Dr Fester

Looking super smart there Trent almost there! It's gonna look a beauty when its done. Doc

Not sure Jen, here is the instructions for the 262 I'm doing :- White nose and tail and white numbers. Soooo.... day 4 comes to a close and not had much time to work on the model tonight. I have completed my particular version on the camo, not accurate and not pretty but its on. Then a layer of future in readiness for the decals which should be going on tomorrow :- Finally I put it on its feet and added a few bits and bobs :- In theory this should be finished tomorrow (famous last words) Cheers Doc

Jens you obviously have more control of the airbrush than me! Your 262 certainly looks similar but mine seems to have the top 2 front m/guns plated over and you have all 4, how come? I am in the process of cutting some masks from the copies I have made:- Really wish I could freehand this stuff it would save alot of time, and in fact some places I will have to but this is by far the safer option for me. Cheers Doc

What a great build Mark, of a subject which is rarely seen. Really striking colour should make this one stand out on the model shelf. Fantastic work and thanks for sharing it, this was a struggle at times but the results make the effort well worthwhile. :( :) Doc

......phew, I'm glad about that as painting has started regardless... Day 3 :- First off a pre-shade using a dark grey :- You can see that I have already sprayed the nose and fin white as masked them off before I started. So then the RLM 76 using a mix which looked about right :- So I let this dry for at least 10 mins I then masked the underside and along the fuselage using tamiya tape and bluetac sausage, never a fan of the stuff especially the blue variety but it was at hand. You can see that with the stripes on the top this is looking more and more like a tiger shark. After t

Time to paint..... But I need your advice first to match the RLM colours with Tamiya XF paints, Mr Tamiya has kindly matched the colours to his AS range From what I have gleened from the IPMS Stockholm site are the following:- RLM 76 - AS-5 or 4 x XF23 + 2 x XF-2 RLM 82 - AS-23 or XF27 RLM 83 - AS-24 or XF26 ........... am I close Any help appreciated Doc

Day 2 :- I have the airframe together now :- Still some filling to be finished on some seams but almost ready for the paintshop. Masked the canopy and attached with crystal clear. More to follow..... Doc

Classic 'B' movie stuff there Steve, good Sunday afternoon viewing. The Aircraft in question can be seen here:- Also the video trailer can be seen HERE. So everyone cast your votes...... Doc

Incentive enough I would say...... So the build starts at noon today with a coat of Halfords Aluminium on the surfaces which need it, this paint has the benefit of drying in next to no time:- Following that on to the cockpit which has the decal instruments added:- I have read that people have had problems removing the decals from the sheet with this kit and mine is no exception, not looking forward to the bigger decals later but fingers crossed. So the cockpit tub is assembled with a colour match for RLM 66 as I'm just using what I have, so the accuracy police will have a field day wit

Time to show my hand :- Badcop has got me thinking if I can complete this Me-262 before the deadline, 6 days start to finish! I can only manage a few hours each day so it WILL be a challenge thats for sure. Needless to say this will be a straight from the box build, nothing fancy and no details just a quick build and see what I can produce. Right I'm off to open the bags up......... Doc

They look fantastic Bruce, looking forward to seeing them applied. Doc

Looks like its putting up quite a fight Julian Hang in there........ Doc

Looking good Steve, hope you succeed with the rigging battle! Doc

You should be Dave, a great build! Dave's PBY has now been proudly added to the Splash GB gallery. Cheers Doc

Just to add Mikes Seagull is now added to the Splash GB gallery. Cheers Doc

Updated March 24th

Too bad Nev, that was going to be a good build. I'm in the throws of moving house so I know exactly what you mean! <_< Cheers Doc

Dave that looks a fantastic build, just got to find some shelf space now! I look forward to the following pics and I will hold fire with the web update until then. Thanks for taking part. Doc

Now that is ART Mike! Thanks for sharing it with us. Doc

Jay, thanks for the update and I'm sorry to hear this build is fighting you all the way. You will get there and I'm sure it will look magnificent. Rootin for you...... Doc

In my view one of the most purposeful and beautiful of all floatplanes. That is definately in my to-do pile. Looking forward to seeing the progress Colin. Doc

I will have a quick surf and see what I come up with :- Doc

Mike I have to admire your scratchbuilding talent with this build, absolutely superb! Doc (off to take up knitting)

Sorry Mark I can't help with your question, but I'm certainly looking forward to seeing this monster during its build. What is the wingspan in 1/72? Doc

Looking good Steve :) I had the same problem with decals out of registration on my last Tamiya Spitfire, its not until you get the decal off the backing paper and onto the dark camo of the wing that it shows up! Look forward to seeing more pics. Doc