I finished the 1/48 Trimaster Me 262A-1a today, and here are the pics. I built it out of the box, with True Details wheels & Eagle Cals markings for “White 14,” of III EJG 2. It was found in Lechfeld, Germany, in May, 1945. The pilot & W. Nr. are unknown. The aircraft was heavily oversprayed with RLM 83 Dark Green, probably in an attempt to hide it in the woods that the Luftwaffe was using for airfields late in the war.
Hope you like it, and thanks for letting me share it with you.
sweet…
VERY nice
That’s awesome PIX!!! Do you free-hand the camo?? And what type of paint do you use? I keep wondering how everyone is painting and decaling so quickly when I’m sitting here for days making sure everything is dry. Am I missing something?? How do you get everything to dry so quickly?? Thanks for the views of the products off of the assembly line, I am truly jealous!!
Pixilater,
Great Job!!![bow][bow][bow][:D] Do you build just Me-262’s??? I mean, that’s all I see from you!! heeheeheehee…just joshin’ ya! That is one great-looking Swallow, though.
Pix,
Only one word comes to mind…perfect
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Darren.
I second that Darren. Pix fantastic job. Um how many varients of the ME-262 were there?
Is their still one on display at NASM?
[^][bow][bow][tup][wow] I love it…
Thank you very much, Robertomoe, upnorth, kik36, garydmason, TANGO, jimz66, and John !
kik36 - Yes, the camo was painted freehand, with a Badger 150 airbrush. I started four Luftwaffe kits at the same time, so all the painting, glosscoating, decalling, washing & dullcoating was done at the same time. Before I got to the glosscoating stage, my Ju 87 suffered a fall, and will be repaired (its up next in this project). I use Model Master enamels, for the most part, and I allow the 48 hours to dry. I also let the Future glosscoats dry for 48 hours.
garydmason - this was the only 262 on the “production line.” The others (which I have finished) are a Dragon FW 190A-8, a DML Ta 152H-1. The Hasegawa Ju 87G-2 is redy for repairs.
jimz66 - there were quite a few different varients. There are single & two-seater nightfighters, single-seat fighters, 2-seat trainers, single & 2-seat bombers, single-seat attack interceptor, single-seat recon, and a host of others used to try different adaptations (some with pulse jets !). There was even a three-seater on paper at war’s end. There is a Me 262A-1a at the NASM, I believe it is “White 3,” but I’m unsure of the unit.
Thanks again, everyone ! My next Me 262 will be in NMF.
Pix, I remain in awe my friend. In the time you’ve cranked out 4 really excellent birds, I’ve 3/4 finished one, and not nearly to your level. Post everything you can, I love seeing your pictures.
Sweeeeet.
pix you are truely a master. thankyou for sharing your incredible work.
joe
Sorry pix, no pic no little red x either! AAARRRGGH!
another masterpiece! you can only say so much. thanks for sharing Jason
Thanks much, maddafinga, Quagmyre, fightinjoe, & Jason !
13b20 - try this link : http://rongeorge.com/albums/upload/Me262done_002.sized.jpg Hopefully, you’ll see one of the pics there.
I don’t know which I enjoy more - building the kits or being able to share the pics with people that give such warm receptions to my work. I really love building, and I don’t like keeping things to myself. I am humbled that my efforts are regarded in the terms used to describe them.
Saying a simple “thank you” can’t possibly express the deep sense of gratitude I feel for the fine members of this wonderful website. I shall keep building and posting pics. That’s probably the only way I can say thank you enough. You are the greatest !
Beautiful …Pix!
You’re camo is amazing…
Regards, Dan
Vey nice looking bird, Pix…
Pix, what can I say but STUNNING!!![bow]
Is this the same kit as the Dragon 262.
If so, even greater kudos, as I have found it a bit of a dog.
Karl
I ran out of adjectives to describe your amazing work a loooooong time ago, Pix!
Respected master of the art, you are!
Thanks, Dan, Domi, Karl, & Brian !
Dan - painting the camo is one of my favorite parts of building Luftwaffe aircraft.
Karl - the original kit is Trimaster. It has white metal, brass tube & wire, and extensive PE. It was later released by Dragon, with no white metal, tubes, or wire, and less PE. Lastly, it was released by Dragon, and contained no PE (the Dragon Me 262 Mistel contains the same PE as the DML release). The price & mold quality dropped with each successive repackaging. The detail in the kit is beautiful, but its not a “fall-together” kit. I actually enjoy the extra work required to build these kits, and I get kinda bored building the “fall together” kits.
Brian - that’s O.K. A simple “I like/ don’t like it” is fine.
Thanks again !