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    VintageEagle got a reaction from Paul in Napier in Revell 1/32 Me 262 A-1a W.Nr. 110958 'White 17' III./EJG 2 - THE COCKPIT   
    Sorry for the late reply. After I completed the assembly of the side walls with the center structure I started weathering. Unfortunately, it did not turn out well and I stripped the (aluminum) paint and tried to redo. The second time, I added the rivet decals the wrong way around and only realized after I had applied paint. The third time, the aluminum paint was pulled off by the masking tape I applied to paint the center part in RLM 02. I then tried the same again for several times before my mojo was completely gone. 
     
    After summer, I gave it another go and used a different aluminum paint. This time it finally worked and I am about to close up the cockpit after assembling all parts, adding an oxygen hose and the nose wheel break lever. The rudder pedals assembly out of the box was too wide and the pedals were partially hidden behind the side consoles. So, I had to shorten the width, which took some time to do properly. The only thing I still have to do now is the wiring/tubes on the backside of the instrument panel. Not much of that will still be visible once the windshield is installed, so I won't replicate plugs, etc., just the cables. Pictures to follow soon. 
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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   
    After a longer break, work continues. As those of you who have built Revell's Me 262 know the fit of the two cockpit side walls with the center floor piece is not great at all. I knew this and spend a lot of time dry fitting and ensuring a more or less acceptable fit. While I managed this, I was still not happy and also noticed that the cockpit in the orignial was one piece with the steel floor riveted onto it on one side. Hence, I filled the seams and sanded it to become one part, then added rivets using rivet decals from Quinta Studios (I used the double row 1/48 scale rivets, which were a perfect fit for this puropse) and painted the steel part in RLM 02. It know looks like in the original. 
     
    First, an example of how Revell tells you to assemble the parts (with the complete center piece in RLM 02 and panel line across the cockpit tube; photo is from Chris Wauchops excellent Me 262):
     
     

     
    Then how it should look like:

     
    Weathering and painting of the wooden blocks on the left still needs to be done, but the cockpit is then finally complete.
     
    I have also started to work on the nose wheel landing gear & bay and have made some modification. I'll cover this next time. 
     
    Cheers,
     
    Roger
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    VintageEagle got a reaction from Paul in Napier in Revell 1/32 Me 262 A-1a W.Nr. 110958 'White 17' III./EJG 2 - THE COCKPIT   
    Thank you Jaro! I am glad that my comments are useful.
     
     
    Thank you John! Your words mean a lot to me as I use your Me 262 B nightfighter as the gold standard for building a Revell 1/32 Me 262. 
     
    After a longer break (been very busy at work) finally some progress. I have more or less completed the cockpit with the following things done since my last update:
     
    On the starboard side:
    Added a scratch built bomb emergency drop lever on the starboard wall after I carefully removed the one moulded one. Added a small bracket and a plug which in the original connected to the flight helmet's headphones. I just need to add a black cable from the plug into the right console. I'll do that once the side wall and console are glued together. On the port side:
    Added a home-made decal for the landing gear push button instructions (red rectangular placard with white border and text). The Eduard interior PE set includes the placard, but it is too large unfortunately. On both cockpit sides:
    Added the wiring terminals at the position that corresponds to the wire terminals on the other cockpit wall side, which is inside the landing gear bay.  Seat:
    Added seatbelts. I went with RB Productions Luftwaffe seatbelts. I believe they are no longer available from Radu (Radu correct me if I am wrong), but I found the almost identical at Airscale (the laser cut paper looks virtually identical, while the etched parts are slightly different).   
    Next, contrary to the instructions I will probably glue the cockpit walls to the port and starboard consoles first before attaching them to the forward bulkhead. Apparently, the fit of the cockpit floor with the two side walls is not that good in the Revell kit and I'll have to be careful when assembling all parts to form the cockpit tub. 
     
    First, photos of the real thing.
     
    Photo 1 shows the port side of the cockpit of W.Nr. 111711 taken shortly after the war. You can see the wiring terminal in front of the port console. 
     

     
    Photo 2 shows the starboard side of late Paul Allen's original Me 262 W.Nr. 500453 during restoration. One of the four terminals is not yet installed.
     

