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  1. I've had this kit for some time, it is one intended to be finished in RAF Markings, along with other German Aircraft featured in K S West's book, the Captive Luftwaffe, and flown by Captain Eric Brown as part of the RAE Aerodynamics Flight at Farnborough in 1945/46. The Aircraft is C/N 120086, one of 11 operated by JG1 and captured at Leck In RAF markings it was given serial number VH515 and recorded as Air Min 67, the German markings were overpainted, but not the nose arrow of JG 1. It would have had a unit identity number, but this was also painted out. There are quite a few photos of the 162s, a couple in colour and it does seem that when painting out the German markings German paints were used, as there is no obvious mismatch as is seen on some of the ME 163s in RAF colours. It also seems that the jets did not receive Trainer Yellow under surfaces, which might have been expected, the 162 are clearly blue, probably RLM 76, a pale blue/grey. Upper surfaces are RLM 81/82, but with aberrations like the ailerons painted the same 82 colour overall as they were interchangeable. The engine cover was also a dark solid colour, it could have been RLM 66. After 75+ years who can say? Also, by 1945 German Supply Chain issues resulted in paint being made from what was available, rather than an exact match to the official RLM or RAL Colour shade charts. The Revell kit is simple, but finely detailed and with virtually no flash: a joy to build! Now to the exciting bit...for me, that is! I'm an old generation modeler, first building Airfix Kits in the 1960s and grew up with Humbrol oil based paints. Some years ago I got an Iwata Revolution Airbrush and tried using it with thinned Humbrol, but with not a lot of success. For this kit I decided to try again, using Vallejo Airbrush Ready acrylic paint. WHAT a difference.....the paint is fine, covers well and dries quickly. So far, so good...but I've only painted the interior parts using their Panzer Grey, which seems to match RLM 66 and which was used as an internal colour on most aircraft built in the late war. Here is my Airbrush, the incredibly useful Revell spray capture jar, essential for washing out the airbrush, the kit internals painted. I should have the fuselage closed up next week, I will highlight the seat straps and dome of the very simple instruments, but I'm not super detailing this. The interesting phase is going to be when I have to spray the external surfaces. It has been suggested that I need a second airbrush for larger areas, but we shall see: I model mostly in 1/48 to 1/24 scale. But if this project works well it could see me bring the curtain down on Humbrol, the modern "eco friendly" paint formulations are not what they used to be: I have tinlets from the 1960s that are in perfect condition whilst tinlets bought more recently are thick, don't cover properly and either dry to rapidly to too slowly. . More, soon....
  2. Hook down, wheels up, ready to land! A small tribute to the late Captain Eric Winkle Brown RN and his exploits landing Sea Vampires wheels up on a rubber flexible aircraft carrier deck. Its an old FROG Vampire, with added hook and fairing, plus lowered flaps. I considered adding the missing vanes in the intake, but decided life is too short! The FROG kit is a lot better than my memory suggested with remarkably good fit in most places, plus I managed to get the tail booms reasonably straight and square, despite my hacking away half their supports for the lowered flaps. Canopy fit was also a little suspect, but I think I got away with it !!! FredT
  3. First off, I was coerced into this build. It was not my fault and I didn't want to start it just yet. I realize I have too many projects going at once and it would be nice to complete one or two. But this is all Nigel's fault. The creator of AA and past purveyor of Antics is entirely to blame. I was innocently perusing some threads and came across his build of the 1/48 Dragon Me 163 Komet. In his thread, he stated he had purchased after market goodies that included a resin rocket engine. Since it was so pretty, it needed to be displayed and he innocently asked if anyone had any ideas about an engine stand for this plane. What a ploy!!! I had the 1/32 Meng kit of the Me-163B Komet in the stash and had been avoiding it because it was so tempting to build. I also knew the kit had display stands for the rocket engine and tail assembly. So, being the good-natured soul I am, I offered to look in the kit to see how the stands were portrayed to help him out. He further sucked me into his web by wondering about the detail of the rocket engine. So now, I am looking through the kit instructions for details about the stands and the engine build. I find both. My plan was to send him copies of the appropriate instruction pages and then photos of the kit parts regarding the stands and engine so he can use them to detail his kit. What a trap. Here I am removing parts from the sprue for him and drooling over the detail in this kit. The stands were very simple parts wise and I thought why not build them up and take pictures of the completed assembly. As I was doing that, I noticed some comments in his thread about the detail of the rocket engine and how some of the PE parts were not just cutting it. I then started removing engine parts and . . . yeah, I'm hooked on this kit. So this build will begin with the stands and the rocket engine. Please bear with me, as this build will start strangely with the support stands. They consists of 5 parts creating 2 stands. One stand is to support the rocket engine as it is exposed from the end of the aircraft. The other stand is to support the tail structure that is removed to expose the engine. The stand supporting the tail assembly is complete, no assembly. (Yea, no work except for painting.) The stand for the tail assembly consists of 4 parts and is very simple to piece together. The way Meng represents the stand makes me think they were made out of wood. So, the toughest part of the stands will be to represent the wood grain. Or, I can just decide they were painted and move on! Next up, assembly of the rocket engine. Upon examining the parts on the sprue, you have to wonder if you can remove some of them because they are so delicate. The detail is just superb. I started doing sub-assemblies for the rocket engine tailpipe, the rocket engine turbine and the T-stoff tank. The only real problem I ran into was the T-stoff tank. The join of the two halves of the tank is not good; either my fault or design of the kit. Normally, I just fix the join as filler and putty are my constant companion, but in this case, that will be difficult because of all the matching straps and tank machinings. I can’t really think of a way to fix it. Hopefully, most of it will be hidden and not seen. All the engine parts were then given their base colors. While everything dries, I will hang my head in shame I was so tricked into starting this build. It is Nigel’s fault!! As always, all comments are welcome.
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