Dr Fester Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 (edited) 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 Edited March 24, 2007 by Dr Fester Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Mikester Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Welcome aboard, Doc! What took you so long? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BadCop Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Great Stuff Doc, I thought I was the only crazy one here! After seeing the pace with which you've done some of your other builds I'm sure you can make it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Walker Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 I bet you get it done in time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rodney Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 I'll be tracking this one with interest. Rodney Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PapaSmurf630 Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 £5 he wont do it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moeggo Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 You can do it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dr Fester Posted March 25, 2007 Author Share Posted March 25, 2007 £5 he wont do it 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 with this build. :lol: Now this build will be hatches closed so I'm not sure why I'm even bothering to paint the guns or even adding them........ force of habit I suppose. Still to give everthing a black/brown sludge wash. So the first day of the build ends with the cockpit closed, and wings assembled. Tomorrow I hope to build and fit the engines, and all the other odds and ends. The canopy has been Future dipped and drying overnight ready to be masked, the canopy will be closed for this build. Just been looking at the 2 camo schemes for this aircraft ........... :( . Not sure which to attempt they both look VERY daunting. More to follow..... Doc Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Walker Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 THAT'S fast progress. Nice work so far. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Kethan Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 You picked a good one to build in 6 days, Doc. I don't think I used any filler when I built this kit. Quick progress.. I could never build one that quickly because I always let my Paint, future, dullcote dry for at least 24 hours each. That wouldn't leave me much time for the actual build! Looks like you have a good shot to make it.. Chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dr Fester Posted March 25, 2007 Author Share Posted March 25, 2007 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pruz Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 I think he could probably build a whole squadron of these in 6 days...... Don't be spending that fiver yet PapaSmurf! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 Impressively fast. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moeggo Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 Looking good there Doc! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dr Fester Posted March 26, 2007 Author Share Posted March 26, 2007 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jrallman Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 lookin really good Pete! can't help on the paint though, being an enamel guy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moeggo Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 (edited) Yeap those paint codes look close to me! Edited March 26, 2007 by moeggo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dr Fester Posted March 26, 2007 Author Share Posted March 26, 2007 Yeap those paint codes look close to me! ......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 the masking which took a little while I was ready to blast the RLM 82 light green as a base layer of the camo. I did make this coat a little thin and possibly too much pre shade still shows so I might give it another blast later. This is where the build stands at present, still the tricky RLM 83 camo to go on top and I have enlarged the instruction sheet to enable me to make some masks. More to follow...... Doc Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Walker Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 (edited) Well, it's been over an hour. Aren't you done yet? :) Great work on the paint. Edited March 26, 2007 by David Walker Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moeggo Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Looking very Nice there Doc! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Wow! Almost there! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JochemKL Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 great stuff, nicely preshaded. On to the finish Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JEN722 Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Is this the one you are building? If so, spraying the dark green freehand is quite easy. Nice job, keep up the good work (and the pace)! Regards, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dr Fester Posted March 27, 2007 Author Share Posted March 27, 2007 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JEN722 Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 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 Doc, From the reference pictures I have found of this Me262 it seems it had openings for four guns. Only two of the openings were outlined in white though (as in the kit). I simply adapted a Dragon part to fit the Tamiya kit. Since time is an issue here I think you will spend more time cutting out the masks than you would painting it freehand. B) The dark green areas are quite large... Perhaps it is worh a try. Regards, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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