     
    And now the photo of my model parts (apologies for the quality, I took the photo with my smart phone): 
     

     
     
     
    That's all for now. 
     
    Roger
     
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    VintageEagle got a reaction from chaos07 in Revell 1/32 Me 262 A-1a W.Nr. 110958 'White 17' III./EJG 2 - THE COCKPIT   
    Finally, I found time to take photos (sorry for the low quality, I only had an iPhone 13Pro available). The cockpit is basically complete except for the wiring/tubes on the backside of the main instrument panel. The first few photos show the cockpit from all angles without the cockpit sill installed, the second last photo shows the cockpit with the sill loosely placed on top of it and the last photo shows the other side of the cockpit tube. I added a hand-written marking that was applied by the sub-supplier (presumably an internal serial number) as well as an instruction decal. the former can be seen on e.g. the NASM Me 262 or German Museum Me 262, the latter on wartime photos of Me 262 W.Nr. 111711 taken in the US shortly after the war. Note that the small crack near the firewall will be completely hidden once the cockpit tube is installed inside the fuselage and therefore I didn't bother to fill it.
     
    Changes I made since I showed the last pictures include:
     
    OXYGEN HOSE: Added the oxygen hose to the left console
     
    KG 13B BUTTON & WIRING: Installed a new accurate-to-scale button on the left side of the control grip for charging the MK 108s (made using a punch & die tool) as well as yellow wiring from the terminal box and side button to the base of the control column. 
     
    RUDDER ASSEMBLY: I shortened the rudder assembly as it was too wide straight out of the box and added the straps that were made out of fabric and a metal clip to fix the length. I also had to move it slightly more to the firewall to have the assembly in the right relative position to the rest of the cockpit. This involved some surgery and a lot of dry fitting. 
     
    Dry fitting was generally a must during the assembly so that all parts fit together well (in particular for the fit of the firewall to the cockpit tube). I am glad that this fiddly part is now successfully completed and that I can move on to the next part: riveting. In parallel, I have already started with the nose gear assembly. I am a slow builder and regularly switch from building models to writing on my next book, so it could take a while again before my next update. 
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    VintageEagle got a reaction from logan181 in Revell 1/32 Me 262 A-1a W.Nr. 110958 'White 17' III./EJG 2 - THE COCKPIT   
    Finally, I found time to take photos (sorry for the low quality, I only had an iPhone 13Pro available). The cockpit is basically complete except for the wiring/tubes on the backside of the main instrument panel. The first few photos show the cockpit from all angles without the cockpit sill installed, the second last photo shows the cockpit with the sill loosely placed on top of it and the last photo shows the other side of the cockpit tube. I added a hand-written marking that was applied by the sub-supplier (presumably an internal serial number) as well as an instruction decal. the former can be seen on e.g. the NASM Me 262 or German Museum Me 262, the latter on wartime photos of Me 262 W.Nr. 111711 taken in the US shortly after the war. Note that the small crack near the firewall will be completely hidden once the cockpit tube is installed inside the fuselage and therefore I didn't bother to fill it.
     
    Changes I made since I showed the last pictures include:
     
    OXYGEN HOSE: Added the oxygen hose to the left console
     
    KG 13B BUTTON & WIRING: Installed a new accurate-to-scale button on the left side of the control grip for charging the MK 108s (made using a punch & die tool) as well as yellow wiring from the terminal box and side button to the base of the control column. 
     
    RUDDER ASSEMBLY: I shortened the rudder assembly as it was too wide straight out of the box and added the straps that were made out of fabric and a metal clip to fix the length. I also had to move it slightly more to the firewall to have the assembly in the right relative position to the rest of the cockpit. This involved some surgery and a lot of dry fitting. 
     
