Me 262 A-1a (Hobby Boss 1/48)

[Guest]

Great work Steven. I used to pass a 262 every day on my way to the cafe when I worked at the IWM.

[Guest]

Coming along very nicely Steven.

[AlanG]

Looking great Steven. Like the idea of the sponge.. Hope i can do a good as job on my up coming 262 builds

[Steven000]

Thanks guys,
I hope everyone is still okay regarding Corona...

I have an update on the me262.
First of all, I had a lot of trouble getting the right colors sprayed on...

My Vallejo Rlm81 was too light, my Mig Rlm81 was very violet. In the end I used a brown for a panzer 3 tone that seemed more correct...


Vallejo Rlm81 (too light)...


Then I sprayed Mig Rlm81, this was crazy violet, I shook the bottle for like 10minutes...


Then I tried a coat of chocolat brown...


Rlm76 vallejo was added, but I had trouble spraying the small details with the airbrush... (tip drying, spattering...etc)


A mistake on the wing was fixed, this needed to be sprayed brown too...


Today I sprayed a second coat of brown and I took my time to spray more finer details on the fuselage...


I added a number "4" and a yellow band, the "4" is a re-used mask I had cut out for my bf109F with number "14" a while ago (time saver!)


The yellow band and white 4 added...


Next is a gloss-coat and decals.

That's all for now, I'm on the train to work, another night shift while half the country has to stay home safe :thinking: ...

Thanks for reading and kind regards!
Steven

[Wouter]

Very nice work Steven, and lovely paintwork despite the troubles you had.
And stay strong mate, someone needs to keep the business going (night shifts, yuk :smiling5: )

Cheers

[boatman]

HI Steven really nice work on that camo
chris

[Guest]

Looking real nice Steven :smiling3:.

[scottie3158]

Steven,
That is a great result the cammo looks spot on.

[Steven000]

Thanks guys!


I did a bit more work on the Me262, first I sprayed on a gloss coat...

Then I added the decals with Micro Set & Sol, here's an image of the decal sheet...
As you can see the swastikas are included too, two are solid black and two have a white outline.
I sprayed the number "4" because the "V355" was specifically for the "/U5" version.
The serial number for the tail was cut too ("2355'11" instead of "112355")...


Here all decals are applied and a 2nd gloss coat was added...


The other parts are now painted too...


Then I added a panel-line-wash (Tamiya).
And today I sprayed an Ultra matt coat (Lucky varnish).




Next I will add the remaining parts and some subtle weathering...

Thanks for reading & kind regards!
Steven

[Jim R]

Hi Steven
Sorry to be in so late. I seem to have come onboard near the end of this build but enjoyed catching up.
Looks a nice kit. You haven't mentioned any fit issues. Lovely precise paint on the instrument panel. Great looking paint job, camo looks spot on. Decals have gone on nicely. Fingers crossed there is no paint creep under the cockpit masking. Always worries me when I unmask a cockpit but you're more experienced than me so all will be fine :thumb2:
Jim

[scottie3158]

Steven,
Really looking good.

[Steven000]

Thanks Jim & Paul :thumb2:

Hi Steven
... You haven't mentioned any fit issues .... Fingers crossed there is no paint creep under the cockpit masking. Always worries me when I unmask a cockpit but you're more experienced than me so all will be fine :thumb2:
Jim

Welcome aboard Jim,
Yes the kit had no fitting issues worth mentioning, a little bit of scraping here and there but it's a good kit indeed.
Unmasking always worries me too oop:, you never know so fingers crossed...

Kind regards,
Steven

[Guest]

Fine work Steven Were the swastikas supplied in two parts for a practical reason, or was it the manufacturer's way of getting around the reproduction ban?

[Steven000]

Fine work Steven Were the swastikas supplied in two parts for a practical reason, or was it the manufacturer's way of getting around the reproduction ban?

Thanks Peter, as you probably guessed already its the 2nd one ; ) ...

[tr1ckey66]

Hi Steven
Just caught up with this. Excellent Schwalbe my friend! The detail work and paint work are excellent, the mottling is top notch. Simply beautiful work and I look forward to the finished model.

Cheers
Paul