This is the old Monogram Me 262 built to be used as a painting experiment for some ideas I had on weathering a/c models.
Very late war Me 262’s were often delivered to the fighting units in bare metal, it was up to the ground crew to add their own camouflage to the a/c, often (but not always) this paint was a single dark color and was painted on uppersurfaces only.
Sometimes the paint was so thin the dark gray putty used to smooth out the panel lines could be seen through the camouflage paint.
This is the effect I wanted to try and copy and use on my model.
My model was first painted with AlcladII in three different shades on various panels, gray paint was then brush painted on all panel lines.
Dark green camouflage paint was then lightly sprayed on the uppersurfaces, the engine nacelles and nose section was given camouflage paint full strength to depict replacement parts taken from other a/c (a common occurance late in the war).
The areas near the cockpit were lightly sanded to show the wear and tear on the paintwork from the pilot and ground crew.
JV 44 had a few Me 262’s that had the field applied camouflage so I copied the style of a/c markings of JV 44 used and decided on ‘‘white 9’’ as the a/c number for my model, I wanted a ‘‘what-if’’ Me 262 and from what I know JV 44 never operated any Me 262’s using white 9.
The X-4 rockets came from the Amtech Ta 183 kit.
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