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Bob, No problem if this turns into a BB. I figure its going to be another week or two before much is done on the two Me 262's. Hawkrench, The Me 262 was built in several versions, fighter, bomber, trainer, nightfighter, recon, and even a two seat bomber version (prototypes only). Matrixone

All three of my current group of models are getting close to being finished and decided on building a Tamiya Me 262A-2a for my next project, instead of just one Me 262 why not build two? This way I can have quicker production and not have reference books of several different aircraft types...

Thanks very much Duke! I hand painted the special unit markings on the tail, after that was finished the tail planes were glued on. Not pictured is the propellers, wheels, and landing gear doors, they have all been painted and weathered. The tricky part of this build will be aging the national...

Thanks guys! Duke, I understand what you are saying about the exhaust stains but after looking at many photographs of 109's with heavy exhaust stains I painted my K-4 to match what I had seen, the lighting was not the best when the last set of in-progress pictures were taken and the very subtle...

Looking great (as expected) and waiting to see how the multi-color pre-shading turns out. :bgrin Matrixone

Ian, I will be looking for your G-2 pictures! :drool Thank you for your comment. Matrixone

Thank you Sherman! Now that the Panther and Bf 109K-4 are nearly finished I will be spending more time on the Dinah trainer and get it off my work table ASAP. The Ki-46 has had the undersurfaces and yellow ID markings painted, next I will be hand painting the special markings on the black...

Thanks Luiz, Ian, and Duke Maddog! Getting ever closer to having this one finished, the exhaust stubs have been glued in and the final bit of exhaust stains have airbrushed on to blend everything together. The landing gear legs have also been fitted. Not seen are the wheels which were given...

Thanks! Most of the exhaust stains were sprayed on, after the exhaust stubs and deflectors are glued to the fuselage I will use the airbrush to add more exhaust stains near the stacks. Also I dirtied up the lower rear fuselage a little bit more. This next picture shows the exhaust soot on...

Thanks Tankbuilder and Bob! Tankbuilder, Thanks so much for the offer on those cable parts, I will go ahead and finish this model without the tow cables since I am so close to the finish line. There are a couple of wing things I want to get started on ASAP. Not a whole lot left to do on the...

Ever since I decided to model ''white 10'' I have been trying to work out a way to replicate the rain marks that are present in the exhaust stains on the fuselage sides as seen in photographs of the full size aircraft. I had been planning on painting on the exhaust stains first and then using a...

Ian, That's a great paint scheme you chose. As for the propeller blades the front of the blades would not show that much paint eroded off of them, the leading edges of propellers blades of aircraft operated in the desert would often show paint worn away but the rest of the propeller front...

Thanks to all for the suggestions on replacing the tow cables. Right now I don't have anything in the house to use so if the repair I made to the kit tow cable fails this model will be without that item...maybe it was lost during combat? :gogo Ian, After I finish the Panther its back to WWII...

Really great construction details on this model. :notworthy: Matrixone

Looks good from here! :good In your second picture there was a grainy effect on the edges where you sprayed the green paint, that means either your paint was too thick or your PSI was too low for that paint mixture. Nobody believes me but I have found its better to slightly over thin your...

Thanks! Tankbuilder, The plastic seemed almost brittle to me, I have experience with using hot water or heat to bend plastic and I was actually looking forward to bending the tow cables in this kit but right from the start I suspected there was going to be trouble when the first tow cable I...

Bob, Thanks for letting know I am not the only one that fell for the 'hot water plastic bending technique' in the instructions, what kind of water was Tamiya expecting us to use? :bat Water from a melt down at a nuclear plant might have worked but anything less than that was bound to crack the...

Thanks Gary and Tankbuilder! Gary, I think trying to flatten the figure to get it to fit inside would exceed the benefits of such a procedure, for now I will leave figure intact and use it as painting practice. After spending time weathering the Bf 109K-4 with oil paints I sat that model aside...

Thanks guys! No work on the 109 today, the Panther has been getting all my attention today...besides, its better to let the oil paint fully dry before handling the model. Matrixone

Thanks again Luiz and Bob! More work on staining the undersurface on the K-4, this is about as far as I will go using oil paints...the rest of the undersurface weathering will be done using enamel paints with a hairy stick and the airbrush. Oil paints were also used for a pin wash to...