    Dry fitting was generally a must during the assembly so that all parts fit together well (in particular for the fit of the firewall to the cockpit tube). I am glad that this fiddly part is now successfully completed and that I can move on to the next part: riveting. In parallel, I have already started with the nose gear assembly. I am a slow builder and regularly switch from building models to writing on my next book, so it could take a while again before my next update. 
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    VintageEagle got a reaction from fab in Revell 1/32 Me 262 A-1a W.Nr. 110958 'White 17' III./EJG 2 - THE COCKPIT   
    Finally, I found time to take photos (sorry for the low quality, I only had an iPhone 13Pro available). The cockpit is basically complete except for the wiring/tubes on the backside of the main instrument panel. The first few photos show the cockpit from all angles without the cockpit sill installed, the second last photo shows the cockpit with the sill loosely placed on top of it and the last photo shows the other side of the cockpit tube. I added a hand-written marking that was applied by the sub-supplier (presumably an internal serial number) as well as an instruction decal. the former can be seen on e.g. the NASM Me 262 or German Museum Me 262, the latter on wartime photos of Me 262 W.Nr. 111711 taken in the US shortly after the war. Note that the small crack near the firewall will be completely hidden once the cockpit tube is installed inside the fuselage and therefore I didn't bother to fill it.
     
    Changes I made since I showed the last pictures include:
     
    OXYGEN HOSE: Added the oxygen hose to the left console
     
    KG 13B BUTTON & WIRING: Installed a new accurate-to-scale button on the left side of the control grip for charging the MK 108s (made using a punch & die tool) as well as yellow wiring from the terminal box and side button to the base of the control column. 
     
    RUDDER ASSEMBLY: I shortened the rudder assembly as it was too wide straight out of the box and added the straps that were made out of fabric and a metal clip to fix the length. I also had to move it slightly more to the firewall to have the assembly in the right relative position to the rest of the cockpit. This involved some surgery and a lot of dry fitting. 
     
    Dry fitting was generally a must during the assembly so that all parts fit together well (in particular for the fit of the firewall to the cockpit tube). I am glad that this fiddly part is now successfully completed and that I can move on to the next part: riveting. In parallel, I have already started with the nose gear assembly. I am a slow builder and regularly switch from building models to writing on my next book, so it could take a while again before my next update. 
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    VintageEagle got a reaction from Paul in Napier in Revell 1/32 Me 262 A-1a W.Nr. 110958 'White 17' III./EJG 2 - THE COCKPIT   
    After a longer break, work continues. As those of you who have built Revell's Me 262 know the fit of the two cockpit side walls with the center floor piece is not great at all. I knew this and spend a lot of time dry fitting and ensuring a more or less acceptable fit. While I managed this, I was still not happy and also noticed that the cockpit in the orignial was one piece with the steel floor riveted onto it on one side. Hence, I filled the seams and sanded it to become one part, then added rivets using rivet decals from Quinta Studios (I used the double row 1/48 scale rivets, which were a perfect fit for this puropse) and painted the steel part in RLM 02. It know looks like in the original. 
     
    First, an example of how Revell tells you to assemble the parts (with the complete center piece in RLM 02 and panel line across the cockpit tube; photo is from Chris Wauchops excellent Me 262):
     
     

     
    Then how it should look like:

     
    Weathering and painting of the wooden blocks on the left still needs to be done, but the cockpit is then finally complete.
     
    I have also started to work on the nose wheel landing gear & bay and have made some modification. I'll cover this next time. 
     
    Cheers,
     
    Roger
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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   
    Finally, I found time to take photos (sorry for the low quality, I only had an iPhone 13Pro available). The cockpit is basically complete except for the wiring/tubes on the backside of the main instrument panel. The first few photos show the cockpit from all angles without the cockpit sill installed, the second last photo shows the cockpit with the sill loosely placed on top of it and the last photo shows the other side of the cockpit tube. I added a hand-written marking that was applied by the sub-supplier (presumably an internal serial number) as well as an instruction decal. the former can be seen on e.g. the NASM Me 262 or German Museum Me 262, the latter on wartime photos of Me 262 W.Nr. 111711 taken in the US shortly after the war. Note that the small crack near the firewall will be completely hidden once the cockpit tube is installed inside the fuselage and therefore I didn't bother to fill it.
     
    Changes I made since I showed the last pictures include:
     
    OXYGEN HOSE: Added the oxygen hose to the left console
     
    KG 13B BUTTON & WIRING: Installed a new accurate-to-scale button on the left side of the control grip for charging the MK 108s (made using a punch & die tool) as well as yellow wiring from the terminal box and side button to the base of the control column. 
     
