Frog Me 262

[Crimea_River]

Excellent idea.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Always did like the 262, nice one.

 

[Bustedwing]

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.

 

[Bustedwing]

 

[Catch22]

Great stuff!

 

[Airframes]

Certainly is.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Excellent.

 

[Crimea_River]

Admirable work in that scale.

 

[Wurger]

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

 

[Bustedwing]

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.

 

[Tony Hill]

Great stuff! Keep it coming!

 

[Wurger]

I see.... keep working. A very nice effect.

 

[Hotntot]

Doing great guns on it so far, especially given the scale.

 

[Bustedwing]

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]

Nice, and I hope you drank the Kokanee first.

 

[A4K]

Great work mate!

 

[Wurger]

 

[Airframes]

Good stuff.

 

[Gnomey]

Coming along nicely!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Looking good.