He 162D

[Old Dog]

OK, fiddly bits on ! I kept weathering to a minimum only adding a little highlight to the control surface demarcations and a bit of powder staining around the guns and shell ejection ports. Final top coat was semigloss giving it a bit of sheen. I suspect these would be as close as one could come to a disposable fighter so they didn't last long enough to get really dirty. The cannons and pitot tube were done with hypo tubing. I thought it needed something beside the tiny antenna on the bottom so I added a whip antenna behind the cockpit. It's a black cat whisker so I didn't need to paint it. :laugh: Note: No felines were harmed acquiring this !

Anyway in spite of a few issues here and there I still had fun building it, I hope you like it, I do !

 

[White_Wolf]

Sweet birdie you have there, thanks for sharing the journey

Cheers,
Laurence

 

[SA Dave]

Dang that is beautifull

 

[phantom II]

Interesting and very nice .

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[lupanzer]

Exceptional painting job

Luiz

 

[ij001]

Great clean build. Like that a lot.

Ian

 

[Sherman 18]

Oh yeah I like it!

Fantastic job!

 

[Old Dog]

Thanks guys !

 

[moon puppy]

Metal effect is spot on Gary, well done sir

 

[razordws]

Very Sexy!!! hyeah

 

[matrixone]

Really nice job on your He 162 Gary!


Matrixone

 

[sharkman]

Nice one Gary!

 

[MichelC]

Nice Volkjäger!

I love the 162 plus the forward-swept wings version is my favorite. I wanted to see how the build went and read through the entire thread. Knowing DML I was expecting some fit issues and there they were! When you build one of their kits you can't help wondering if this is some form of Chinese humor or something. :evil:

Kudos to you for having stuck to the process! I know I didn't, my Dragon Me 1101 is still sitting somewhere half finished...

M