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Hi Guys, Once again I'm off course with a build or seven, now shunted onto another project. This one is Project Perry, because out very own Wunwinglow is involved (again!) Recently I made a Mistel using the Revell Me-262 and He-162 kits with a pile of 3D printed parts and laser cut acrylic sheet by Tim. I made it as if it was a field conversion of a battered old fighter with the nose from a different aircraft. This time I'm surmising the production plants would be up to speed and churning out the flying bombs on the standard production lines. So all buttoned up, gun ports closed, no undercarriage and stripped of all non-essentials. And because its a fly and forget, none of that tedious filling and sanding regular fighter types received. So I needed a fully riveted airframe. Three guesses? Obviously the Trumpeter kit. And the pilot aircraft for this combo? The new Junkers EF-126 from Das Werk. So all I needed was a quick call to Tim and I picked up the parts a couple of days later. Please read on as nothing is ever that simple and there are some items in the photos that need explaining. I managed to lose one of the acrylic plates for the side of the launch dolly so I laminated some plastic sheet. Simple stuff. New Mistel by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr A day's work. New Mistel by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr On the original version, there's a huge step at the rear. We just copied the 1/48 Dragon kit, scaled it up and then I realised that as usual, Dragon hadn't actually done any research. So a day after building the dolly, I carefully took it apart again. The good thing about superglue is you can break the bond easily if you know what to do with it. Then I started hacking lumps out of the 3D printed axle and rear body piece. Superglue residue everywhere, nothing that can't be shifted. Line scribed for the new dolly height. Untitled by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr With a chop, chop here and a chop, chop there...….. Untitled by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr Old scratch building techniques: make one important part fit and everything else oversize, then trim afterwards. The laser cut acrylic sides were ditched as they are a swine to cut without that bloody laser! Once again laminates of good old plasticard Untitled by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr Untitled by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr Lots of cursing and swearing (superglued my fingers to the model, we've all been there!) I ended up with the chassis together but lots of raised edges. All part of the plan, if I had cut to exact size, something would definitely been undersized, that's the way it goes. Untitled by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr And after attacking it with Infini Zebra 100 grit sanding sticks, the raised bits are all smoothed down. I've got it sitting with a few smears of Mr White Putty on a few areas where the plasticard laminations can be seen, this photo taken before I applied the putty. Untitled by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr So love it or loathe it, that's where I am at the moment. Regards, Bruce Crosby