**** DONE: 1/48 He 162A-2 Volksjäger - Allied Advance and Defense of the Reich WWII.

[T Bolt]

I have no idea. There is no decal for it.

 

[fubar57]

Been through every book I have Glenn and there is no clear photo of it nor could I find it on any other -162.

 

[rochie]

Looks really good Glenn! What's that circular mark on the tail under the swastika in the photo that Wojtek posted?

could it be primer around the bolt where the tail is attached ?

 

[Crimea_River]

Looks really good Glenn. Not sure what that little circle is for.

 

[Wurger]

Karl is right. The point is the slot for a bolt attaching the fin to the stabilizer. There were three bolts for that. Usually these can't be noticed because of a round sticker or a kind of a blind stopper. It can be noticed in the colour image below. However it appears that the area around the hole could stay without the cap. Also a couple of enlarged pics below reveals that the area around the apperture could be painted either with a primer ( another dope too ) or stayed of the underside paint ( RLM76) and then overpainted with the dark coat. I would say that the round area is of the RLM76 that the fin was initially painted with . Then the sticker could have been flaked off or removed by the maintenance crew while working or setting.

 

[Crimea_River]

Another case closed!

 

[fubar57]

Good one Karl and nice closer Wojtek.

 

[Gnomey]

Great work so far Glenn!

 

[JKim]

Great detective work! Putty marks are easy to replicate (if you choose to do it) since they don't have to be perfectly uniform.

 

[T Bolt]

I like what Wojtek came up with about the sticker and will do that trying to find something in my decal stash that will look close. I've already located swastickas of the correct style and type so I hope to get it fixed later tonight

 

[T Bolt]

OK here it is. I found a decal that I could cut down and make look like what's in the picture. It's white instead of RLM 76 but I was lucky to find something that would work.. The streak behind the "circle" I figure is paint chipping along the bottom of the access panel so I put a bit of silver paint on there.

 

[fubar57]

Dayum Glenn, looks great!

 

[Wurger]

Agreed.

 

[JKim]

Looks great!

 

[Airframes]

It certainly does look good, and nice info from Wojtek too.

 

[Crimea_River]

Excellent!

 

[T Bolt]

I painted the trim tabs and did some other paint touch up then put on the panel line wash. The next step is the dull coat and putting on the small breakable bits. Looks like I'n going to finish with time to spare.

 

[Wurger]

 

[rochie]

Really nice Glenn

 

[Airframes]

Good stuff Glenn, and I've just realised the origin of the circular 'stickers' on the fins !!