    RUDDER ASSEMBLY: I shortened the rudder assembly as it was too wide straight out of the box and added the straps that were made out of fabric and a metal clip to fix the length. I also had to move it slightly more to the firewall to have the assembly in the right relative position to the rest of the cockpit. This involved some surgery and a lot of dry fitting. 
     
    Dry fitting was generally a must during the assembly so that all parts fit together well (in particular for the fit of the firewall to the cockpit tube). I am glad that this fiddly part is now successfully completed and that I can move on to the next part: riveting. In parallel, I have already started with the nose gear assembly. I am a slow builder and regularly switch from building models to writing on my next book, so it could take a while again before my next update. 
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    VintageEagle got a reaction from AlanG in Revell 1/32 Me 262 A-1a W.Nr. 110958 'White 17' III./EJG 2 - THE COCKPIT   
    Finally, I found time to take photos (sorry for the low quality, I only had an iPhone 13Pro available). The cockpit is basically complete except for the wiring/tubes on the backside of the main instrument panel. The first few photos show the cockpit from all angles without the cockpit sill installed, the second last photo shows the cockpit with the sill loosely placed on top of it and the last photo shows the other side of the cockpit tube. I added a hand-written marking that was applied by the sub-supplier (presumably an internal serial number) as well as an instruction decal. the former can be seen on e.g. the NASM Me 262 or German Museum Me 262, the latter on wartime photos of Me 262 W.Nr. 111711 taken in the US shortly after the war. Note that the small crack near the firewall will be completely hidden once the cockpit tube is installed inside the fuselage and therefore I didn't bother to fill it.
     
    Changes I made since I showed the last pictures include:
     
    OXYGEN HOSE: Added the oxygen hose to the left console
     
    KG 13B BUTTON & WIRING: Installed a new accurate-to-scale button on the left side of the control grip for charging the MK 108s (made using a punch & die tool) as well as yellow wiring from the terminal box and side button to the base of the control column. 
     
    RUDDER ASSEMBLY: I shortened the rudder assembly as it was too wide straight out of the box and added the straps that were made out of fabric and a metal clip to fix the length. I also had to move it slightly more to the firewall to have the assembly in the right relative position to the rest of the cockpit. This involved some surgery and a lot of dry fitting. 
     
    Dry fitting was generally a must during the assembly so that all parts fit together well (in particular for the fit of the firewall to the cockpit tube). I am glad that this fiddly part is now successfully completed and that I can move on to the next part: riveting. In parallel, I have already started with the nose gear assembly. I am a slow builder and regularly switch from building models to writing on my next book, so it could take a while again before my next update. 
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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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   
    Finally, I found time to take photos (sorry for the low quality, I only had an iPhone 13Pro available). The cockpit is basically complete except for the wiring/tubes on the backside of the main instrument panel. The first few photos show the cockpit from all angles without the cockpit sill installed, the second last photo shows the cockpit with the sill loosely placed on top of it and the last photo shows the other side of the cockpit tube. I added a hand-written marking that was applied by the sub-supplier (presumably an internal serial number) as well as an instruction decal. the former can be seen on e.g. the NASM Me 262 or German Museum Me 262, the latter on wartime photos of Me 262 W.Nr. 111711 taken in the US shortly after the war. Note that the small crack near the firewall will be completely hidden once the cockpit tube is installed inside the fuselage and therefore I didn't bother to fill it.
     
    Changes I made since I showed the last pictures include:
     
    OXYGEN HOSE: Added the oxygen hose to the left console
     
    KG 13B BUTTON & WIRING: Installed a new accurate-to-scale button on the left side of the control grip for charging the MK 108s (made using a punch & die tool) as well as yellow wiring from the terminal box and side button to the base of the control column. 
     
    RUDDER ASSEMBLY: I shortened the rudder assembly as it was too wide straight out of the box and added the straps that were made out of fabric and a metal clip to fix the length. I also had to move it slightly more to the firewall to have the assembly in the right relative position to the rest of the cockpit. This involved some surgery and a lot of dry fitting. 
     
