What-if Me 262 Zerstorer FINISHED!!!

[matrixone]

Here is the other Me 262 what-if I recently finished, it was built from the 1/72 scale kit from Revell.

Like most of my models I used Model Master enamels to paint it with, some may be surprised to learn that I rarely if ever use the Model Master line of RLM shades of paint straight from the bottle...I find these to be a poor match for the known Luftwaffe colors and I will either tint them, lighten them, or darken them as needed to get a more acceptable match.
The camouflage scheme was airbrushed freehanded, only a couple areas where I needed to have a sharp line were masked.

On to the pics...













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[comrade harps]

That is beautiful. 

[matrixone]

Thanks comrade harps!

I am happier with this Zerstorer 262 than the Nightfighter I posted pics of a few days ago.


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[sturmvogel]

It certainly has a pugnatious look to it. Me gusta!

[matrixone]

This Me 262 needs Slim Fast badly.

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[dumaniac]

Matrixone

very nice indeed

the tiger strip is interesting

cheers Dumaniac

[Spey_Phantom]

now thats one mean looking Sum b*tch 
very nicely done 

[PR19_Kit]

Presumably you could use a burst from all four rearward firing guns to give you a 'War Emergency' boost to escape any pesky P-80s that you might come across? 

[MichelC]

Great model, awesome camo! 

This the Revell Me 1099, right?

M

[NARSES2]

I've run out of superlatives 

The second last photo is particularly good. Does look like a period colour shot found years after the event 

[Army of One]

Great build and pics.....yet again.... ....I am actually performing surgery on one of the handful I picked up in the MZ sale........

[jorel62]

OMG!!!!!!! Is that nice.   

[matrixone]

Thanks guys!

Michel,
Yes this is the Revell kit, highly recommended.

Kit,
I suppose if all four of the rearward firing weapons were fired at the same time it would give a moment of extra thrust.
This is one of those designs that looks okay on paper but would have been folly to use in actual combat.

About the camouflage: I wanted to do something else than the usual mottled or scribble scheme, I thought the tiger stripe style of mottling might look at home on this 1946 era aircraft. I got the idea for the tiger stripe camo from photographs of a couple of Fw 190D-9s I have seen that had some short stripes on the rear fuselage.

Next aircraft from me? Another Messerschmitt twin, but not what you probably thinking. I have to finish up my 1/35 scale Opel Blitz truck first.

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[lancer]

Jaw droppingly awsome....

[matrixone]

Thanks lancer,
If you liked these pictures you will also like my just completed 1/72 scale Ostwind.

Expect pics of it soon.

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