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VintageEagle got a reaction from KUROK in Zoukei Mura - Old Man Blog No.115
Just listed at the Zoukei Mura webiste: extra parts for the Bf 109 G-14
SWS 1/32 scale Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-14/U4 "Erich Hartmann" | ZOUKEI-MURA (zoukeimura.co.jp)
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VintageEagle got a reaction from Thunnus in Hasegawa 1/32 Fw 190D-9 Late "Brown 4"
The cockpit looks amazing John. Couldn't be done any better. Great work! What did you use for the oxygen tube connector? Was that part included as a resin part in the aftermarket cockpit?
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VintageEagle reacted to duke_ in Hasegawa FW 190A-8 Gustav Salffner, 7./JG 300
some progress
pre-shading and painting the RLM 76
some stencils for the underwing crosses
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VintageEagle got a reaction from Sasha As in Revell 1/32 Me 262 A-1a W.Nr. 110958 'White 17' III./EJG 2 - THE COCKPIT
Thank you Kev. Yes, his book is a great inspriation and help to avoid any pitfalls with this kit.
Thank you Rockie Yarwood!
Thank you MARU5137!
Thank you John1. I will try to continue to provide some details of the 1:1 Me 262.
Thank you John! I use your book as an inspiration. I am sure my model will not even look half as good in the end, but much bettern than had I not had your book as a guide.
OK, only a short update as my time was limited in the past few days. Several labels, which in the real thing were actually decals too, were attached to the left console next to the instruments and levers. They were black with white text and a white outline around the edge of the labels. The Revell decal sheet provides some of these, but on my example the white and black colors were completely misaligned so that I could not use any of these. @Thunnus, based on the cockpit photos in your book, your Revell decal sheet appears to have been aligned, so maybe just bad luck for me.
Anyways, I started to cut tiny stripes for the labels from a white decal sheet. The idea is to place a slightly smaller black stripe on top of the white stripe to get the white outline. You can imagine how a fiddly work this is, but I managed to add all white labels and for one also the black (the one on the vertical wall of the console). Next is to add also the black labels on top of the remaining white labels and then with a very pointy brush to imitate the instructions on them. A lot of work that ultimately will hardly be visible, but I just can't help not to add this detail. I tend to lose myself in details at the cost of modelling speed and sometimes it would be better to be faster with less details.
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VintageEagle reacted to Woody V in Another Hasegawa FW190. I FIXED IT!
Not much new to report other than the canopy polishing project is a fail. I finally had to pop the thing off because the amount of pressure required to polish broke the glue joints. To my surprise popping it off didn’t cause any serious issues, in fact all the spots where it came off will be covered with a new canopy which Damian from SOW was kind enough to send me. Thanks, Damian.
Here you can see that the Future did not polish the same as the plastic. Once I got it off and realized polishing wasn’t going to work (and the fact that there’s chunk out of it) I gave up and will use a new canopy.
While I was waiting for the new canopy, I did manage to get some small things done.
Got the cooling fan attached to the engine and now it’s centered. I’m just going to glue the prop assembly on.
Also got the navigation lights on. These aren’t kit parts but rather aftermarket bits from a Russian supplier called Elf. To the best of my knowledge, the last remaining inventory in the US was snatched up when I mentioned them in my SBD build. There are a few places on the internet that carry the brand, so you might want to do google “Elf navigation lights” to see if you can find any. Most of the sites I visited had them listed as sold out. Good luck.
Right now I’m putting the landing gear together while I work up some enthusiasm to get back to the canopy and wrap this build up.
Thanks for tuning in.
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VintageEagle got a reaction from scvrobeson in Revell 1/32 Me 262 A-1a W.Nr. 110958 'White 17' III./EJG 2 - THE COCKPIT
Thank you Kev. Yes, his book is a great inspriation and help to avoid any pitfalls with this kit.
Thank you Rockie Yarwood!
Thank you MARU5137!
Thank you John1. I will try to continue to provide some details of the 1:1 Me 262.
Thank you John! I use your book as an inspiration. I am sure my model will not even look half as good in the end, but much bettern than had I not had your book as a guide.
OK, only a short update as my time was limited in the past few days. Several labels, which in the real thing were actually decals too, were attached to the left console next to the instruments and levers. They were black with white text and a white outline around the edge of the labels. The Revell decal sheet provides some of these, but on my example the white and black colors were completely misaligned so that I could not use any of these. @Thunnus, based on the cockpit photos in your book, your Revell decal sheet appears to have been aligned, so maybe just bad luck for me.
