Starting in on the kit. Cockpit and the PE set. There are still some tiny PE levers, seat belts and pedals to go on. The pedals are quite the deal to fold up so I'm going to give my eyeballs a break for a few days. The gear locks in the wheel bay also has a PE part. The instructions are a bit...
Username: Bustedwing
Name: Graham
Category:Advanced
Kit: Eduard Fw190A-5
Scale: 1/72
I decided to nix the 262 and the 509. The 262 I'll save for the Monster or ugly build category if we have one. The Mosquito is my favourite plane and I have a kit for the fighter version. I did build a Mosquito...
Username: Bustedwing
Name: Graham
Category:Advanced
Kit: Airfix Me 262A-2A
Scale: 1/72
Extras - Some scratch built details
Well it's done. A disappointing kit from Airfix. Turned out not too bad after disastrous paint problem. The pitot tube was broken so I made one which I broke off three...
Well the extension period sure helps !The missile or rocket racks. I spent some time figuring out the best way to paint them. I thought about cutting some very thin strips of tape to mask between the rockets but it was too hard to cut strips thin enough. Then I decided to wrap thread around them...