Me262 two for one.

[stona]

I masked and sprayed the upper wings over the weekend and unmasked this morning. My lack of photographic skills means that I've failed miserably to show the shading of the aluminium finish. Furtunately,or unfortunately, depending on your point of view,I reckon it looks good enough to warrant me continuing to do the rest of the model. It will take a while and feels like a lot of work for an ephemeral finish which,since I'll be covering it up, I won't be able to weather etc!

Lower wing masking this evening.

Cheers

Steve

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[Ian M]

Looking good so far! My vote goes to finninsh it 100% then buy another to do in the painted version. Pity to hide all that work under the top paint!

Alcad, whats that like to work with??

[stona]

Looking good so far! My vote goes to finninsh it 100% then buy another to do in the painted version. Pity to hide all that work under the top paint!Alcad, whats that like to work with??

The thought crossed my mind...briefly LOL. I'll take some photos and finish it off. I don't have room for two Me 262s and I've already got one or two in the loft! I've never had any problems with Alclad. The "Polished Aluminium" and,I think, "Chrome" finishes are supposed to be applied over a gloss black undercoat. I've never used "Chrome" but I've applied "Polished Aluminium" over a grey primer,just like all the other shades, and it looks okay. I'm not looking for a concourse classic car kind of finish anyway. The differences in the shades are subtle and I'm going to add a drop or two of black enamel to a couple to up the contrast a bit.

Alclad also dries very quickly and rarely lifts with masking,certainly no worse than acrylic paints. You can seal it with a coat of Klear with only a very slight change in appearance.

They are laquer based and are quite "hot". They will etch into plastic if spilt,as I found out the hard way. They spray very well out of the bottle and clean up with cellulose (laquer) thinners. All this hot stuff means I use an old Iwata Revolution airbrush as it has less damageable seals and washers than my other brushes,it sprays a treat,despite the loss of a little chrome!

All the natural metal on this P-47 was done with Alclad, except the gun tubes.

Cheers

Steve

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[stona]

More progress....had a good go today as the job I was supposed to be doing "went away". I will overspray all this,it's not good enough to keep in bare metal but,when tidied up, will still give a decent representation of an unpainted 262. Canopy etc tomorrow with a bit of luck.

Steve

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[stona]

I've decided not to do a two for one but to finish this in its NMF. Thanks to IanM for making me think about it and to the Luftwaffe for their simplified late war markings. This has enabled me to mask and spray the national markings and swastikas. I'm going to finish it as this one found hiding in the woods by the americans. I just need to make a decal for the werk nummer (the one in the odd place below the horizontal stabiliser.) It doesn't appear to have acquired most of the stencils you'd expect,I suppose time ran out for them.

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[AlanG]

Looks great :cool2:

[Ian M]

Nice one Steve. I think you made the right choice.

Looks the bees wotsits!

[stona]

Thanks fellas. All work is temporarily suspended but I'm near enough the finishing line to fit it in with the GB and still kid myself I'm only doing one at a time. Dangly bits are all ready to go,including canopy parts,then just a little weathering. I won't overdo it as the thing must have been virtually brand new!

Cheers

Steve

[stona]

I'm considering this done. I really want to start my Fw190 for the GB! This is based on some piccies of an aircraft captured by the americans in 1945. I have done it whilst still serviceable i.e. with hood intact and without OHIO sprayed on the nose!

Cheers

Steve

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[Guest]

Excellent work there Steve! That looks really good & just like the pics at the start of your thread. I might have a go at that Alclad stuff-I wonder if it could work as a base-coat for armour......

Patrick

[Guest]

This is a very interesting build and it looks really good, love the BMF. Have to say I have never seen one finished like this and it is just superb.

Patrick, I would think that Alclad is a bit OTT for using as a base coat. If you are thinking of the bare metal for 'chipping' back to, one of the popular paint options for the metal base coat is Citadel 'Mithril Silver' for aluminium or "Chain Mail' for steel. Alclad is a lacquer based paint and is really designed to give a finish as it can need quite a lot of preparation to get a good finish. Would then be a shame to paint over it.

[yak face]

Steve, another superb result, well done. Im so glad you decided to leave it in the natural metal finish ,its so different and youve made such a great job of it ,it would have been a crime to cover it up . 5 stars from me ! cheers tony

[Ian M]

:emo1::emo1::emo1::emo1:

That is one fine lppoking bird you have built Steve.

Bet you are glad you made the chioce you did! Well done.

As a thought, next time you feel the urge to do a two for one type of thing, why not build the kit in two halfs and mount it on a bord or mirror.....Hm...

Could be a problem with the canopies though.

Ian M

[stona]

Thanks very much for the kind words chaps. I am glad I stuck with the NMF,it certainly stands out on the shelf! I will get the ISS1 version done one day. Thanks again.

Cheers

Steve