Anyways, I started to cut tiny stripes for the labels from a white decal sheet. The idea is to place a slightly smaller black stripe on top of the white stripe to get the white outline. You can imagine how a fiddly work this is, but I managed to add all white labels and for one also the black (the one on the vertical wall of the console). Next is to add also the black labels on top of the remaining white labels and then with a very pointy brush to imitate the instructions on them. A lot of work that ultimately will hardly be visible, but I just can't help not to add this detail. I tend to lose myself in details at the cost of modelling speed and sometimes it would be better to be faster with less details.
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VintageEagle got a reaction from Fanes in Revell 1/32 Me 262 A-1a W.Nr. 110958 'White 17' III./EJG 2 - THE COCKPIT
Thank you Kev. Yes, his book is a great inspriation and help to avoid any pitfalls with this kit.
Thank you Rockie Yarwood!
Thank you MARU5137!
Thank you John1. I will try to continue to provide some details of the 1:1 Me 262.
Thank you John! I use your book as an inspiration. I am sure my model will not even look half as good in the end, but much bettern than had I not had your book as a guide.
OK, only a short update as my time was limited in the past few days. Several labels, which in the real thing were actually decals too, were attached to the left console next to the instruments and levers. They were black with white text and a white outline around the edge of the labels. The Revell decal sheet provides some of these, but on my example the white and black colors were completely misaligned so that I could not use any of these. @Thunnus, based on the cockpit photos in your book, your Revell decal sheet appears to have been aligned, so maybe just bad luck for me.
Anyways, I started to cut tiny stripes for the labels from a white decal sheet. The idea is to place a slightly smaller black stripe on top of the white stripe to get the white outline. You can imagine how a fiddly work this is, but I managed to add all white labels and for one also the black (the one on the vertical wall of the console). Next is to add also the black labels on top of the remaining white labels and then with a very pointy brush to imitate the instructions on them. A lot of work that ultimately will hardly be visible, but I just can't help not to add this detail. I tend to lose myself in details at the cost of modelling speed and sometimes it would be better to be faster with less details.
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VintageEagle got a reaction from IainM in Revell 1/32 Me 262 A-1a W.Nr. 110958 'White 17' III./EJG 2 - THE COCKPIT
Thank you Nighthawk Calling 1. I have a second Me 262 in my stash that I will build as a bomber interceptor with R4M rockets (most likely Heinz Arnold's 'Yellow 7').
Thank you Tom!
Thank you MARU5137!
Thank you John! These words coming from you means a lot to me. I have been following your builds of Luftwaffe (and other) aircraft very closely. They are among the best I have ever seen. You are not only talented at detailing, but also at paiinting and weathering. I actually use your Me 262 B build as reference and have bought your ebook 'Building the Revell Me 262B-1/U1 Nachtjäger in 1/32 Scale' published by KLP Publishing (which I can only recommend to anyone building the Revell Me 262A or B).
