1/48 Me 410A-1/U-2 Dietrich Puttfarken - Me/FW Group Build

[N4521U]

You're doin a bang up job mate!!!!!

And please tell me you picked this aircrafdt because of the pilots name................. LMAO

 

[Crimea_River]

Gerry, Paul, Bill, thanks very much.

Continuing with the nose, rescribing and a coat of RLM 66 to check it out reveals a final scratch between the nose cannons that needs to be removed before I'm fully happy with this.

As the Future on the glazing has fully cured, now it's on to the masking. The canopy features a roll cage on the inside that's molded into the glazing so the interior needs to be masked, doubling the work. A few hours of work ahead of me here.

Pluggin' away. More soon.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Beautiful work!

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks David.

 

[rochie]

does look rather good Andy

 

[Crimea_River]

Cheers Karl.

 

[Airframes]

Looks the biz Andy, but I don't envy you having to do that internal masking on the canopy!

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks Terry. The masking is better than the alternative shown in another build where the guys scractch built the whole cage and vac formed the glazing. Now that's a lot of work!

 

[Crimea_River]

5 hours of masking for 5 minutes of painting. Exterior masks will be left on now to close to the end of the built. Interior masks will obviously be removed to close the canopy up. Looking toward this being a tricky operation.

 

[fubar57]

Nice masking Andy. Multi-panel canopies scare the bejaysus out of me. P-51D...yeah baby.

Geo

 

[rochie]

nice job Andy dont envy you putting those clear parts together, was similar on my Ju88 but not as many pieces as yours !!!!

 

[Airframes]

Good work there Andy.

 

[Crimea_River]

Cheers guys.

 

[T Bolt]

This one is really going to be a stunner Andy!

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks Glenn, trying my best.

Before setting the canopy, I have to finish everything that will be under glass and inaccessible. That meant detailing the rather complicated Bordfunker's remote control gun sight and trigger. After consulting photos, I realized this unit is actually made up of 3 Revi sights, one right side up and centered and the other two mounted upside down on the outriggers. The photos below show the wiring, junction box, and reflector glasses added. After receiving the requisite paint, I'll close this area up over the coming days.

Thanks everyone for your continued interest.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Well done!!!!

 

[rochie]

very well done indeed

 

[Airframes]

I agree, beaut work Andy.

 

[lostinhull]

Truly phenomenal

 

[Wurger]