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Combining my current dual interests of jets and captured aircraft, my next project is this Me 262. I’ll be using the Hobby Boss kit in 1/48 scale and will be building it out of the box with no aftermarket except seatbelts (because I just don’t like making them ). I chose this one as it has the Air Min number clearly painted on the fuselage (though it was later painted over) and the paint will include some bare metal on the engine nacelles. The kit itself has decent reviews. It is apparently a scaled down version of HB’s 1/32 kit. It has some odd parts breakdown choices where for example a lot of fuselage internal equipment is provided but will be next to impossible to see through the separate hatchway provided. I’m not going to use that. Unfortunately, unlike the larger kit the flaps are not separate which is a shame as it was common to see parked 262’s with flaps down. I may or may not attempt to separate them - if I do I shall channel @marvinneko’s epic work on his Ventura for inspiration. Assembly begins with the cockpit and I followed my usual process on it - dark base, dry brush, detail painting, finish coat, and then clear gloss in the instrumentation. Luftwaffe cockpits have the distinct advantage of being dark grey which hides a multitude of lazy choices. As I used no aftermarket everything is painted to create impression rather than replication though I did try and get the colours right on the instruments’ bezels, levers and switches. I still have to add the seatbelts which are going to be donated from an Eduard Fw190D kit in the stash. As I’m not opening any panels (the kit also provides some nice detail for the guns and an option to have them exposed) I anticipate things will move relatively swiftly to major assembly. I’ll have more to say about markings and paint later. Cheers.
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In what colours was Messerschmitt Me 262A-1a 112385 Yellow 8 of JG 7 painted please? The old Errormaster sheet has this aircraft in the hard-edged 81/82 splinter pattern seen on several JG 7 aircraft, including Weissenberger's aircraft as featured by Airfix. However in the picture below it appears to be in the later patchy 83 finish as seen on several JV 44 aircraft. https://www.google.co.uk/search?biw=1280&bih=665&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=Me+262+JG+7&oq=Me+262+JG+7&gs_l=psy-ab.12...180974.182684.0.185244.9.9.0.0.0.0.178.973.3j5.8.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..1.0.0....0.IwT-T3r6r7E#imgrc=0Z9XAKvHQBFsSM: I'm hoping someone will have access to the Schiffer book on JG 7. Thanks in advance.