Thank you Damian! By the way, do you also offer the composite plastic-metal landing gear for the Me 262? If yes, I'd be your happy customer for two sets :-)
OK, some progress to report. I have detailed and painted the main panel and consoles. First, the added details:
1) Left Console:
There was a vertical wooden bar attached to the side wall, which I have added. It added tension to a cord and kept it in the right position. One end was attached to the forward edge of the left sidewall (1 in the drawing below). The other end of the cord was attached to the RATO rocket brackets underneath the fuselage (7 in the drawing below). From the attachment point it led rearwards along the sidewall and behind the seat where it was redirected upwards. It protruded from the rear cockpit cover, but entered the fuselage again after a short distance. The wartime manual provides a good overview of the system:
I will only add the cord after I have applied all decals and throttle, fuel tank selector levers, but you can see the vertical bar used keeping the cord in its right position. And here is how it looks like on the kit part (the hole near the forward edge of the console wall gave access to the push button of the oxygen regulator. By pushing it, the pilot received pure oxygen):
2) Right Console:
As I wrote in my last post, there were some kind of guiding rails and straps attached to the rear console. They were attached to all Me 262s I have examined in detail (photos of all surviving examples and photos taken of some of the captured Me 262s brought to the US for evaluation). Interestingly, they are not mentioned in any wartime manual nor Messerschmitt document I have seen. The post-war Czech Avia S-92 has an altitude recorder installed, which would fit, but I have some doubts that that was indeed the purpose of these rails. An altitude recorder would certainly not have been a standard equipment and hence, why care to install these rails in all aircraft? Anyways, I tried to recreate them. The parts are tiny and it was very fiddly to glue them in place, but finally I managed. However, I am not sure if I would add them again in my next build because they will hardly be visible in the dark rear setion of the cockpit. Here is how the original looks like (taken during the restoration of the NASM Me 262, note that the two switches are unique to the NASM Me 262 and their purpose is unclear):
One thing I noticed while trying to figure out the dimensions of the rails is that the instruments and equipment rearwards of the main electrical switch board are placed too far aft in the kit part, but I am sure nobody would ever notice it. Here is the painted console with the rails and straps:
3) Cockpit:
No additional detailing other than the one mentioned in the first post, but I painted the instruments. Most of them were made out of brown bakelite, but some were made of metal (fuel gauges) or black bakelite. I also painted the back of the instrument casings (most of it won't be visible at the end, but what will be is at least accurate). Note that I placed the battery behind the panel to support it for the photograph:
Next step is to apply a clear coat before I can add decals for labels and instruments. Then the missing parts like throttle levers, etc. will be added and a flat coat will seal everything off.
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VintageEagle got a reaction from KiwiZac in Revell 1/32 Me 262 A-1a W.Nr. 110958 'White 17' III./EJG 2 - THE COCKPIT
Thank you Nighthawk Calling 1. I have a second Me 262 in my stash that I will build as a bomber interceptor with R4M rockets (most likely Heinz Arnold's 'Yellow 7').
Thank you Tom!
Thank you MARU5137!
Thank you John! These words coming from you means a lot to me. I have been following your builds of Luftwaffe (and other) aircraft very closely. They are among the best I have ever seen. You are not only talented at detailing, but also at paiinting and weathering. I actually use your Me 262 B build as reference and have bought your ebook 'Building the Revell Me 262B-1/U1 Nachtjäger in 1/32 Scale' published by KLP Publishing (which I can only recommend to anyone building the Revell Me 262A or B).
Thank you Damian! By the way, do you also offer the composite plastic-metal landing gear for the Me 262? If yes, I'd be your happy customer for two sets :-)
OK, some progress to report. I have detailed and painted the main panel and consoles. First, the added details:
1) Left Console:
There was a vertical wooden bar attached to the side wall, which I have added. It added tension to a cord and kept it in the right position. One end was attached to the forward edge of the left sidewall (1 in the drawing below). The other end of the cord was attached to the RATO rocket brackets underneath the fuselage (7 in the drawing below). From the attachment point it led rearwards along the sidewall and behind the seat where it was redirected upwards. It protruded from the rear cockpit cover, but entered the fuselage again after a short distance. The wartime manual provides a good overview of the system:
I will only add the cord after I have applied all decals and throttle, fuel tank selector levers, but you can see the vertical bar used keeping the cord in its right position. And here is how it looks like on the kit part (the hole near the forward edge of the console wall gave access to the push button of the oxygen regulator. By pushing it, the pilot received pure oxygen):
2) Right Console:
As I wrote in my last post, there were some kind of guiding rails and straps attached to the rear console. They were attached to all Me 262s I have examined in detail (photos of all surviving examples and photos taken of some of the captured Me 262s brought to the US for evaluation). Interestingly, they are not mentioned in any wartime manual nor Messerschmitt document I have seen. The post-war Czech Avia S-92 has an altitude recorder installed, which would fit, but I have some doubts that that was indeed the purpose of these rails. An altitude recorder would certainly not have been a standard equipment and hence, why care to install these rails in all aircraft? Anyways, I tried to recreate them. The parts are tiny and it was very fiddly to glue them in place, but finally I managed. However, I am not sure if I would add them again in my next build because they will hardly be visible in the dark rear setion of the cockpit. Here is how the original looks like (taken during the restoration of the NASM Me 262, note that the two switches are unique to the NASM Me 262 and their purpose is unclear):
One thing I noticed while trying to figure out the dimensions of the rails is that the instruments and equipment rearwards of the main electrical switch board are placed too far aft in the kit part, but I am sure nobody would ever notice it. Here is the painted console with the rails and straps:
3) Cockpit:
No additional detailing other than the one mentioned in the first post, but I painted the instruments. Most of them were made out of brown bakelite, but some were made of metal (fuel gauges) or black bakelite. I also painted the back of the instrument casings (most of it won't be visible at the end, but what will be is at least accurate). Note that I placed the battery behind the panel to support it for the photograph:
Next step is to apply a clear coat before I can add decals for labels and instruments. Then the missing parts like throttle levers, etc. will be added and a flat coat will seal everything off.
