Revell 1/72 Me 262 A-1a

[tigrazor]

Welcome to the Schwalbe WIP ev'ryone... For Im mainly a SciFi and Fantasy modeller, I only model planes if theyre too cool to ignore. The "Swallow" is definetely this category.

First steps on the cockpit:

 

[THE NEW ONE]

nice

 

[Quaralane]

Looks good.
Been looking to get me one of those for my own collection

 

[tigrazor]

Just do it! It doesnt cost very much and shes correct. Okay, a friend just told me, if you want to count rivets, the angle of the engines is slightly wrong. Pfff. They fit in, theres absolutely no gaps here - just like it should! Oh, forgot to mention that: Shes gonna be a Soviet Schwalbe (more infos in the article below).

Theres some rework to do, mainly Mr.Surfacer and stuff. As always, it will get a little bit of extra beneath the plane. I found some nice figures from Juweela and Preiser that should fit here.

A propos surrounding: I heard that there are some hexagonal concrete plates on the market. Printed or plastic, I dont care. Looks like that:

http://www.google.de/imgres?client=firefox-a&hs=RLn&sa=X&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&channel=fflb&biw=1680&bih=947&tbm=isch&tbnid=EapGFdwJ-_pxTM%3A&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.letletlet-warplanes.com%2F2008%2F05%2F20%2Fsoviet-messerschmitt-me262%2F&docid=hVsV-PGvQ94j0M&imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.letletlet-warplanes.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2008%2F05%2Fme262a-1a-sovjetski.jpg&w=640&h=254&ei=tX3hUp6CD8TBswajx4HQAw&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=3195&page=3&start=66&ndsp=38&ved=0COUCEK0DMFg


Any clue where I can get those?

 

[JMac]

Nice.

I built the same kit a couple of years ago. Builds up into a very nice 262 for 1:72 scale - the only problem I had with the kit was my canopy fit to the fuselage was terrible. I ended up replacing it with a vac-formed after market canopy.

 

[tigrazor]

Yeah, my canopy looks a bit scrappy as well - too thick and loads of dents in it. Can you remember the AM brand btw?

 

[JMac]

Can you remember the AM brand btw?

I got it from Squadron online. I think it was one of their house brands. If you're interested I've included a link to my build thread on the SMA forum.

http://www.scalemodeladdict.com/SMF/index.php/topic,1658.msg14819.html#msg14819

 

[tigrazor]

Oh yeah, thats pretty helpful, thanks mate!

The belly needs some Mr.Surfacer:

 

[cargoman5126]

Luv that kit..Nice work so far..My last one the canopy was broken during shipping and like Jmac, I went thru Squadron, it was a vac-u-formed canopy that was much closer to scale thickness....

 

[tigrazor]

I think Im gonna change the blue scheme. This one looks a bit more conclusive:

http://www.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http://hsgalleries.com/images/me262yk_title.jpg&imgrefurl=http://hsgalleries.com/me262yk_1.htm&h=460&w=640&sz=53&tbnid=Fs6ficHkK5xiPM:&tbnh=93&tbnw=130&zoom=1&usg=__cH0YmSgiyL0y9POFZs1XRcZ6XIE=&docid=lx7_f7LhA43YDM&sa=X&ei=BpTmUpOEMsHNtQbNooDACA&ved=0CEAQ9QEwAw



Created the base today - more details to come:

 

[tigrazor]

The first figure is complete - the officer. Hes supposed to check a to-do-list or something. He got additional epauletes, a cap badge, his collar was changed too to adopt the "Red Army look". He was painted with a mixture of Humbrol (72), Revell (86), Testors "Earth" for the skin tones and black. Details: Vallejo Gold and Dark Red (?) - No. 1084.

 

[tigrazor]

Yay! The Schwalbe is not as fictive as some may think. Found something very interesting - unfortunately without sound...

Russian flight test with the Messerschmitt Me 262 (1946)

 

[tigrazor]

An additional daylight picture of the figure - I guess you can se him better now:




More putty for the belly:




...and some cables for the IP. Thanks again Jamme for the hint!




In the YT-video from above you get a good idea of the mechanic overall...




...and theres an additional detail on the right side of the cockpit thats missing in the Revell kit. No clue what this is, maybe a jabber box or something. Ideas, anyone?

 

[tigrazor]

Heres the news:

>Rudder was cut off and placed in a slight angle...





Figure #2 painted & added...





Figure #3 painted & added...




cockpit upgrades... the ReVi is not yet complete - Ill add the clear part made from plastic sheet when all is painted.

 

[Quaralane]

Coming along very nicely

 

[tigrazor]

Thx. Worked a bit on the cockpit and painted it. So far... so good (at least I hope that it looks good).

 

[Quaralane]

Cockpit's looking sharp, tigrazor