**** DONE: GB-47 1:48 Me 262 A-1a - WW2 D-Day and After – Western Front

[rochie]

Ok chores done just after lunchtime so have had a few hours spare before my wife comes home from work.

cockpit tub and instrument panel assembled

Nose section built up around the metal nose wheel bay

All parts painted and ip decals in place

As the nose will be closed up im not fitting the cannons and only painted the bay as i had paint left on my pallet

 

[Crimea_River]

Nice.

 

[fubar57]

Nice that a weight is added

 

[Wurger]

 

[Donivanp]

was going to do as you suggested but my black L's were not long enough and inspiration struck whilst going through my spare decals !

Gotta watch being struck by that stuff, it'll get you hurt.

 

[rochie]

Gotta watch being struck by that stuff, it'll get you hurt.

True, i normally do my best to avoid it !

 

[Gnomey]

Lovely work so far Karl!

 

[Wayne Little]

 

[rochie]

Thanks chaps.

ok so last night i found Wayne's build of this kit he did way back in group build #17 !

I noticed he did most of the internal parts as a nmf where as the instruction sheet calls for RLM 02 so i'll go back over them with my vallejo silver later on today.

i looked at Waynes build to check if i could install the nose wheel leg after the fuselage was closed up as Hobbyboss want you to install it before (recipe for disaster), you can leave it off until the last minute so all is good.

 

[Donivanp]

Good call there Karl.

 

[Crimea_River]

Always good to leave such parts off when you can.

 

[dneid]

Lovely start there, Karl. I have this one on the pile of kits and almost went for that for this group build. But, alas, the 152 called to me.

 

[Crimea_River]

Nothing wrong with that Dale.

 

[rochie]

Nope, nothing wrong with that at all !

 

[rochie]

Ok last night i brushed on some silver paint and assembled the cockpit tub and firewalls.

Added them and the nose bay to one side of the fuselage

And closed it up then started on some engine pieces

 

[Wurger]

 

[Donivanp]

Like a rocket set on rails he took off.

 

[Crimea_River]

Good progress Karl.

 

[rochie]

Assembled the engine pods, still need joints cleaning up and the front parts are not attached yet.
as these were unpainted on black L save for some RLM 83 on the top portion I'll paint these separately and add them later.

 

[Airframes]

Fast work there Karl, good stuff.