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VintageEagle got a reaction from RBrown in Revell 1/32 Me 262 A-1a W.Nr. 110958 'White 17' III./EJG 2 - THE COCKPIT
Hello,
After having worked for a loooong time on the Revell 1/32 Fw 190 A-8 I needed something else to get my mojo back. The Fw 190 A-8 is almost ready for paint, but when I went over the fuselage rivets again to prepare the surface for painting, the glue joints of the cockpit broke and the cockpit got detached. Fortunately not on all sides so that I can push it up again from the bottom, but that incident vaporized my motivation for a while. So hopefully a fresh start will bring the motivation back.
This time it is my favourite WW2 aircraft, the Me 262. I opted for 'White 17' W.Nr. 110958 of III./EJG 2 at Lechfeld for a number of reasons: 1) it is a very well documented bird, 2) there exists a color photo, 3) it had a very interesting camouflage with a nose section that came from a different aircraft (the nose tip appears to be from a 3rd aircraft).
The Revell kit has great details out of the box. I wanted to use the kit parts for the cockpit as I don't like Eduard's color printed P/E approach as it is too flat and it depicts a blind flying panel for a very late production variant that had a single-axis auto pilot and required a large repeater compass. Unfortunately, they don't offer resin parts anymore like they did for the Fw 190. The kit part is very good except that instrument layout is that of a early production model and has a cabin pressure gauge that was never installed in serial production aircraft (only in some prototypes or aircraft for testing):
Around the end of 1944, there was an effort to simplify the Me 262, the so-called 'Entfeinerung'. It is even mentioned in the cockpit overview of the pilot's manual, but I have also copies of wartime Messerschmitt documents that prove this. Very late production aircraft did not have the two differential pressure and oil pressure indicators anymore, just the fuel gauges and fuel pressure indicators and the two rpm indicator. W.Nr. 110958 was built around January 1945 and still had the differential pressure and oil pressure gauges. There exists immediate postwar footage of the cockpit of W.Nr. 110426 (captured by the Russians) and I own an original immediate postwar photo of the cockpit of W.Nr. 110836 that I use as reference for the required changes:
- Remove the cabin pressure gauge (left of the SZKK2 round counter box)
- Remove the indicators for the MK 108 underneath the SZKK2, the holes were sometimes left open or covered by a sheet of metall or fabric
- Remove the fuel warning indicators (again, the holes were sometimes left open or were covered)
- Remove the Junghans watch on the left side of the cabin pressure gauge as they were very rarely installed (in most cases the opening was left open)
- The casings of the ASI and rate of climb indicator on the backside are too short and needs to be replaced with longer casings
The second thing I wanted to correct was the relatively crude ZSK 244 bomb fusing auxiliary panel that was fitted to almost all the Me 262 As except for the recon versions and the ones (retro)fitted with R4M rockets. The ZSK 244 front plate is quite good, but the panel is flat and doesn't correspond to the original at all. The original had an angle of 15 degrees vs. vertical so that the pilot could better see and operate the instrument.
Here are two photos of the original part:
I constructed one from scratch using the dimensions of the original and photos as reference. The only part from the kit I used was the front plate of the ZSK 244. I had to carefully sand the kit part to the appropriate thickness.
It was a lot of work, but now I am happy with the way the instrument panel looks. Next is painting.
Roger
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VintageEagle got a reaction from Gazzas in Revell 1/32 Me 262 A-1a W.Nr. 110958 'White 17' III./EJG 2 - THE COCKPIT
Thank you Kev. Yes, his book is a great inspriation and help to avoid any pitfalls with this kit.
Thank you Rockie Yarwood!
Thank you MARU5137!
Thank you John1. I will try to continue to provide some details of the 1:1 Me 262.
Thank you John! I use your book as an inspiration. I am sure my model will not even look half as good in the end, but much bettern than had I not had your book as a guide.