    Dry fitting was generally a must during the assembly so that all parts fit together well (in particular for the fit of the firewall to the cockpit tube). I am glad that this fiddly part is now successfully completed and that I can move on to the next part: riveting. In parallel, I have already started with the nose gear assembly. I am a slow builder and regularly switch from building models to writing on my next book, so it could take a while again before my next update. 
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    VintageEagle got a reaction from denders in Revell 1/32 Me 262 A-1a W.Nr. 110958 'White 17' III./EJG 2 - THE COCKPIT   
    Finally, I found time to take photos (sorry for the low quality, I only had an iPhone 13Pro available). The cockpit is basically complete except for the wiring/tubes on the backside of the main instrument panel. The first few photos show the cockpit from all angles without the cockpit sill installed, the second last photo shows the cockpit with the sill loosely placed on top of it and the last photo shows the other side of the cockpit tube. I added a hand-written marking that was applied by the sub-supplier (presumably an internal serial number) as well as an instruction decal. the former can be seen on e.g. the NASM Me 262 or German Museum Me 262, the latter on wartime photos of Me 262 W.Nr. 111711 taken in the US shortly after the war. Note that the small crack near the firewall will be completely hidden once the cockpit tube is installed inside the fuselage and therefore I didn't bother to fill it.
     
    Changes I made since I showed the last pictures include:
     
    OXYGEN HOSE: Added the oxygen hose to the left console
     
    KG 13B BUTTON & WIRING: Installed a new accurate-to-scale button on the left side of the control grip for charging the MK 108s (made using a punch & die tool) as well as yellow wiring from the terminal box and side button to the base of the control column. 
     
    RUDDER ASSEMBLY: I shortened the rudder assembly as it was too wide straight out of the box and added the straps that were made out of fabric and a metal clip to fix the length. I also had to move it slightly more to the firewall to have the assembly in the right relative position to the rest of the cockpit. This involved some surgery and a lot of dry fitting. 
     
    Dry fitting was generally a must during the assembly so that all parts fit together well (in particular for the fit of the firewall to the cockpit tube). I am glad that this fiddly part is now successfully completed and that I can move on to the next part: riveting. In parallel, I have already started with the nose gear assembly. I am a slow builder and regularly switch from building models to writing on my next book, so it could take a while again before my next update. 
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    VintageEagle got a reaction from MikeA in Revell 1/32 Me 262 A-1a W.Nr. 110958 'White 17' III./EJG 2 - THE COCKPIT   
    Finally, I found time to take photos (sorry for the low quality, I only had an iPhone 13Pro available). The cockpit is basically complete except for the wiring/tubes on the backside of the main instrument panel. The first few photos show the cockpit from all angles without the cockpit sill installed, the second last photo shows the cockpit with the sill loosely placed on top of it and the last photo shows the other side of the cockpit tube. I added a hand-written marking that was applied by the sub-supplier (presumably an internal serial number) as well as an instruction decal. the former can be seen on e.g. the NASM Me 262 or German Museum Me 262, the latter on wartime photos of Me 262 W.Nr. 111711 taken in the US shortly after the war. Note that the small crack near the firewall will be completely hidden once the cockpit tube is installed inside the fuselage and therefore I didn't bother to fill it.
     
    Changes I made since I showed the last pictures include:
     
    OXYGEN HOSE: Added the oxygen hose to the left console
     
    KG 13B BUTTON & WIRING: Installed a new accurate-to-scale button on the left side of the control grip for charging the MK 108s (made using a punch & die tool) as well as yellow wiring from the terminal box and side button to the base of the control column. 
     
    RUDDER ASSEMBLY: I shortened the rudder assembly as it was too wide straight out of the box and added the straps that were made out of fabric and a metal clip to fix the length. I also had to move it slightly more to the firewall to have the assembly in the right relative position to the rest of the cockpit. This involved some surgery and a lot of dry fitting. 
     
    Dry fitting was generally a must during the assembly so that all parts fit together well (in particular for the fit of the firewall to the cockpit tube). I am glad that this fiddly part is now successfully completed and that I can move on to the next part: riveting. In parallel, I have already started with the nose gear assembly. I am a slow builder and regularly switch from building models to writing on my next book, so it could take a while again before my next update. 
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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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   
    Finally, I found time to take photos (sorry for the low quality, I only had an iPhone 13Pro available). The cockpit is basically complete except for the wiring/tubes on the backside of the main instrument panel. The first few photos show the cockpit from all angles without the cockpit sill installed, the second last photo shows the cockpit with the sill loosely placed on top of it and the last photo shows the other side of the cockpit tube. I added a hand-written marking that was applied by the sub-supplier (presumably an internal serial number) as well as an instruction decal. the former can be seen on e.g. the NASM Me 262 or German Museum Me 262, the latter on wartime photos of Me 262 W.Nr. 111711 taken in the US shortly after the war. Note that the small crack near the firewall will be completely hidden once the cockpit tube is installed inside the fuselage and therefore I didn't bother to fill it.
     
