Werdna Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Season's greetings all This is my take on Johannes Steinhoff's Me 262 'white 6', while he was flying with JV 44 at Munchen-Riem towards the end of the war. In April 1945, his aircraft hit a badly-repaired bomb crater on take-off, which damaged his main gear and threw the aircraft off line. In his own words, his aircraft was going 'too slow to get airborne and too fast to abort' and he received severe burns in the subsequent crash, which put him out of the war and in hospital for some time afterwards. He recovered eventually to play a leading role in the new Luftwaffe, as well as within NATO. I was lucky enough to meet him when I was a cub reporter in the mid-1980s. The Hobby boss kit is pretty good, but is designed to be displayed 'open' (canopy, gun bays, etc) and doesn't take kindly to being closed up, so needed a bit of trimming, sanding and filling here and there. As far as I can tell, JV 44's 262s were mostly finished in an overall 'blotchy' RLM82 green, and 'white 6' certainly seems to have been finished in this way, according to pics. I've still had to use a fair bit of licence though, which is not unusual for late-war stuff Hope you like it 38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Stunning build and its great to actually hear the stories behind the people who flew them! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Dyck Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Excellent modeling and nice background story. Never saw his plane. Not very spectacular, but good to see it now. Cheers Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackroadkill Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Another cracker there, Werdna. She looks stunning - your painting skills are fantastic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werdna Posted December 27, 2020 Author Share Posted December 27, 2020 Thanks all Weirdly, it took a while to paint what is essentially a single colour (well, two RLM82 greens, one Vallejo, one Mig ). Painting the real thing was probably quicker.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff G Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Very nice! Not very common to have met the pilot of your model, adds a nice touch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Fantastic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Nice work on this one. Excellent paint work. Looks like you over came the nose area issue. I discovered the issue was that the lugs that hold the nose gear housing were a fraction too long. Once I cut them back everything closed up easily. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Very nice build.😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werdna Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 3 hours ago, Greg Law said: Looks like you over came the nose area issue. I discovered the issue was that the lugs that hold the nose gear housing were a fraction too long. Once I cut them back everything closed up easily. I think next time I'll try the plastic housing with a weight, rather than the metal one, which is a bit unforgiving. The biggest problem was trying to fit the gun bay panels with the guns assembled inside. I ended up removing much of the inside detail, just to get the doors to shut...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Lovely looking 262, great modelling ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 It looks great, having just completed one closed up I know how much extra work you gave yourself but it was definitely worth the effort. Duncan B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in a shed Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 That's a lovely smooth finish. The simple scheme looks great and like you say suits what was happening painting wise in the later stages of the war. Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 On 28/12/2020 at 23:52, Werdna said: I think next time I'll try the plastic housing with a weight, rather than the metal one, which is a bit unforgiving. The biggest problem was trying to fit the gun bay panels with the guns assembled inside. I ended up removing much of the inside detail, just to get the doors to shut...! Yes, I did that as well. I also found that the plastic gear bay was as bad as the metal one. Which either one you use reduce each of the lugs by about 1mm. You will find the body parts will fit a lot better. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Bob Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 That is a good looking 262, a simple colour scheme but perfectly painted. I have several of these kits to build, single and 2 seaters, I cannot decide whether to fill the fuselage panel lines and rivets like the real thing or leave them for a bit of surface interest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werdna Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 8 hours ago, Retired Bob said: That is a good looking 262, a simple colour scheme but perfectly painted. I have several of these kits to build, single and 2 seaters, I cannot decide whether to fill the fuselage panel lines and rivets like the real thing or leave them for a bit of surface interest. Thanks Bob I did consider puttying, but I just don't have the patience. I've got 'some' - but not that much... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Bob Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 11 minutes ago, Werdna said: Thanks Bob I did consider puttying, but I just don't have the patience. I've got 'some' - but not that much... I have 6 HB kits in the stash plus a couple of Tamiya ones that I started building, I thought that I would buy the Aires dropped slats and flaps set to add some interest, word of warning, they do not fit, the slat actuators are in different locations to the Tamiya wing. Everyone says that the HB kit is a clone of the Tamiya one, but while the Tamiya kits undercarriage u/c and doors are riddled with injector pin indents, HB managed to make theirs without any, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antti_K Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Lovely work Werdna! Excellent paint work and finish. I have the Tamiya kit in the stash which I've planned to finish as "white 13", but I think more information about the subject is still needed... Cheers, Antti 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Fantastic piece of modelling, looks great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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