OK, only a short update as my time was limited in the past few days. Several labels, which in the real thing were actually decals too, were attached to the left console next to the instruments and levers. They were black with white text and a white outline around the edge of the labels. The Revell decal sheet provides some of these, but on my example the white and black colors were completely misaligned so that I could not use any of these. @Thunnus, based on the cockpit photos in your book, your Revell decal sheet appears to have been aligned, so maybe just bad luck for me.
Anyways, I started to cut tiny stripes for the labels from a white decal sheet. The idea is to place a slightly smaller black stripe on top of the white stripe to get the white outline. You can imagine how a fiddly work this is, but I managed to add all white labels and for one also the black (the one on the vertical wall of the console). Next is to add also the black labels on top of the remaining white labels and then with a very pointy brush to imitate the instructions on them. A lot of work that ultimately will hardly be visible, but I just can't help not to add this detail. I tend to lose myself in details at the cost of modelling speed and sometimes it would be better to be faster with less details.
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VintageEagle got a reaction from MikeMaben in Revell 1/32 Me 262 A-1a W.Nr. 110958 'White 17' III./EJG 2 - THE COCKPIT
Thank you Kev. Yes, his book is a great inspriation and help to avoid any pitfalls with this kit.
Thank you Rockie Yarwood!
Thank you MARU5137!
Thank you John1. I will try to continue to provide some details of the 1:1 Me 262.
Thank you John! I use your book as an inspiration. I am sure my model will not even look half as good in the end, but much bettern than had I not had your book as a guide.
OK, only a short update as my time was limited in the past few days. Several labels, which in the real thing were actually decals too, were attached to the left console next to the instruments and levers. They were black with white text and a white outline around the edge of the labels. The Revell decal sheet provides some of these, but on my example the white and black colors were completely misaligned so that I could not use any of these. @Thunnus, based on the cockpit photos in your book, your Revell decal sheet appears to have been aligned, so maybe just bad luck for me.
Anyways, I started to cut tiny stripes for the labels from a white decal sheet. The idea is to place a slightly smaller black stripe on top of the white stripe to get the white outline. You can imagine how a fiddly work this is, but I managed to add all white labels and for one also the black (the one on the vertical wall of the console). Next is to add also the black labels on top of the remaining white labels and then with a very pointy brush to imitate the instructions on them. A lot of work that ultimately will hardly be visible, but I just can't help not to add this detail. I tend to lose myself in details at the cost of modelling speed and sometimes it would be better to be faster with less details.
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VintageEagle got a reaction from KiwiZac in Revell 1/32 Me 262 A-1a W.Nr. 110958 'White 17' III./EJG 2 - THE COCKPIT
Thank you Kev. Yes, his book is a great inspriation and help to avoid any pitfalls with this kit.
Thank you Rockie Yarwood!
Thank you MARU5137!
Thank you John1. I will try to continue to provide some details of the 1:1 Me 262.
Thank you John! I use your book as an inspiration. I am sure my model will not even look half as good in the end, but much bettern than had I not had your book as a guide.
OK, only a short update as my time was limited in the past few days. Several labels, which in the real thing were actually decals too, were attached to the left console next to the instruments and levers. They were black with white text and a white outline around the edge of the labels. The Revell decal sheet provides some of these, but on my example the white and black colors were completely misaligned so that I could not use any of these. @Thunnus, based on the cockpit photos in your book, your Revell decal sheet appears to have been aligned, so maybe just bad luck for me.
Anyways, I started to cut tiny stripes for the labels from a white decal sheet. The idea is to place a slightly smaller black stripe on top of the white stripe to get the white outline. You can imagine how a fiddly work this is, but I managed to add all white labels and for one also the black (the one on the vertical wall of the console). Next is to add also the black labels on top of the remaining white labels and then with a very pointy brush to imitate the instructions on them. A lot of work that ultimately will hardly be visible, but I just can't help not to add this detail. I tend to lose myself in details at the cost of modelling speed and sometimes it would be better to be faster with less details.
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VintageEagle got a reaction from TAG in Revell 1/32 Me 262 A-1a W.Nr. 110958 'White 17' III./EJG 2 - THE COCKPIT
Thank you Kev. Yes, his book is a great inspriation and help to avoid any pitfalls with this kit.
Thank you Rockie Yarwood!
Thank you MARU5137!
