John R Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 This is the prototype of the Me 262. It first flew with just the piston engine. After a few flights to establish its handling and performance it was fitted with BMW jets. On its first flight with these both engines failed on climbout, losing all their turbine blades! A satisfactory landing was made and the engines sent back to BMW to think again. The aircraft was re-engined with Junkers Jumo engines. The kit has a ‘health warning’ on the box saying that it is for experienced modellers only and some cutting ,filling and sanding is required. Substitute ‘much’ for ‘some’ and that sums it up.The final straw was finding that the decals were most reluctant to leave the backing sheet and tended to shatter when they did! They were also most reluctant to stick to the model. Finish is Alclad Aluminium with odd panels in Dark Aluminium. apparently nobody is too sure about the actual a/c finish. The instuctions suggest different panels in varying colours of silver. I settled for just a couple of shades as the kit illustration make it look a bit like a Zebra. The rear portion of the engines was Alclad Steel. Any additional information would be welcome, particularly about the propellor. Either the single piston engined version or the three engined version can be built from this kit. ] 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Well, despite the trials it may have caused you, it looks great. I do like your subtle tonal variation and it makes for a real talking point I'm sure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 GORGEOUS IMMACULATELY. Finished.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme H Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Very nice indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mottlemaster Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Great subject,great model and fantastic finish.thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Thanks for sharing, very nicely done. I never knew a kit of the 262V1 prototype existed. Duncan B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawel Szczudlyk Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 That's very interested. Great job ☺ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planebuilder62 Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bordfunker Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 That's a subject I've never seen modelled before. Very nicely done. Karl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Hi John Lovely job mate, and correct decision to build the 3 engined version, leave 2 engines in the box, I don't blooming think so ! Cheers Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Unusual and great to see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Excellent job! Given the unreliability of the engines on even the production versions, maybe they should have left the piston engine on! Regards, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 That's one you don't see very often despite its historical significance. It certainly doesn't look like you've had trouble building it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike DeTorrice Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 John, a fantastic job on this most unusual and fascinating version of the German jet fighter ! It looks terrific and one wonders how it would have developed with more reliable and powerful jets ...... (or , seeing your build, maybe even no jets but an extremely powerful piston engine in the nose driving contra-props !) Fine work here and very well displayed. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jer Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Super build! Enjoyed your intro, the pictures are great and show her off perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Fantastic finish to an unusual type you certainly hid any nasty's in the construction Well done Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John R Posted June 16, 2014 Author Share Posted June 16, 2014 (edited) Thanks for sharing, very nicely done. I never knew a kit of the 262V1 prototype existed. Duncan B I never knew about it either until this one turned up on Ebay. Defininitely in the ' must have' category. Thank you all for the kind words. It actually turned out better than I expected. All sorts of rough bits showed up during finishing and I thought it was going to have to come with a 'never mind the quality feel the interest' tag but despite the silver finish, which normally highlights the rough bits, it doesn't look too bad in the photos. John Edited June 16, 2014 by John R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winenut Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 What an absolutely brilliant thing you have done there. Brilliant subject very very well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leptiprince Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Nice Another color Scheme... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John R Posted February 14, 2016 Author Share Posted February 14, 2016 That's nice work. When was that scheme applied? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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