Tokyo Raider Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 (edited) 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... Edited December 28, 2021 by Tokyo Raider 32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 Like a museum quality model, but oho! Was not aware of the the flap indicators- have to remember that! Will be pretty tiny in my scale, but would add a nice touch. Well done! Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyo Raider Posted December 28, 2021 Author Share Posted December 28, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, 72modeler said: Like a museum quality model, but oho! Was not aware of the the flap indicators- have to remember that! Will be pretty tiny in my scale, but would add a nice touch. Well done! Mike I shortened the kit indicators a touch... but they are a nice authentic detail. The upper wing mold has tiny holes to help you postion them (or have them retracted)... I found a photo of a Komet with indicators out... Edited December 28, 2021 by Tokyo Raider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 Great looking Komet! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Bob Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 Superb, the camo really pops out, I have this kit in my 'to do' pile, glad it went well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zigomar Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 Having done that kit some time ago I can only agree with you, and appreciate your work. Cheers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 Fantastic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Dyck Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Really nice! And the semi gloss finish is the best I ever saw. Looks really convincing! A perfect „Kraftei“!!!! Cheers Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 A beautiful build and finish, first class ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 A belter of a Komet. I agree wholeheartedly with you about the resin detail set. It is so finely detailed and also makes life so much easier by replacing so many tiny and fragile plastic bits. Cheers, Alistair 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyo Raider Posted December 29, 2021 Author Share Posted December 29, 2021 44 minutes ago, AliGauld said: A belter of a Komet. I agree wholeheartedly with you about the resin detail set. It is so finely detailed and also makes life so much easier by replacing so many tiny and fragile plastic bits. Cheers, Alistair I agree, the Gaspatch easy peasy detail set is great. I especially love the rocket nozzle! Its super thin wall and realistic and sticks out a touch past the airframe. Really sets off the Komet... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPMS19 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 - Sehr schön........ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Looks like a beautifully produced kit and equally well finished 👏👏👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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