Thank you John1. I will try to continue to provide some details of the 1:1 Me 262.
Thank you John! I use your book as an inspiration. I am sure my model will not even look half as good in the end, but much bettern than had I not had your book as a guide.
OK, only a short update as my time was limited in the past few days. Several labels, which in the real thing were actually decals too, were attached to the left console next to the instruments and levers. They were black with white text and a white outline around the edge of the labels. The Revell decal sheet provides some of these, but on my example the white and black colors were completely misaligned so that I could not use any of these. @Thunnus, based on the cockpit photos in your book, your Revell decal sheet appears to have been aligned, so maybe just bad luck for me.
Anyways, I started to cut tiny stripes for the labels from a white decal sheet. The idea is to place a slightly smaller black stripe on top of the white stripe to get the white outline. You can imagine how a fiddly work this is, but I managed to add all white labels and for one also the black (the one on the vertical wall of the console). Next is to add also the black labels on top of the remaining white labels and then with a very pointy brush to imitate the instructions on them. A lot of work that ultimately will hardly be visible, but I just can't help not to add this detail. I tend to lose myself in details at the cost of modelling speed and sometimes it would be better to be faster with less details.
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VintageEagle got a reaction from D.B. Andrus in Revell 1/32 Me 262 A-1a W.Nr. 110958 'White 17' III./EJG 2 - THE COCKPIT
Thank you Kev. Yes, his book is a great inspriation and help to avoid any pitfalls with this kit.
Thank you Rockie Yarwood!
Thank you MARU5137!
Thank you John1. I will try to continue to provide some details of the 1:1 Me 262.
Thank you John! I use your book as an inspiration. I am sure my model will not even look half as good in the end, but much bettern than had I not had your book as a guide.
OK, only a short update as my time was limited in the past few days. Several labels, which in the real thing were actually decals too, were attached to the left console next to the instruments and levers. They were black with white text and a white outline around the edge of the labels. The Revell decal sheet provides some of these, but on my example the white and black colors were completely misaligned so that I could not use any of these. @Thunnus, based on the cockpit photos in your book, your Revell decal sheet appears to have been aligned, so maybe just bad luck for me.
Anyways, I started to cut tiny stripes for the labels from a white decal sheet. The idea is to place a slightly smaller black stripe on top of the white stripe to get the white outline. You can imagine how a fiddly work this is, but I managed to add all white labels and for one also the black (the one on the vertical wall of the console). Next is to add also the black labels on top of the remaining white labels and then with a very pointy brush to imitate the instructions on them. A lot of work that ultimately will hardly be visible, but I just can't help not to add this detail. I tend to lose myself in details at the cost of modelling speed and sometimes it would be better to be faster with less details.
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VintageEagle got a reaction from Citadelgrad in Revell 1/32 Me 262 A-1a W.Nr. 110958 'White 17' III./EJG 2 - THE COCKPIT
Thank you Kev. Yes, his book is a great inspriation and help to avoid any pitfalls with this kit.
Thank you Rockie Yarwood!
Thank you MARU5137!
Thank you John1. I will try to continue to provide some details of the 1:1 Me 262.
Thank you John! I use your book as an inspiration. I am sure my model will not even look half as good in the end, but much bettern than had I not had your book as a guide.
OK, only a short update as my time was limited in the past few days. Several labels, which in the real thing were actually decals too, were attached to the left console next to the instruments and levers. They were black with white text and a white outline around the edge of the labels. The Revell decal sheet provides some of these, but on my example the white and black colors were completely misaligned so that I could not use any of these. @Thunnus, based on the cockpit photos in your book, your Revell decal sheet appears to have been aligned, so maybe just bad luck for me.
Anyways, I started to cut tiny stripes for the labels from a white decal sheet. The idea is to place a slightly smaller black stripe on top of the white stripe to get the white outline. You can imagine how a fiddly work this is, but I managed to add all white labels and for one also the black (the one on the vertical wall of the console). Next is to add also the black labels on top of the remaining white labels and then with a very pointy brush to imitate the instructions on them. A lot of work that ultimately will hardly be visible, but I just can't help not to add this detail. I tend to lose myself in details at the cost of modelling speed and sometimes it would be better to be faster with less details.
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VintageEagle reacted to Thunnus in Hasegawa 1/32 Fw 190D-9 Late "Brown 4"
Thanks Bill! I like to document the work that will be eventually hidden so I usually take a lot of photos of the cockpit.
