Me 262wasserflug

[HOG]

Hi All,
Now I`ve been good, I`ve done some work on unfinished dio`s (262C-1a) and been doing figures for that and other unfinished works, but I get bored so easily reworking and converting figures. I can only spend so long scraping and sanding off bits of webbing and straps to make figures in overalls.
So my attention has wandered again and I`ve rediscovered my last (at last!) Dragon 262 with missing bits used on the 262/109 job and off I went,



Its still got a long way to go but not having to worry about the undercart and the wing to body join has speeded things up a lot. Once the cockpit is done and inserted from under I can start on the hull? keel? whatever.

As an aside I was trying the cocpit for fit when I realised how crappy the inside looked.



Its been hacked with a router bit in the Dremel, has some rough cut bits of polycard added as supports and finally been reinforced with dollops of Milliput.  I spend ages on the outside but beneath the skin as it were ugh.  Perhaps this could be the start of a new topic- `Show Us Yer Guts`........?
Going back to the model. Its obviously going to need a maritime scheme and RLM72 & 73 over 65 seems a bit mundane. I had considered a razzle dazzle scheme like a battleshipy ferris type paint but Eddies doing that and I don`t  know where else to go. I have seen a JapanGermanic insignia on here somewhere and a mod of a meatball and hot cross bun could be fun but lets have some ideas as at the moment its a Germanww2luft46navalmaritimejetseaplane going nowhere.

[Eddie M.]

I say go for the Ferris scheme anyway, because I'm sure you'll come up with something original and much better than what I've done.. Maybe a Ferris with false shadows to the shapes to give it a 3-D effect? That is one darn fine looking aircraft. I love your ideas. B)
  Eddie  

[HOG]

Hio Alls
Work progresses, cockpit in, wings on and keel/hull in process of being shaped.



















This project isn`t fitting exactly with what I had in mind, as a mental image, when I started, but limitations of materials at hand and skill have brought me this far in a fairly realistic looking result. For me the differrence between the two image posts is an example of accelerated modelling as apposed to my usual WImPs. (work in minute progressional stages). When I look at what people like TSR Joe produce I think he must have built a time machine along with his antigrav & ufo`s.
Back to the model, the cockpit has been moved to the front, in line with later Messerscmitt designs, and I`m using a leftover pushmold canopy left over from my 262Mistel model. I really like the 262 with the pit here as it makes the design much longer and leaner looking and with the `clean` wing the airframe shape seems to look slightly larger than what it is. The engines are fitted in place of the original pit to get them out of the damp and will eventually have FOD`s  fitted. The main `keel` moulding comes I think from a Mono` Kingfisher , and the wings are cut off and replaced slightly higher to clear the wet and keep spray out of the intakes. Originally I sandwiched a piece of 30thou plascard between the leading edge halves to create a delta shape, but found this lost the 262 outline with the `T` tail and was cut away hence the black line along the wings. The wing floats are the droptanks left over from the 262/109 build slightly modded and the RATO rear from a couple of 1:72 boombs and a Merit traffic cone kit for OO railway use. I actually bought these on a trip into London for a friends stag night celebrations and in true modelers tradition brought home a kit of traffic cones.
I had originally intended to display this as in water but then I would lose the lower hull and all the work involved so now I have the pleasure of a Wif beaching trolley and tow tractor.

Well enough rambling but I`m still stuck on a paint job any advice/ideas as long as it`s WW2 Axis gratefully recieved. and as usual all comments etc etc
regards Gary[8-]

[Maverick]

Wow!

Brilliant stuff Gary, really looks like it's going to be something different.

I'd recommend a wellenmuster scribble over a splinter scheme m'self.

Regards,

Mav

[gooberliberation]

Woah that's neat! Is that an ejector seat in there?

[ysi_maniac]

Absolutely brilliant kit bashing          

[Brian da Basher]

Nice work, HOG! I particularly like how you've "recycled" those drop-tanks as floats!

Brian da Basher

[HOG]

Heyo Alls,
Working on the Seeadler and progressed as below. Since last post -
Wing floats finished and fixed.
Camo` decided on and done.
Work on beaching trolley and tractor commenced,  more later













The paints on the camo` are Humbol 92 Iron Grey over Tamiya XF27 Black Green with the undersides of Humbrol 147 Light Camo` Grey mixed withthe `92 to make a pale blue grey and all thinned with cellulose thinners.  Just for novelty value the masking tape was cut with my wifes pinking shears,(scissors used in sewing to cut edges). The wave patern squiggle is done using a watercolour pencil, as I found when spraying the basic camo` problems in getting my Badger 200 under the engines and knew I would never be able to keep the distance between model and airbrush constant to do the squiggle. After drawing on the wave I loaded the airbrush with distilled water and a drop of detergent, set the pressure on high and misted the whole model in an attempt to get the pencil marks to spread. Not very successful and I may try again on another model using oil based pastel and a white spirit spray.
Stuck for floats, the 300 litre droptanks left over from the 109G-10`s were filled to remove the lines, sanded and the front bottom cut away. A former was added from plascard and the sides filled with Milliput, which was then pressed with a tube to create the curved sides.
All comments, suggestions, complaints, bills for damges etc ignored as usual ,
regards Gary  

[HOG]

Heyo Again,
This is supposed to be an accessory to the plane but I really enjoyed doing this and have gone a mite overboard. It`s totally spurious and just embodies shapes that suggest tractor to me.













The only kit items used are
the wheels  rear DB tractor in Airfix Stirling kit
                 front  queen mary trailor in Airfix Recovery kit
tool box on rear wheel from Prieser 1/48 Luftwaffe figure set
steering wheel from unknown source
the rest from card tube rod etc with brass rod for axels etc. and scrapbox bitz.

From the under side you can see its not intended as a scale model but I think it looks OK when it`s on it`s wheels
aove comments apply
Gary  

[B777LR]

Cool  

But that tractor is a bit whimsy compared to what cuts the grass on the public lawns around where i live  

[Brian da Basher]

That's some very nice progress HOG! Thanks for keeping us updated. Your Seeadler looks great and according to the kill markings is quite the terror of the allied fleet! Love the tractor too.

Brian da Basher

[Spey_Phantom]

what a machine(s), have you ever thought of changing the name, cause you just turned that 262 into a completly new aircraft    

[LemonJello]

That is just an amazing aircraft.  My jaw hurts from hitting the floor.  That camo is exceptional.

[Jeffry Fontaine]

Your Me-262 is most impressive, but I really have to say that your tractor is the winner.  A very nice creation and it looks like it has all of the requisite features that would be expected for such a vehicle.  Well Done!  

[nev]

Incredible work!      


Looks like we got ourselves another JHM/Wolfik/Cthulu77 to make me feel inferior


Er, I mean, great, another fantastic modeller!