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**** DONE 1/48 Tamiya Me 262 A-2 Heavy Hitters Group Build
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Thanks everyone. Hope to get the wings on today.
very impressive
lesofprimus
Brigadier General
Very very nice work Andy, great detail and correctness....
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Crimea_River
Marshal
My next challenge may be to actually build something out of the box!
kgambit
Tech Sergeant
Awesome job on the wheel wells.
Lucky13
Forum Mascot
Some bl****dy nice work there mate!
imalko
Chief Master Sergeant
I can only agree with previous posts - it's impressive work Andy. Some great attention to details on your part there.
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Thanks everyone. Wings are on, last 3 actuators put into the wheel well and a couple more hydraulic lines installed, yet to paint. Film at 11....
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Resuming where I left off yesterday, the actuator links for the elevators and rudder had to get done. This morning I started with a scratch-built bell crank to be mounted on the port side of the wheel well Photo 1
Photo 2 With the wings now on, the actuators (at arrow) are installed from the crank shown yesterday to the new one above which is now glued to the port wall. It's not easily seen being painted black and partially hidden by the flange but it is visible. The camera makes a shadow there.
Photo 3 shows the wheel well looking forward. Arrow 1 points to two new hydraulic lines added and arrow 2 is the linkage that connects the stick to the aileron control actuators. It's actually at the wrong angle when compared with the reference photos but I can't quite make out why. Oh well....There will be yet more hydraulics installed for the main gear jacks and brake lines but for now I'll take a break from this fiddly stuff.
Photo 4 finally shows the Sturmvogel in its full glory. There will be some minor filling and sanding done which I'll do through the week. Won't be much progress to report on that so will post an update when something more exciting comes along.
That's it for now and thanks for all your kind words and for your continued interest.
Photo 2 With the wings now on, the actuators (at arrow) are installed from the crank shown yesterday to the new one above which is now glued to the port wall. It's not easily seen being painted black and partially hidden by the flange but it is visible. The camera makes a shadow there.
Photo 3 shows the wheel well looking forward. Arrow 1 points to two new hydraulic lines added and arrow 2 is the linkage that connects the stick to the aileron control actuators. It's actually at the wrong angle when compared with the reference photos but I can't quite make out why. Oh well....There will be yet more hydraulics installed for the main gear jacks and brake lines but for now I'll take a break from this fiddly stuff.
Photo 4 finally shows the Sturmvogel in its full glory. There will be some minor filling and sanding done which I'll do through the week. Won't be much progress to report on that so will post an update when something more exciting comes along.
That's it for now and thanks for all your kind words and for your continued interest.
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vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Now that is looking pretty dam sharp!
Heinz
Captain
I agree looks fantastic man!
109ROAMING
2nd Lieutenant
Damn thats nice work mate!
Vic Balshaw
Major General
I'm impressed, brilliant work
Lucky13
Forum Mascot
Sooo sweeeet! 8)
lesofprimus
Brigadier General
Looking great Andy...
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Cheers all!
looks great andy
kgambit
Tech Sergeant
Really fantastic job Andy. It's going to be a beaut when it's all done.
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