Thanks Andy! Appreciate you looking in!
I've learned to live with the need to build up certain colors like yellow with multiple coats. It helps to have a good sable brush.
Unlike the Fw190A, the Dora had an open wheel well that allowed part of the Jumo 213 engine to be visible. Hasegawa provides a partial representation of the engine.
Assembled, it provides a reasonable representation of the bottom rear of the engine including some ducts and also the ammo cannisters for the MG131 cannon mounted above the engine.
I am going to add some more wiring in this area. Not going for accuracy here but I want to make it more believably busy, if that makes sense.
Notice that the chutes coming out of the ammo cannisters have solid ends. The Eduard exterior set that I have includes brass replacements for the chutes.
In order to make use of these hollow chutes, the openings on the bottom of the wings need to be opened up first.
The plastic chutes are cut off and the replacement brass chutes are glued into the interior side of the wing bottom piece.
Before the next round of dry-fitting, I glued the backings for the exhausts into place.
Here is what the engine area looks like with the brass ammo chutes added.
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VintageEagle reacted to Thunnus in Revell 1/32 Me 262 A-1a W.Nr. 110958 'White 17' III./EJG 2 - THE COCKPIT
Then we have a mutual admiration party, Roger! Thank you for supporting the Me262B book! And I love the progress on the cockpit sidewalls! They are painted excellently with a nice weathering touch.
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VintageEagle reacted to John1 in Revell 1/32 Me 262 A-1a W.Nr. 110958 'White 17' III./EJG 2 - THE COCKPIT
Just stumbled upon this build. There is some amazing work here, thanks for taking the time to provide all the details of the real thing. Good stuff indeed!
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VintageEagle reacted to Rockie Yarwood in Revell 1/32 Me 262 A-1a W.Nr. 110958 'White 17' III./EJG 2 - THE COCKPIT
Really enjoy following along, Roger. Educational and inspirational.
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VintageEagle reacted to LSP_Kevin in Revell 1/32 Me 262 A-1a W.Nr. 110958 'White 17' III./EJG 2 - THE COCKPIT
Nice progress, Roger! Glad you found John's book useful, too.
Kev
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VintageEagle reacted to Radub in Zoukei Mura - Old Man Blog No.115
Believe it or not, THAT is the direct result of tooling limitations. On the real thing, the cowl is made of thin metal sheet and it fits very snugly close to engine and that pipe in that spot. In the kit, due to the "tooling limitations", the cowl had to be made of material with a thickness of 0.7 mm, which is the thinnest that can be tooled safely (a.k.a. "tooling limitation" ) Putting that short little pipe there, 5 mm in length and 0.7 mm in thickness, would have caused fit problems. So, a decision was made to leave that 5 x 0.7 mm piece of pipe out and anyone who wants to add it can do it by themselves. Very few people will even know i is missing, of those who know it is missing few will care and those who care can add it easily. Maybe it was not the best decision, it was bound to annoy someone, but it is not the end of the world.
The seal over the joint between the wing tip and the wing may possibly be best represented as a piece of decal, considering the the wing tip and the wing are two separate parts. Making the wing tip and wing as separate parts was not my decision, but it is a decision that I embrace because it makes it possible to add the wing tip to the "skeleton wing" in the case when a modeller chooses to build the model without "skins".
By the way, in their 1/48 and 1/72 Bf 109 G-6 kits Tamiya did not include that tape over the joint and represented the holes on the slats as deep gouges. Tamiya also did not include any of the pipework on their engine. I have no problem with the Tamiya Bf 109 G-6 kit, I like it and I understand the limitations that led them to do theirs the way they did, but if the very few and close-to-insignificant omissions in the ZM kit get you so exercised, the Tamiya kit must be driving you insane with rage! Out of curiosity, did you give Tamiya the same kind of treatment on forums?
This is a model. Expecting it to be an exact repica of the real thing that only needs a pipette of fuel and a crank to fly is unrealistic. There are compromises, simplifications and omissions in many places.
Radu
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VintageEagle reacted to Thunnus in Hasegawa 1/32 Fw 190D-9 Late "Brown 4"
Thanks Damian!
Thanks John! Well, I'm guilty most of the time then because I usually prefer my builds all buttoned up, including canopy. That Tempest build with the exposed engine must've set a precedent.
