Lucien Harpress Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 I present, for your approval, a few images of my latest project- Special Hobby's 1/72 Me 264. The kit has been modified from its original setup. The wingtips have been clipped about two inches and new wingtips were fabricated from laminated sheet styrene, the kit wings (while looking very pretty) being too long to represent the V1 prototype. Four BMW 801 radials were scavenged from a Revell Germany Ju 290, which allowed me to represent the prototype later in its life, 1944. Weathering was done with graphite. It's subtle, more durable than pastels, and easily removed if I made a mistake. I love it. I took quite a few more photos than these three. The reason I've only put these up here is because I'd like to submit it as a main article here on ARC, and I don't want to spoil EVERYTHING here. Keep an eye out for that in the (hopeful) near future. In the meantime, this should be enough to tide you over. Thanks for looking! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 You are a brave man! Great job!! What a monster. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Karaya-1 Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Got any pix with something to give a sense of physical size? It looks pretty big - I realize it's a big airplane - but I'm having a hard time visualizing just how HUGE the Lone Star Resins 48th scale version must be. -Kevin in Indy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lyn Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 looks vey nice Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grey Ghost 531 Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Got any pix with something to give a sense of physical size? It looks pretty big - I realize it's a big airplane - but I'm having a hard time visualizing just how HUGE the Lone Star Resins 48th scale version must be.-Kevin in Indy It's got about the same wingspan as a B-29 but a smaller fuselage. Nice job Lucien, I've got that kit in the stash and I hope mine comes out as good as yours! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Touvdal Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Very nice, build :D Build it myself 5-6 years ago, neede a lot of lead to stay on the nose. cheers Jes Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lucien Harpress Posted December 28, 2010 Author Share Posted December 28, 2010 Got any pix with something to give a sense of physical size? It looks pretty big - I realize it's a big airplane - but I'm having a hard time visualizing just how HUGE the Lone Star Resins 48th scale version must be.-Kevin in Indy It's not that big, really. It just looks like it because of the really large wingspan. The unclipped wings are nearly the same as a B-29 (so mine, slightly less so). However, the fuselage is only slightly longer than a B-24. Here's a shot of it next to a Bf 109 (keeping in mind that the 109 was a quite tiny aircraft). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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