    Changes I made since I showed the last pictures include:
     
    OXYGEN HOSE: Added the oxygen hose to the left console
     
    KG 13B BUTTON & WIRING: Installed a new accurate-to-scale button on the left side of the control grip for charging the MK 108s (made using a punch & die tool) as well as yellow wiring from the terminal box and side button to the base of the control column. 
     
    RUDDER ASSEMBLY: I shortened the rudder assembly as it was too wide straight out of the box and added the straps that were made out of fabric and a metal clip to fix the length. I also had to move it slightly more to the firewall to have the assembly in the right relative position to the rest of the cockpit. This involved some surgery and a lot of dry fitting. 
     
    Dry fitting was generally a must during the assembly so that all parts fit together well (in particular for the fit of the firewall to the cockpit tube). I am glad that this fiddly part is now successfully completed and that I can move on to the next part: riveting. In parallel, I have already started with the nose gear assembly. I am a slow builder and regularly switch from building models to writing on my next book, so it could take a while again before my next update. 
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    VintageEagle reacted to Kirk Taylor in F-16C Aggressor 86-273 - What Block?   
    F-16 Block 30s with serial number 86-261 and back are GE powered with small intakes.  The US Air Force got a lot of 85 and 86 serial numbers in that configuration. 
    I'm sure the aircraft in question is still P&W powered because the F-16s at Nellis tend to all be P&W powered.
    The original poster might think the aircraft has heavy weight gear because the landing and taxi lights are moved to the nose gear door.  That mod started happening around 2008-2009 (estimated) time frame because of the earlier blocks were/are carrying targeting pods more often.
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    VintageEagle reacted to Dave Williams in F-16C Aggressor 86-273 - What Block?   
    Can’t see the exhaust in the first photo, so can’t say that it’s not the P&W engine.
     
    The second photo you linked is a different aircraft, 86-0306, in the same scheme.  That aircraft is a Block 30D, so it does come with the GE engine.
     
    There is, and has been, more than one aircraft painted in that arctic scheme.  You may be getting confused by looking at pictures of two different aircraft at different times.  I’m guessing that 86-0306 adopted the arctic scheme after 86-0273 was repainted in the Have Glass scheme.
     
     
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    VintageEagle reacted to Juggernut in F-16C Aggressor 86-273 - What Block?   
    Pertinent Details:
     

     
    Here she is in 2019 painted in the "Have Glass" scheme.
     

     
    As far as being retrofitted with a GE engine and heavyweight landing gear; there's nothing in the database to confirm that.  Do you have a more recent photo than the one from 2019?
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    VintageEagle reacted to Dave Williams in F-16C Aggressor 86-273 - What Block?   
    Are you sure about this?  I haven’t heard that P&W powered F-16s are being re-engined to GE engines.  Are they getting the MCID too?  Also, it doesn’t seem to make a lot of sense to change the gear of an Aggressor F-16 to heavyweight gear.  Why would they need it?
     
     Still listed as a Block 32D here.
     
    https://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/airframe-profile/2056/
     
     
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    VintageEagle reacted to Juggernut in F-16C Aggressor 86-273 - What Block?   
    This is a photo of 86-0273 taken (according to the photo metadata) March 13, 2023 and she clearly has a P&W engine and most probably, an NSI intake.
     

     
    Photo retrieved from: Jet Photos.com
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    VintageEagle reacted to Dave Williams in F-16C Aggressor 86-273 - What Block?   
    I believe that, except for a few test aircraft, P&W engined F-16s all use the NSI, so that’s almost certainly not MCID.  Also, that looks like lightweight MLG.
     