Thanks Michael! Ha ha... I'm quite familiar with this kit so I knew what was going to happen. The yellow wiring was Tamiya X-8 Lemon Yellow. I find Tamiya primary colors (red, yellow, blue, green) to be difficult to apply, whether by airbrush or paintbrush due to their lack opacity. When brush painting, I use the lid of the paint jar as my palette and add a couple of drops of 90% iso alcohol to act as a retarder. It seems to help the paint flow off the brush better. With the yellow, I had to build up the color using multiple strokes.
The cockpit seems to fit into the fuselage without issue.
I have some work to do before I can think of gluing the fuselage halves together.
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VintageEagle reacted to Thunnus in Hasegawa 1/32 Fw 190D-9 Late "Brown 4"
Thank you Mark! I appreciate the comments, as always!
Thank you very much!
Thanks Troy! Finally got some fishing dates for July!!!
Thanks Lutz! That detail is about to get sucked into the black hole once the cockpit is assembled!
Thank you Bill! I elected not to pre-shade this cockpit with black since the RLM 66 is so dark. So all of the essential visual impact is going to come from the detail painting. And yes, I'm thinking about an open canopy on this one.
Moving on with the cockpit construction, I am ready to put together the HGW seatbelts. You'll notice the packaging says Me262B... I like to buy Luftwaffe seat harnesses for the two seater because you get two sets of belts instead of one for a similar price. Most Luftwaffe fighters used the same type of harnesses. The mask set? Well, that's all they had in stock.
HGW uses some sort of microfiber paper for the belt material and photoetched metal for the buckles.
Some people report leaving the buckles on the photoetch frame for easier handling but I like to cut the buckles off and carefully trim off sprue attachment stubs.
Remember to take off the backing from the harnesses!
Per HGW recommendations, I like to crumple the harnesses before using. It helps loosen the material up a bit and also introduces some random folds and wrinkles. These effects are most noticeable on the longer pieces and sometimes I don't bother crumpling the shorter sections.
I use PVA glue to secure the harness folds that hold the buckles in place. You could also use CA glue but the PVA allows better alignment of the folds.
The sticky side of a Post-It is convenient for holding the crinkled harnesses down flat to verify consistent lengths and buckle spacing.
After the shoulder straps are measured against the seat, they are finalized.
The lap belts are constructed next. I've left off the attachment tabs on the seat end because (a) they can't bee seen anyway and (b) they would likely interfere with the already tight fit of the seat into the cockpit tub.
The lap belts are glued into place onto the seat using CA glue. The shoulder belts are temporarily affixed to a Post-It.
One interesting aspect about the HGW fabric material is that there is some subtle stitching details that have been depressed into the fabric. They are not as consistent as rivets on plastic but additional detail can be highlighted with a wash. So I am giving the belts a gloss coat (Alclad Aqua Gloss) and then a pastel wash of dark brown. Be advised that the crumpling step CAN mar the surface of the fabric so that the pastel wash can leave permanent stains. I'm ok with this.
I can now start assembling the cockpit. The seat and control stick are glued into place using CA glue. I've added an oxygen tube per the directions on the Eagle Editions cockpit.
The sidewalls and rear cockpit sill are next to be glued into place, again using CA glue.
The foot pedals are glued into the roof, which is left completely unpainted because it will not be visible at all.
The roof holding the foot pedals cap off the cockpit tub. Remember all of the careful painting including the bright yellow electrical wiring? Most of it disappears after the boxing in of the cockpit.
The main instrument panel is glued into the front cockpit hood, along with the shelf for the Revi 16B gun sight.
The cockpit stage is complete and we can verify the fit of the resin cockpit into the fuselage sides.
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VintageEagle reacted to duke_ in Hasegawa FW 190A-8 Gustav Salffner, 7./JG 300
hello again!
i know i have so many projects unfinished, but i couldn't resist starting this one also..
i have some extras for this build from eagle parts ,
flaps from eduard
rivet set from HGW (ok the next 190D will be riveted by hand.. i promise, at least i' ll try..)
resin wheels ,
HGW seatbelts
i am going for this one ,
so,
starting with the cockpit area,
there is no much to say than hasn't already been said about the eagle parts cockpit
yes, is a gem..
it requires some testing for correct placement and plastic parts modification but is totally worth it
here after some painting and weathering
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