Bruce_Crosby Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 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 chrish, Trak-Tor, LSP_Kevin and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Nice! Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Nice x 2! Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 X 3!!! Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bruce_Crosby Posted June 20, 2020 Author Share Posted June 20, 2020 (edited) Hi Guys, Now where were we? Ah yes, the second Mistel. The main wing panels were assembled then lined up with the dolly support arms to mark and drill the wing mounting points. 262 airframe by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr A few nose panels in place. They are only levelled up loosely, I want the build to look disjointed, rough and badly put together by the diminishing labour pool. 262 airframe by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr Some coinage of the realm superglued into place as ballast - I know from the first build the model will try to sit on its backside given the chance. There will be some weight in the front of the engines as well. 262 airframe by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr Only a slight gap at the wing root, easily sorted with some Mr Surfacer and a wipe with Mr Thinners on a cotton bud. 262 airframe by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr Trumpeter don't provide in-flight undercarriage doors so there was fair bit of thinning and hacking of the inner doors. 262 airframe by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr Intakes and exhaust pipes and fan blades will get some paint shortly then I can close up the cowlings. 262 airframe by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr Regards, Bruce Crosby Edited June 20, 2020 by Bruce_Crosby Landrotten Highlander, blackbetty, Martinnfb and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce_Crosby Posted June 22, 2020 Author Share Posted June 22, 2020 Hi Guys, A bit more work on the me-262 Mistel. Time to blank off the cockpit and I reverted to old fashioned scratch building techniques. So laminates of plasticard to build up the shape. Blanks by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr Then determine the extent of the reshaping. Blanks by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr After attacking with a Zoukei- Mura Scraper and 100 grit Infini Zebra sanders, I got a reasonable shape then covered with 10 thou plasticard and ran a Rosie over it. Blanks by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr Then the same again for the rear part. Blanks by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr Finally time to reinstate some lost details with the Rosie and a Hasegawa Scribing Pin with one of their templates. Blanks by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr Not much but it took a while. Regards, Bruce Crosby Grunticus, chrish, LSP_Kevin and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce_Crosby Posted June 28, 2020 Author Share Posted June 28, 2020 (edited) A start on the Ef-126 from Das Werk. Effi by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr Mist by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr Mist by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr Mist by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr Mist by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr Regards, Bruce Crosby Edited June 28, 2020 by Bruce_Crosby scvrobeson, Sepp, LSP_Kevin and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macbain Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Looks fantastic. I missed the whole Das Werk thing, but ordering now - thanks! Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 I like that. Sincerely, Mark Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce_Crosby Posted July 19, 2020 Author Share Posted July 19, 2020 Hi Guys, Well, the Ef-126 morphed into three kits! The single pulse jet type: Mistel 2 by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr The twin pulse jet: Mistel 2 by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr The rocket motor 127: Mistel3 by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr I'll be using the twin for the Mistel build. somehow Das Work managed to miss the rudder off the single engine version, you can see the rivets end in the middle of nowhere! Mistel 2 by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr Two more IP's. Mistel 2 by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr Paint on the engines. Mistel 2 by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr Mistel 2 by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr Mistel 2 by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr And that's just about it. I've been decorating at my Lady's house so nothing much has moved on models for a while. Regards, Bruce Crosby LSP_Kevin, Out2gtcha, Fanes and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Good stuff. Early X-1. Aged cutting board. Nice dry-brushing. Or is it pencil? Thank you. Sincerely, Mark Martinnfb, scvrobeson and Sepp 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce_Crosby Posted July 19, 2020 Author Share Posted July 19, 2020 No dry brushing on anything, just paint and washes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Lovely stuff for sure! Looking forward to paint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce_Crosby Posted July 20, 2020 Author Share Posted July 20, 2020 Hi Guys, Some updates on the Mistel. First up the Ef-126/7 seats all have Eduard colour etch seat belts now More Mistel by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr Then I was thinking about the clearance when the 262 and 126 separate and decided to trim the fin and rudder. I looked in the Classic book, Vol 2. More Mistel by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr So out with the JLC razor saw and a couple of minutes later............. More Mistel by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr Then separate the upper hinge/balance More Mistel by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr And set it into the shortened rudder lower down. More Mistel by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr Fillers, putty, plasticard, lots of panic and messing about......... More Mistel by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr And after some cleaning up with sanders, ScotchBrite and a bit of spit, here's the result so far. More Mistel by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr More Mistel by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr Regards, Bruce Crosby LSP_Kevin, dodgem37, Landrotten Highlander and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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