Crimea_River
Marshal
Excellent idea.
Frog Me 262
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Vic Balshaw
Major General
Always did like the 262, nice one.
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Bustedwing
Tech Sergeant
Over the weekend I finished up the guns and the gun bay. Not yet painted though. Started on building a cockpit. The kit provides a floor and a very cheesy seat...along with a pilot that looks like it's trying to qualify as the Pillsbury doughboy event in the special Olympics.
A bit of fine tuning is left on the guages.
A bit of fine tuning is left on the guages.
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Bustedwing
Tech Sergeant
Catch22
Major
Great stuff!
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Certainly is.
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Excellent.
Crimea_River
Marshal
Admirable work in that scale. 
Looking really very nice. But that's a pity you didn't have a look at Me 262 drawings or checked in the net. The cockpit of the plane was a kind of "a semi-barrel" lying horizontally and open at top. The bottom of the "barrel" is well seen through wheel bays.
Picture source... the Internet
Picture source... the Internet
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Bustedwing
Tech Sergeant
I originally intended to make the cockpit more tub shaped but decided it would be a lot easier and less hassle to just build up the cockpit from the floor provided in the kit. I do plan on adding a curved piece to the bottom along with some ribs and plumbing. I doubt the flat floor will be noticable through the canopy. One nice thing about 1:72 scale, it gives a wide margin to fake stuff and still look good.
Should have the cockpit done over the weekend and I'll get some more pictures up.
Should have the cockpit done over the weekend and I'll get some more pictures up.
Tony Hill
Tech Sergeant
Great stuff! Keep it coming!
Hotntot
Senior Airman
Doing great guns on it so far, especially given the scale.
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Bustedwing
Tech Sergeant
The seat and harness are all done. I wasn't happy with the guage panel so it's a re do. The seat cushion is plastic with toilet paper painted onto it. The harness is masking tape with fine wire for the hardware. I used Kokanee beer can aluminum to make the harness release.
Crimea_River
Marshal
Nice, and I hope you drank the Kokanee first.
A4K
Colonel
Great work mate!
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Good stuff.
Coming along nicely!
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Looking good.
