals for the '13' & S/N, HGW stencils & some photo etch seat belt buckles.
Added the following;
 Wiring, piping , hoses & brake lines to the landing gear & bays; seat belts from lead foil; wiring to the back of instrument panel, levers & other misc. details to the cockpit; replaced the plastic antennas with wire & aluminum strip; plastic pitot tube replaced with tubing; added details inside the canopy; added reflectors to the gunsight & added the antenna.
Painted with Xtracolor enamels, weathered with pastels & a silver pencil. Weathering was kept light.
Thanks for looking & all comments welcome.

   

Here is my Revell 1/32 Me-262 A1a in the markings of Heinz Bar's Rote 13, III/EJG 2 in 3/1945.
This is a great kit, builds up nice. Overall detail & fit are excellent. Highly recommend the kit. The only issues I had was the fit of the optional opened panels, engine & gun bays, which I modeled as closed.
Used the following aftermarket;
Eduard 'Look' instrument panel, Quickboost Revi 16 gunsight, Eagle editions decals for the '13' & S/N, HGW stencils & some photo etch seat belt buckles.
Added the following;
 Wiring, piping , hoses & brake lines to the landing gear & bays; seat belts from lead foil; wiring to the back of instrument panel, levers & other misc. details to the cockpit; replaced the plastic antennas with wire & aluminum strip; plastic pitot tube replaced with tubing; added details inside the canopy; added reflectors to the gunsight & added the antenna.
Painted with Xtracolor enamels, weathered with pastels & a silver pencil. Weathering was kept light.
Thanks for looking & all comments welcome.

   

The Rumpler 6B.1 conversion has crossed the line... first build in 2021
 

 
New diorama pic...
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
I must admit the conversion turned out to be a lot harder than I initially imagined, with many alterations and corrections along the way...
 
But it was worth it, I just love this 'seabird'
 
Cheers: Kent

Here is my Revell 1/32 Me-262 A1a in the markings of Heinz Bar's Rote 13, III/EJG 2 in 3/1945.
This is a great kit, builds up nice. Overall detail & fit are excellent. Highly recommend the kit. The only issues I had was the fit of the optional opened panels, engine & gun bays, which I modeled as closed.
Used the following aftermarket;
Eduard 'Look' instrument panel, Quickboost Revi 16 gunsight, Eagle editions decals for the '13' & S/N, HGW stencils & some photo etch seat belt buckles.
Added the following;
 Wiring, piping , hoses & brake lines to the landing gear & bays; seat belts from lead foil; wiring to the back of instrument panel, levers & other misc. details to the cockpit; replaced the plastic antennas with wire & aluminum strip; plastic pitot tube replaced with tubing; added details inside the canopy; added reflectors to the gunsight & added the antenna.
Painted with Xtracolor enamels, weathered with pastels & a silver pencil. Weathering was kept light.
Thanks for looking & all comments welcome.

   

Here is my Revell 1/32 Me-262 A1a in the markings of Heinz Bar's Rote 13, III/EJG 2 in 3/1945.
This is a great kit, builds up nice. Overall detail & fit are excellent. Highly recommend the kit. The only issues I had was the fit of the optional opened panels, engine & gun bays, which I modeled as closed.
Used the following aftermarket;
Eduard 'Look' instrument panel, Quickboost Revi 16 gunsight, Eagle editions decals for the '13' & S/N, HGW stencils & some photo etch seat belt buckles.
Added the following;
 Wiring, piping , hoses & brake lines to the landing gear & bays; seat belts from lead foil; wiring to the back of instrument panel, levers & other misc. details to the cockpit; replaced the plastic antennas with wire & aluminum strip; plastic pitot tube replaced with tubing; added details inside the canopy; added reflectors to the gunsight & added the antenna.
Painted with Xtracolor enamels, weathered with pastels & a silver pencil. Weathering was kept light.
Thanks for looking & all comments welcome.

   

Here is my Revell 1/32 Me-262 A1a in the markings of Heinz Bar's Rote 13, III/EJG 2 in 3/1945.
This is a great kit, builds up nice. Overall detail & fit are excellent. Highly recommend the kit. The only issues I had was the fit of the optional opened panels, engine & gun bays, which I modeled as closed.
Used the following aftermarket;
Eduard 'Look' instrument panel, Quickboost Revi 16 gunsight, Eagle editions decals for the '13' & S/N, HGW stencils & some photo etch seat belt buckles.
Added the following;
 Wiring, piping , hoses & brake lines to the landing gear & bays; seat belts from lead foil; wiring to the back of instrument panel, levers & other misc. details to the cockpit; replaced the plastic antennas with wire & aluminum strip; plastic pitot tube replaced with tubing; added details inside the canopy; added reflectors to the gunsight & added the antenna.
Painted with Xtracolor enamels, weathered with pastels & a silver pencil. Weathering was kept light.
Thanks for looking & all comments welcome.

   

Here is my Revell 1/32 Me-262 A1a in the markings of Heinz Bar's Rote 13, III/EJG 2 in 3/1945.
This is a great kit, builds up nice. Overall detail & fit are excellent. Highly recommend the kit. The only issues I had was the fit of the optional opened panels, engine & gun bays, which I modeled as closed.
Used the following aftermarket;
Eduard 'Look' instrument panel, Quickboost Revi 16 gunsight, Eagle editions decals for the '13' & S/N, HGW stencils & some photo etch seat belt buckles.
Added the following;
 Wiring, piping , hoses & brake lines to the landing gear & bays; seat belts from lead foil; wiring to the back of instrument panel, levers & other misc. details to the cockpit; replaced the plastic antennas with wire & aluminum strip; plastic pitot tube replaced with tubing; added details inside the canopy; added reflectors to the gunsight & added the antenna.
Painted with Xtracolor enamels, weathered with pastels & a silver pencil. Weathering was kept light.
Thanks for looking & all comments welcome.