Visible Me-262A1-A - Many large pics

Hey guys,

This is Trumpeter's 1/32 offering of the venerable Schwabble StormBird. The fit and detail on the kit is phenominal. Very few seams, no flash and minimal ejector pin marks. It's dressed up with a few Eduard photo etch sets and whole lot of scratchbuilt parts. Decals were probably the worst part of the kit. They're a bit thick, but do take nicely to solvent and solution. But, they do have a tendency to stick to themselves with the slightest bit of provacation. The decal instructions are sparse and, in some cases, flat out wrong. Unfortunately, I didn't catch one of them until it was too late. Thankfully, it's on the bottom and you'd need to know German to see why it was wrong, anyway. And lastly, the decal for the Werk Nummer (equivalent to U.S. Bu. No.) was completely wrong. I had to mix and match from different sets to make the correct number.

But before we get to the pictures, let me tell you how I almost lost the entire build, today. I was finishing up and I noticed the rudder was bit loose. So, I had the glue out (Tammy thin), so I figured I'd add a dab and be done. Well, as I pulled the applicator out, it must have caught on the last thread, because it flipped the entire bottle, up and over. The bench was covered in glue. I was covered in glue. The glue on the table was quickly making it's way towards the plane (which was upside down because I was adding the RATOGs). Somehow, before I even realized it, I yanked the plane away, just in time. Surprisngly, with the amount of glue that went everywhere, none made it on the plane :thumbsup. Someone was looking out for me, today :angel.

So, without further ado, here she is;





Camera, gun bay and engine detail



Canopy support



Instrument panel



Port console and aerial mount



Seat


Nav / Formation lights - looks like lightbulbs, doesn't it ?





Bottom overall



Some wheelwell detail



Enjoy

-Fred

Nice work Fred.

Wicked cool job.

Insane details.

It belongs in a museum!

Thanks, guys :$

Here are some shots of the detail areas before she was all buttoned up













-Fred

Great job !!
That's one of my fav birds, you were very lucky with the Tamiya glue ! I cant count how many times it happened to me... No Im very carefull.
A friend gave me a good advice : glue a square styrene plate under the bottle, this way it's stable

Thanks, Tox :cool.

After this last glue fiasco, I think I'm just going to glue the bottle to the table lol:lol.

-Fred

Beautiful plane there Fred! Love the detail on the interior!!:thumbsup

Thanks, Demon. The pit is probably where I spent the majority of my building time. There were some additions made to the pit after that pic was taken. It's hard to see, but in one of the finished pictures, you can see a glimpse of the O2 hose I made from wound solder.

-Fred

Very Nice work Fred.

Imagine what would have happened had they gotten this bird to fly 6 months earlier. Just finished reading "Rise and fall of the Luftwaffe" and they spent some time talking about the ME262 and how messed up the development was.

Matthew

Thanks, Matt.

I could only imagine things could have gone quite differently if Hitler had prioritized the Me-262's production and pushed it as more of a fighter than a bomber.

-Fred

Fantastic job as usual. You have a real eye for detail, the weathering looks very realistic.

Thanks, James. I think it helps to have a minor OCD, :lol

-Fred