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And a bit more old rope!

 

Some primer on the He-162

 

48655552067_d0c2dcc5b5_c.jpgUntitled by Bruce Crosby, on Flick

 

Blanks on the ejection ports under Me-262A

 

48658368151_ca35e3311a_c.jpgUntitled by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr

 

Making the hinge pin brackets for the struts.

 

48677044017_ca86f7eeeb_c.jpgUntitled by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr

 

That's them done then!

 

48677044052_390e9bdb9a_c.jpgUntitled by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr

 

And on with the primer on the 262, I can already see some bits that need work.

 

48678245647_74c28a5387_c.jpgUntitled by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr

 

A redesign of the Walter boosters, I found a pile of photos and rather than having you lot ripping the model apart, we decided to go ahead and correct them.  So there!

 

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Next job this evening is more smoothing with some Micro Mesh.  So that's me gone.

 

Regards,

 

Bruce Crosby

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mWell, some more painting after I rubbed down with Micro Mesh.  This time, some Mission Models RLM 76 on the undersides and fins of the he-162.

 

48698813952_947847242b_c.jpgUntitled by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr

 

Then I mixed up some more RLM 76 with some RAF Underside Sky to get that weird colour seen on late model FW-190D-9's, sort of sky blue with not much blue in it!

 

48698605478_2d90b3d774_c.jpgUntitled by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr

 

Then after that had dried a bit I masked the whole nose and the outer clam shell door of the port engine and sprayed them with straight RLM76.

 

48699627113_fcbc9f1594_c.jpgUntitled by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr

 

48699966256_c78bbd8cfb_c.jpgUntitled by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr

 

Here's my reasoning: The whole nose was built as a separate section, fitted out with gun mounts, ejection chutes, ammo feeds etc then bolted to the front of the aircraft.  To get any reasonable amount of explosives in there, they would have to remove it, yank out all the bits mentioned above then fill it up with the whoosh, bang, nasty stuff and bolt it back in place.  Except this one has gone back on a different aircraft. They would also have stripped out the undercarriage at the same time, with the trolley launch that's just dead weight.  Some strengthening at the front for the trolley strut underneath and the one on top for the He-162would be needed as well.

 

Regards,

 

Bruce Crosby

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