    Interesting it’s carrying an Israeli EL-8222 pod.
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    VintageEagle reacted to Pete Fleischmann in F-16C Aggressor 86-273 - What Block?   
    That is still an NSI intake-
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    VintageEagle got a reaction from Piprm in Revell 1/32 Me 262 A-1a W.Nr. 110958 'White 17' III./EJG 2 - THE COCKPIT   
    Thank you John! I appreciate your feedback, especially since your Me 262 B build is THE benchmark that I try to replicate as good as I can. I spent some time trying to scratch build the throttles. They had small spring-loaded levers in front of the push buttons that had to be actuated in order to change the position of the throttles. I made these small levers out of think plastic sheet and glued them onto the main levers. The buttons at the top of the throttles were used during start up to inject starter fuel from the small annular tanks in the forward section of the Jumo 004s.
     
    It's been a while since my last update. I was on holidays and the hot weather in Europe kept me more outside in the evenings than at the bench. But I made some very good progress. The cockpit is basically complete except the seat harness, the wiring on the backside of the main panel and the side walls, which need some modification on the landing gear wheel bay sides before I can paint and attach them. I made the following modifications:
     
    INSTRUMENT PANEL
    I already covered the scratch built ZSK 244 auxiliary panel and other modifications in my first post. I used mainly decals from the Airscale 1/32 Luftwaffe instruments and placards sets. For the AFN2 I used the 1/48 Airscale decal set as both inlcude an AFN1, which had a diameter of 80mm while the AFN2 had 57mm. The decals for the ZSK 244 come from the Eduard Fw 190 cockpit resin and PE set for the Revell 1/32 Fw 190. I also added some decals from scratch, i.e. cut out of black and white decal paper. I used a die and punch set to cut out the decals and after a flat coat added gloss varnish to imitate the instrument glass faces. 
     
    The red and yellow rings around the fuel content gauges, fuel pressure indicators, oil pressure and differential pressure indicators is the correct coloring of a standard mid-production example as I wrote in one of my earlier posts.
     
    THROTTLES
    I first used the kit's throttles, but removed the buttons and added my own ones built from scratch using the die and punch set. They looked to massive / broad compared to the rest of the console so that I decided to build them completely from scratch. I added the small levers, a small piece of wire to imitate the spring that was attached to them and a yellow painted wire as a cable that was attached to the push buttons. The tank selection levers as well as the trim lever were also completely scratch built. The Eduard PE levers looked too small in my opinion. I used a tiny strip of yellow decal paper that I added to the red tips of t he tank selector levers. It was a lot of work, but paid out in the end. It's a bit difficult to see the details in the photos as I am using a smart camera, but in real life it looks very good. The cockpit of the Me 262 is relatively well visible once the model is complete and it is worth to spend some more time with the cockpit.
     
    The tank selector lever tips in the German Museum's Me 262 are yellow. However, wartime photos show that they too had been red/orange-yellow back then. I assume they were either overpainted yellow at some point later or replaced with yellow plastic tips. 
     
    COCKPIT FLOOR
    No modification, but I used a sponge and light brown paint to imitate the wear. The original was made out of wood painted in RLM 66 and even in the restored NASM Me 262 you can see the wood due to some wear.
     
    CONTROL STICK
    The only modification is that I sanded the top lever down to a more realistic thickness. I added also the metal bracket that attached the side button used for manually charging the MK 108 canons to the stick. I painted the stick brown as some of the KG 13Bs had this color (anodized finish), e.g. in the German Museum's Me 262. The external wires still need to be added once the column is installed. I have already drilled the corresponding holes in the side button and wire terminal. 
     
    SEAT
    The only modification is that I added the attachmet points for the shoulder belts at the top. There was also a separation line in the center and two small holes next to it that I added. Chipping was done using a sponge. The leather effect was achieved by painting it dark brown first and then using a sponge again applying the light brown color in a random way. 
     
    Seatbelts and the side walls are next and then I can finish the cockpit and move to the landing gear bay.
     
    Roger

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    VintageEagle got a reaction from Biggles87 in Revell 1/32 Me 262 A-1a W.Nr. 110958 'White 17' III./EJG 2 - THE COCKPIT   
    Sorry for the late reply. After I completed the assembly of the side walls with the center structure I started weathering. Unfortunately, it did not turn out well and I stripped the (aluminum) paint and tried to redo. The second time, I added the rivet decals the wrong way around and only realized after I had applied paint. The third time, the aluminum paint was pulled off by the masking tape I applied to paint the center part in RLM 02. I then tried the same again for several times before my mojo was completely gone. 
     
