I would like to enter my Revell 1/48 ME 262 A1-a
Flown by Major Walter Nowotny, Commander of Kommando Nowotny
December 1944
Glad to have to have you on board Matt, look forward to seeing this one. Nice to have a last minute entry.
It’s great to have you join us Matt. Your Nowotny 262 is going to be really fun to watch for sure. I’m looking forward to it.
Nice T34 Steve - is it the old Tamiya kit? I swear I still have that wooden box in the spares 20 years later.
CMK - That painting is excellent - result justifies the effort.
Erik - the Hobson is looking good, keep at it even if you take a panzer holiday.
Joe, the engine is looking great. The oily look and the copper contrast is very well done.
Ken, happy birthday, had a glass of red wine for you in case you missed out… I have started buying my Xmas presents to me already. Can’t justify a new compressor yet but let us know how it goes.
So the wildcat is glossed up and decalled. Academy decals set down well with Mr Decal Setter and Softer
Also got the remodelling of the prop completed and silvered to check the finish. Wish I had a before photo. White base coat next.
Glossed over the decals and let that dry for five days before the oil paint weathering. Trying to get a bit of a streaky look going.
Now another clear coat before the panel lines get done, exhaust staining, oil streaks etc etc
Lost, that is looking really nice. I don’t really go for PTO builds, but that is a really nice scheme.
That’s a little jewel, lostagain. Exceptional results!
PTO?
Pacific Theatre of Operations. I had assumed this build was from that region, or am I mistaken.
Thanks Bish…I shoulda known that!!
Thanks for the kind words guys.
It is an F4F 4 flying off USS Santee in the Atlantic, sub hunting. Most of the Wildcats were GM FM-1 and FM-2, which only had four guns, making the model inaccurate for the scheme provided. Finally found reference to the F4F 4s on USS Santee.
Thanks, Lost - yes, it’s the Tamiya T34/76 Chtz kit from lo, these many years ago:
I liked the box at first because it stands out and breaks up all the green, but now I’m thinking it stands out too much - have to tone down the light wood color a bit.
Lost, You have done a very impressive job so far on your Wildcat. The paint job is excellent especially the streaking effect you’ve done.
The paint work is excellent on the T-34, Raven. Well done. And maybe the box is new, with Lend-Lease stuff from Amerika.
Hello Every one,
well There has been another set back . I seem to have quite a few of them latley.
My Rifgid air compressor had to go back. I floated a loan for it, but my expenses (Utilties) voted my new toy out. If anyone needs a new aircompressor, Home depot is selling the Ridgid Vertical Pancake for $169. And it’s worth every penny
maybe I can get one CH air compressor out of my 2. I’ll start on that project tomorrow
Ken, I am indeed sorry to hear about your misfortune. Hang in there my friend as I’m sure good fortune will soon find it’s way to you.
Well Gentlemen, I’ve got a bit of progress to share with you all. It took me a little while but I’ve finally got all the PE on the landing gear as well as the copper wire brake lines. Blessed be the optivisor as it was an absolute necessity for this endeavor. Here is a pic showing the work prior to shooting the gear with primer.
Thanks Joe.
I guess we all go through times like this.
It will work out in the end, I’m sure
The landing gear looks great Joe
Great looking landing gear so far Joe
Thank You Ken and Rob. Much appreciated.
Great detail on the landing gear, Joe. Exceptionally fine work. What would we do without Optivisor?
Sorry, too, Ken about your compressor experiences. I also had two CH compressors from Walmart a few years ago–and both of them went belly-up in mere months, with very little usage. Finally went back to a Paasche compressor. The first one I had of those lasted me about twenty years. Unfortunately, no tank–just the compressor.
Hope things start going better for ya!
Just getting things rolling…
fuselage halves glued and holes drilled for the rocket mounts.
Quad 30mm gun bay. I’m so happy this isn’t the 2 gun model!
I opened up the Jumo 004’s with my Dremel to expose the nice details…
