A base for a 1/72 Me 262

rtbrd said:

Know this is quite an old thread but it is in the area I am interested in getting an answer.

I just finished a 1/72 Me 262 and want to build a base for it which I need to keep small due to lack of space. I have researched what materials the Germans used for airstrips which appears to be grass, concrete and asphalt. I'm sure Me 262s did not use grass fields so I am faced with which would be better, concrete or asphalt, never found a definitive answer for that. Currently I'm leaning towards concrete. BTW, this is going to be my first attempt at making anything remotely similar to a diorama so I am in the KISS mode right now.

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Airframes said:

Have a look at reference photos, especially if there are some of your actual subject aircraft or unit.
Mostly, the '262 would be parked on a hard surface, more likely concrete, but grass runways were sometimes used, depending on the location / time period.

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GrauGeist said:

In the last months of the war, Me262s were operated from revetments carved into the forest alongside the Autobahn.

So the Me262s would be parked on grassy ground (surrounded by trees and often covered with camouflage netting or tree branches) while not in service and when they would be deployed, taxi out onto the highway and take off.

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fubar57 said:

Check out model train building sites for materials. Stuff found there can be adapted.....

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