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Me262 - V3 Prototype (High Plane 1/72)


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Hi all

 

Here is my latest finished model and the first for 2018.

 

Terrible kit. Avoid it at all costs unless your a masochist. I got this kit in our club end of year Kris Kringle where we have a competition Build A Bitch Model, the idea is to member to exchange those least loved kits, we'll build and display in our first meeting of the year in February.

Well, this kit I got in 2014, so it took me only 4 years to finish it (mostly because I forgot about it in the shelf of doom).

 

Anyway! Here it is! Not my best effort but happy to finish any way.

 

Painted with Gunze and Tamiya acrylics. Decals from the kit (surprisingly the highlight of this kit, a little thick but conformed well under MICRO SOL/SET)

 

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 Any comments, critics etc, are always welcomed!

Cheers

Paulo

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2 hours ago, stevehnz said:

You bitch built into a beauty, well done that man. :thumbsup:

Steve.

Thanks mate

This is not at competition standard but at least I'm proud to say I've finished the biiiatchhee!!!!!

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Looks pretty good to me. I appreciate your efforts as I built their Me262 V1 a few years ago. RFI here http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234962512-messerschmitt-me-262-v1-high-planes-172-plastic/

John

 

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13 hours ago, John R said:

Looks pretty good to me. I appreciate your efforts as I built their Me262 V1 a few years ago. RFI here http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234962512-messerschmitt-me-262-v1-high-planes-172-plastic/

John

 

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Wow! That's great mate. Very well done.

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9 hours ago, Knight_Flyer said:

Nice build, not used to seeing a tail sitting 262 well, except for that time I didn't add enough nose weight to the Matchbox kit :oops:

Haha. I suspect the vast majority of 262s in the Matchboxwaffe were tail sitters!

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Hi Paulo (aka Armoured Sprue)

Glad you liked my version. I think those kits originate from your part of the world.

Apologies if I seem to be hijacking your thread. Maybe I should have just put in the link.

John

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Brilliant job Paulo!

 

Never had any idea that the SAPMA guys inflicted the kit on you in the Build a B! end of year Kris Kringle lol!!!

 

I love the overall shape and beautiful paint, mottling and weathering.

 

4 years to finish?..........sounds like my sort of build timeframe!!!! ;)

 

Cheers

 

Bruce 

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14 hours ago, John R said:

Hi Paulo (aka Armoured Sprue)

Glad you liked my version. I think those kits originate from your part of the world.

Apologies if I seem to be hijacking your thread. Maybe I should have just put in the link.

John

No problem John

 

Yes! High Plane is from here (OZ) they have something that no one else have, so, if you want that's the only option. But I prefer more commercial kits, I don't have much time for modelling and I rather spend my time building good models and having fun

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8 hours ago, Winenut said:

Brilliant job Paulo!

 

Never had any idea that the SAPMA guys inflicted the kit on you in the Build a B! end of year Kris Kringle lol!!!

 

I love the overall shape and beautiful paint, mottling and weathering.

 

4 years to finish?..........sounds like my sort of build timeframe!!!! ;)

 

Cheers

 

Bruce 

Bruce

I would never buy such a kit. I prefer to build an Airfix with trenches camouflaged as panel lines but with wonderful fit than to struggle with short runs kinda kits.

Life is too short to build bad kits :wink:

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1 hour ago, djos said:

I have this model in stash......so i know what you started from

Amazing result. Like it very much

Best regards

 

If you can find the kit amongst all the flash you're a lucky guy!

 

Cheers mate

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35 minutes ago, ArmouredSprue said:

This is what you get in the box:

 

And here is the real thing

Hey Paulo,

 

Not sure why but I can't see the pics in the most recent post.....would love to see what you actually started with!!

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