    After summer, I gave it another go and used a different aluminum paint. This time it finally worked and I am about to close up the cockpit after assembling all parts, adding an oxygen hose and the nose wheel break lever. The rudder pedals assembly out of the box was too wide and the pedals were partially hidden behind the side consoles. So, I had to shorten the width, which took some time to do properly. The only thing I still have to do now is the wiring/tubes on the backside of the instrument panel. Not much of that will still be visible once the windshield is installed, so I won't replicate plugs, etc., just the cables. Pictures to follow soon. 
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    VintageEagle got a reaction from MikeA in Revell 1/32 Me 262 A-1a W.Nr. 110958 'White 17' III./EJG 2 - THE COCKPIT   
    Sorry for the late reply. After I completed the assembly of the side walls with the center structure I started weathering. Unfortunately, it did not turn out well and I stripped the (aluminum) paint and tried to redo. The second time, I added the rivet decals the wrong way around and only realized after I had applied paint. The third time, the aluminum paint was pulled off by the masking tape I applied to paint the center part in RLM 02. I then tried the same again for several times before my mojo was completely gone. 
     
    After summer, I gave it another go and used a different aluminum paint. This time it finally worked and I am about to close up the cockpit after assembling all parts, adding an oxygen hose and the nose wheel break lever. The rudder pedals assembly out of the box was too wide and the pedals were partially hidden behind the side consoles. So, I had to shorten the width, which took some time to do properly. The only thing I still have to do now is the wiring/tubes on the backside of the instrument panel. Not much of that will still be visible once the windshield is installed, so I won't replicate plugs, etc., just the cables. Pictures to follow soon. 
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    VintageEagle got a reaction from Uncarina in Revell 1/32 Me 262 A-1a W.Nr. 110958 'White 17' III./EJG 2 - THE COCKPIT   
    Sorry for the late reply. After I completed the assembly of the side walls with the center structure I started weathering. Unfortunately, it did not turn out well and I stripped the (aluminum) paint and tried to redo. The second time, I added the rivet decals the wrong way around and only realized after I had applied paint. The third time, the aluminum paint was pulled off by the masking tape I applied to paint the center part in RLM 02. I then tried the same again for several times before my mojo was completely gone. 
     
    After summer, I gave it another go and used a different aluminum paint. This time it finally worked and I am about to close up the cockpit after assembling all parts, adding an oxygen hose and the nose wheel break lever. The rudder pedals assembly out of the box was too wide and the pedals were partially hidden behind the side consoles. So, I had to shorten the width, which took some time to do properly. The only thing I still have to do now is the wiring/tubes on the backside of the instrument panel. Not much of that will still be visible once the windshield is installed, so I won't replicate plugs, etc., just the cables. Pictures to follow soon. 
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    VintageEagle got a reaction from Paulpk in Revell 1/32 Me 262 A-1a W.Nr. 110958 'White 17' III./EJG 2 - THE COCKPIT   
    After a longer break, work continues. As those of you who have built Revell's Me 262 know the fit of the two cockpit side walls with the center floor piece is not great at all. I knew this and spend a lot of time dry fitting and ensuring a more or less acceptable fit. While I managed this, I was still not happy and also noticed that the cockpit in the orignial was one piece with the steel floor riveted onto it on one side. Hence, I filled the seams and sanded it to become one part, then added rivets using rivet decals from Quinta Studios (I used the double row 1/48 scale rivets, which were a perfect fit for this puropse) and painted the steel part in RLM 02. It know looks like in the original. 
     
    First, an example of how Revell tells you to assemble the parts (with the complete center piece in RLM 02 and panel line across the cockpit tube; photo is from Chris Wauchops excellent Me 262):
     
     

     
    Then how it should look like:

     
    Weathering and painting of the wooden blocks on the left still needs to be done, but the cockpit is then finally complete.
     
    I have also started to work on the nose wheel landing gear & bay and have made some modification. I'll cover this next time. 
     
    Cheers,
     
    Roger
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