ME-262, Lindberg kit Finished

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Hello everyone

Yes I built one and I’m even willing to admit it.

This is a Lindberg Me-262 I bought at an outlet store for $5.00 mainly to use as airbrush practice for a German freehand mottling scheme.

Its RLM 83 dark green and RLM 81 Brown violet over RLM 76 light blue. and except for the hard edged RLM 81 on the wings it was done entirely Freehand using a Badger Krome.

The Lindberg decals were thick and yellow right out of the box so I spent some time making some templates and airbrushed the markings with stencils, except for the numbers and the coat of arms shield the latter was from the lindberg set and don’t look all that great.

I know I skimped on construction, but I will say I have less seams and gaps than the model photo on the front of the box. This kit was pretty simple, fit wasn’t all that good. the decals were terrible, the best thing I could say for it is it took paint pretty good, and it does look like a 262.

I know the marking are not accurate so I’ll just say this was a practice piece.
Oh and from beginning to end took 15 days. I think thats pretty much a record for me. I am a pretty slow builder most of the time…

You can check out my Lindberg 262 build blog here if you wish to see more about the kit.

thanks for looking

Delbert

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Build looks good to me. I bet there are more of us “novices” (i’ve yet to ever string an antennae wire on anything) on here then anything else, dont feel bashful about your work.

BTW what company’s paint did you choose, RLM 83 seems to be a mysterious color…

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Thanks Noah, I’ve done some antenna wires… and I’m not all that bashful as everything I do makes in on the net. LOL this is I think my 10th aircraft in the last 10 years, I do better with armor…

Anyways 83 is a mystery, so if no one knows the exact color then everyone’s model color must be correct. LOL

this aircraft was painted with Model Master Enamels. I like their wide range of colors.

Delbert

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Looks good. Thanks for sharing. Looks like the airbrush practice went well. Don’t worry too much about color. If its good enough for you that’s all that matters. Long live TLAR!!!

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RLM 83 dark green:

Not to be confused with RLM 82 light green (under cockpit):

Nice looking 262!

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I think you made the most out of that old Lindberg kit. The motteling looks good.

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Anything that comes out of a Lindberg box that looks good impresses me! Nice job!

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That Lindberg kit was my first -262 back in the day…

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Very Impressive.

I have one of those kits for the same purpose, but have shelved it because the gun platform just won’t fit!

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thanks Winetanker, I had the same problem I got one side to line up but the other wouldn’t

If I do another one I’ll just glue the guns to the inside of the fuselage using plastic shims if needed. I think that would fit a lot better…I glued all the movable bay doors shut… just looked a better fit that way.

Delbert

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Nice work on the old Lindberg kit.[:D][Y]

Might have been the best model kit available of that aircraft back in 1971 when I built it.

Certainly looked better than the old 1/72 AIRFIX Me-262 from that era…

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First time I’ve ever seen Lindberg mentioned in the a/c forum. Looks great!

Glenn

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I built alot of Lindberg models in the late 70’s. I always liked that they had retractable landing gear.

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You would have enjoyed Monogram models of the early to late 1960s.

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I built alot of Monogram’s during that time, too…SBD, TBF, etc.

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Sure does look like a 262, just goes to show what you can do will a little paint and skill.