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Hobbyboss 1/48 Me 262 B-1a/U1 Nightfighter


Dave_R

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Hi All,

 

I'm going to have a go at building this Me 262:-

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Photographed after the German surrender in the hands of the RAF.

 

The Hobbyboss kit has the right decals for this aircraft, but their painting guide bears little resemblance to the photos.  So I'm going with the Airfix guide, which appears to be much better researched.

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Sprue shots plus PE seat belts.

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My first impressions from the sprues are very favorable and the molded metal nose weight is a nice touch.

 

I'm looking forward to getting started.

 

Dave.

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Excellent! I still want to make 'Red 8' at some point.

Having built the single seater, pay attention to the nacelle/wing fitting and the nose gun covers. Other than those tricky areas, this builds really well and the nose gear bay is really handy for ballast.

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Hi Dave,

I've built several of these Hobby Boss Me 262 planes. There is a problem with the nose area. The metal nose wheel housing need to have their lugs shortened a fraction. If you don't do this the gun bay cover won't close neatly.

If you are going to have the covers open it might not be such a problem. Here is a link to my build where I had to restart my build to get past the problem after I worked out what was causing it. The relevant notes are on page 3.  

 

 

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Dave,

 

Welcome to the GB with a subject I've always found fascinating, I remember making the Revell 1/32nd scale kit of this beastie back in the day and I've liked them ever since.

 

Good luck with your build, I shall follow with interest.

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Hi All,

 

The big bits are together.

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... and they did not want to go together.  The tolerances are so tight that a little bit of extraneous plastic or a layer of paint can throw everything out of alignment.  It was a case of test fit, sand repeat - many times.  Anyway it's as good as I could get it (the nacelles aren't glued on yet).  So a fair bit of filling to do next.

 

Dave.

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Hi All,

 

Primed.

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So, next is the tricky paint job, going against usual practice I think I'm going to start with the black, then the wings, then the fuselage and finally the mottling madness.

 

Dave.

 

 

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Hi All,

 

The Lichtblau is on.

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So next comes the tricky bit.

 

I've got this template thingy for mottling german style.

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I've used it before and the results have been OKish, but it feels like you need four hands to use properly.

 

Dave.

 

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