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

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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.
 
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!
 
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.
 

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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.
 

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