Jet Bomber Finished!

[matrixone]

Here is the MPM 1/72 scale Messerschmitt Me 262 A-2a/U2, this model was kindly sent to me by cthulhu 77 months ago and I just finished Thursday.

I marked my Me 262 as a machine from KG 51, a unit that would have likely used this a/c if the war had lasted longer.













Matrixone

[Brian da Basher]

Wow Matrixone yet another amazing feat of Luft-goodness! I've often wondered how a 262 would look with a clear nose and it's great to finally see the idea take flight! Fantastic work on the paintjob and as usual, your black and white "period" photos are convincing enough to fool all the self-proclamed "experten". Masterful work!

Brian da Basher

[matrixone]

Thanks again Brian!

From what I read of the flight test reports this design showed great promise and would have been a very good weapons system, as usual with the German wonder weapons time ran out on another good idea.





Matrixone

[Eddie M.]

Another exceptional and outstanding piece of work you constructed. I really like your paint work. B)
  Eddie  

[matrixone]

Thank you Eddie!

Were it not for the wild camouflage schemes some of these German a/c wore I would not build as many of them, they are a lot of fun to paint!

Hobbyboss makes quick to build kits that don't look too bad so I will get some of them just so I can have more models to paint in a years time.



Matrixone

[Rafael]

First of all, pics stored in matrixone's luft folder B)
Just when I thought I saw the best of your work, you come up with something like this. Just amazing!!!

Wunderful work!!

Rafa

[BlackOps]

Another great looking build Matrix.

I sure wouldn't want to be anywhere near that nose if you had a bird strike YIKES!

[matrixone]

Thanks Rafa!

This model was not an easy to assemble kit and took some extra care to finish it to this standard, but I really like these short run kits because when I finish one it feels like I won a battle even if the finished model is crude compared to the kits produced by Tamiya, Hasegawa, and Revell of Germany. But it sure is fun to build a Tamiya quality model once in a while! It almost feels like I'm cheating when I build one.

Matrixone

[matrixone]

Thanks Jeff!

Imagine the bomb aimer trying to bail out of an out of control Me 262! Yikes!

Matrixone

[cthulhu77]

Damn Skippy!  That came out unbelievably fantastic, you did a bang up job on that difficult kit.

[van883]

Fantastic-in every way-what nose transparencies did you use?

Van

[NARSES2]

I really am going to get a copy of the unabridges Oxford dictionary as I've run out of superlatives  

Stunning work as usual my friend - how you maintain (indeed improve) this standard is beyond me

Chris

[Archibald]

Look ma! a drop-snoot 262 !!    Never heard of this variant before, outstanding work as usual!!    

[matrixone]

Thanks cthulhu 77, Van, Chris, and Archibald!

cthulhu 77,
Thanks again for letting me build this kit, it was not easy to make but as is the case with many of these MPM and Special Hobby kits it was worth the extra effort.

Van,
The MPM kit has vac-form parts included in it to build this version, this model was built OOB with no aftermarket parts, I did use decals from my spares box instead of those provided in the kit.

Archibald,
This version actually flew and during tests it was a success despite the lack of experience with the pilot and bomb aimer, the bombs landed on the targets most of the time.

Matrixone

[Joe C-P]

Fine work, as always. I wish I had the patience to play with Photoshop to make "old-fashioned" photos like yours.

JoeP