Roman Schilhart Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Dear fellow Britmodellers, here's my 1/72 Airfix Me-262 A2 "Blitzbomber", built with the addition of Eduard photo etch and resin wheels. Pitot tube from the spares box, brake lines from stretched sprue, and vacu canopy from Rob Taurus. Painted with Gunze/Mr.Hobby acrylics. Photographs by Wolfgang Rabel. The Airfix Me-262 kit is precise in shape and outlines and features an open landing gear bay (a detail other manufacturers have missed). Unfortunately, it suffers from fit problems with the engine/wing assembly. This is not difficult to correct, but comes unexpected on a modern tooling. I damaged the kit's canopy hood when cleaning up the sprue gates and replaced it with a vacu piece from Rob Taurus (intended for use on the Revell kit). The mottle scheme (RLM82/83) was airbrushed free-hand. Thank you for your interest. Best greetings from Vienna! 65 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 I see Roman Schilhart and think 'this will probably be a nice model', then I open the page to see the photos and it really is. Lovely build, lovely finish. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VolkerR. Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Another nice model from you! Great finish and detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VG 33 Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Very nice Roman. This A2 with only two gun throughs is on my to do list as well. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Superb Roman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREG DESTEC Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Excellent modelling Roman, that's a beauty 🍺 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Great looking 262, lovely work ! Wulfman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 A beautiful build as ever. The Airfix 262 is a nice kit but I can't understand why that wing engine fit problem wasn't picked up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza l Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Beautiful work, I particularly like the mottling... very neat. gazza l Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan31 Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Looks like a much easier build than my old tool Airfix was. Is that the vac-canopy in your shoot? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Very good model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis Alfonso Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Hi My Dear Friend Roman!!! Congratulations for this new masterpiece you have shared here and that will grace your wondeful shelves!!! I have been watching your splendid job and enjoyed how you worked this level of detail and nice mottle camouflage... Ah, and the nice weathering you applied. Really enjoyed the build. I have some Me 262 kits in my stash from different brands, and maybe, looking your wonderful job, will go ahead but taking one simple kit to build like the old AIrfix I have watched above here in this thread, as I have it since a long time to work one as Allan 31 showed above... These new kits on the block are great, but I have a lot of kits that are here collecting dust and something should be done with them. Keep on my friend and enjoy as many as you can!!! Cheers, Luis Alfonso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 (edited) Very nice A2- I think it's the only one I have seen built, in any scale. Paintwork is very well done. I agree that the new-tool Airfix kit is probably the best, overall, in 1/72 scale- I just wish they had remembered to do the cooling vents on the rear of the nacelles, as they are very characteristic of the airplane. Thinking of cross-kitting the rear of the Hasegawa kit nacelles onto the Airfix kit. (That being said, it appears that not all 262's had the cooling vents on the rear of the nacelles, as seen on many of the preserved examples in the linked site below- very curious! Betting the example Airfix scanned to make their kit didn't have them, either.) The undersides of your model are especially well done! 👌 Mike https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=108 Edited April 19, 2021 by 72modeler added link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 That's really nice work Roman. The mottle finish is particularly well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Very nice indeed, that camo scheme is excellently done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Very nice work Roman! That's a beautiful Me-262! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
109 fan Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Great job, Roman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Superb 262! A freehand mottled scheme like that would probably defeat me.😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djos Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Fantastic work. Camouflage looks SUPERB! regards Djordje Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robgizlu Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 Cracker !! Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Roman, if I you did not say anything, I would be convinced that this Me-262 is the real thing and I would expect a pilot to hop in and take off on a mission. Superb as always my friend!!!!!! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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