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Me410 A-1
- Thread starter Heavens Eagle
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Heavens Eagle
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Have been busy with yard stuff and other things the last few.... I finally have been able to get back to this so I can do the machine guns on the sides. The barrels on them are like something from a 60's Aurora kit. Yuck! Besides I like the way the brass barrels look after doing blackening on them. Can't match it with paint.
Have done a few small quick things over the last couple of weeks. Added the inner hubs on the wheels, and some antennas made out of steel wire.
Tomorrow I plan on making the barrels. Not sure how long it will take. Depends on how many times I screw up as these will be done by hand. While I have lots of practice, it is still difficult to get the lengths right. Diameters, not so much as I have some tricks to get it close then measure my way in. The metric dimensions are more accurate and give smaller measurements versus the inch dimensions. I can work with either as I work with metric all the time working on watches. Hopefully it will go quick and smooth. I am almost done with this little beastie, and I am fairly pleased with how it is turning out.
Have done a few small quick things over the last couple of weeks. Added the inner hubs on the wheels, and some antennas made out of steel wire.
Tomorrow I plan on making the barrels. Not sure how long it will take. Depends on how many times I screw up as these will be done by hand. While I have lots of practice, it is still difficult to get the lengths right. Diameters, not so much as I have some tricks to get it close then measure my way in. The metric dimensions are more accurate and give smaller measurements versus the inch dimensions. I can work with either as I work with metric all the time working on watches. Hopefully it will go quick and smooth. I am almost done with this little beastie, and I am fairly pleased with how it is turning out.
Heavens Eagle
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Here are the finished parts. They turned out quite well I believe.
Outstanding work Paul! 
Heavens Eagle
Well-known member
Doing some finish up. I was going to use some nylon thread (really fine stuff) for the radio wire, but could not get the stuff to bond.
Then I looked in my "wire" box and have some finer white wire from a defunct USB charging cable shielding. That should do perfectly and I won't have to paint it.
As to the blackening on the machined guns, I had some weird stuff happen. The Uschi blackening works quite well, and have had not trouble with it. Place the parts in a small container of the fluid and let them sit. They turn a velvety black when ready. I take them out and wipe them on a paper towel. The velvety black came off like normal leaving a steel colored finish. ?
? That has never happened before, but then I have used the Master Model parts. Different alloy I guess. Here was the weird part, my nose has an oily complexion and wiped my finger on it then rubbed the part between my fingers and it turned a perfect blue/black. Odd, but it worked.
The build is almost done so photos will be probably tomorrow.
Then I looked in my "wire" box and have some finer white wire from a defunct USB charging cable shielding. That should do perfectly and I won't have to paint it.
As to the blackening on the machined guns, I had some weird stuff happen. The Uschi blackening works quite well, and have had not trouble with it. Place the parts in a small container of the fluid and let them sit. They turn a velvety black when ready. I take them out and wipe them on a paper towel. The velvety black came off like normal leaving a steel colored finish. ?
? That has never happened before, but then I have used the Master Model parts. Different alloy I guess. Here was the weird part, my nose has an oily complexion and wiped my finger on it then rubbed the part between my fingers and it turned a perfect blue/black. Odd, but it worked.The build is almost done so photos will be probably tomorrow.
Heavens Eagle
Well-known member
I am calling this done (finally)
Hope you guys like it. It was not that great a kit. There were way too many fit and other issues. Makes me really kind of question if Fine Molds kits are really all that fine.
Hope you guys like it. It was not that great a kit. There were way too many fit and other issues. Makes me really kind of question if Fine Molds kits are really all that fine.
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centaur567
Well-known member
For a kit that's not that great, you have done a remarkable job. WELL DONE!! Gary S.
Two months late but ok! Nice job Paul, worth the wait. 
Heavens Eagle
Well-known member
Two months late but ok! Nice job Paul, worth the wait.
Yeah, it had some issues and I just couldn't get all that excited about it after a certain point. It was a bit of a slog, but I was determined to at least finish it. I guess it could still apply to the twins campaign. Was there ever a badge done for that?
Anyway, she's singing, it's done.
Brokeneagle
Master at Arms
Very nice Paul - 'purse from a sows ear' 
