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Following on from my Dragon build the much improved Gaspatch 1/48 Me163B build. This was virtually an O.O.B build using the Eduard Space decal for instrument panel (excellent) and the Brassin resin wheels. This kit was a joy to build and shows how far our hobby has progressed over the years!! I decided to show this machine in its towing configuration with landing skid down and wheels attached. I'm afraid I lost patience with fitting the armament, I hasten to add my own fault not the kits!! All in all a great build. I chose to model a machine White 14 of JG.400, Brandis,February 1945. I again used AK Real Colours 81/82/76 finished with Lucky satin varnish weathering kept to minimum. I also purchased the Gaspatch 1/48 Resin Scheuch-Schlepper see part Drei!!! Continued in part Drei!! Cheers Andy

Greetings Friends! Happy New Year! I just finished my Christmas Build and have started my Luftwaffe building season! This is the new GASPATCH 1/48 Komet kit! It is a great kit! I added the Eduard 'Look' Instrument Panel and Eduard Resin Wheels... The Rest is OOB (with some extra decals) and the Excellent Gaspatch 'Easy Peasy' Detail Set which includes more cockpit details and a pilot and excellent tailpipe (which really is spectacular on my model). This model took TWO WEEKS with several 12hr days to get it done! It was very small, but very detailed and many parts. Fit was excellent. The only shortcoming was the landing flaps (Air Brakes) under the wing. I could not figure out how to install these and the 4 support parts are not detailed in the instructions, so the builder is left to guess how they go in and support the PE airbrakes. I wanted to use the kit airbrake deployed indicators on top of wing (so pilot knows when they are deployed). This was not seen in other Komet kits and great detail in this kit. Hope Gaspatch fixes this in the instructions. The rest of instructions are top notch! The cockpit is super-detailed with practically every line, hose, and detail is in there! The kit builds with the canopy open. It has excellent canopy hinge detail. I fell in love with the clean closed canopy look, so just loosely tacked it closed for now. This scheme is the classic 'White 13' that is well represented in profiles... I really wanted to do this scheme and it is not in the Kit. I had to find an old testors Me163 kit to get the '13' decals from. I also got the late war simplified upper wing crosses from an Aeromaster sheet for the right size and style, as this would be the right insignia for 1944/45 fighters. This scheme appears to be standard splinter scheme for Komets and looks like the airplane had the spotted RLM76 vertical tail overpainted in a nonstandard (curved demarcation) cammo to match the rest. So we don't know the Wk Num as it would be covered up. The Paint is Mr Color RLM76 (with 10% white) and RLM82 and 81 From the bottle. There is some preshading and I went light on the weathering because these had very little flight time. I used Tamiya X35 semi-gloss clear on the model as the Komets were polished... I really like how that came out! Enjoy the pictures and comments welcome... It's another kit that made me look good as a modeller. I highly recommend this Gaspatch kit, get one while you can! This is the Pilot in the Easy Peasy Gaspatch Detail kit. I just hastily painted him as it was very late last night. He still needs work but Is a nice resin pilot...