Librarian's Komet Alternative

Librarian · April 03, 2015, 06:53:47 AM

I suppose the backstory here is to produce an aircraft as a back-up to the Komet, a fast climbing interceptor. Started quite early this morning as insomnia's got it's grip on me:

...and YES, they fit:

Twin V-1 Argus engine emplacement. I cut a blank out of plasticard to fill the supercharger panel and sanded that smooth. Love acrylics as they dry so fast. Cockpit prepared:

....and slapped on the putty. Finding, cutting, sanding and fitting the lower blanking plate led to a lot of blank blank blank expletives. I'll do some sanding later when it's all dry:

Librarian · April 03, 2015, 10:21:45 AM

Enough for today. Sanded and primed....might fiddle with u/c etc if sleep eludes me:

PR19_Kit · April 03, 2015, 10:54:06 AM

The mind BOGGLES!

Dizzyfugu · April 03, 2015, 11:05:25 AM

Whoooooshhhh...

Weaver · April 03, 2015, 11:40:04 AM

Quote from: PR19_Kit on April 03, 2015, 10:54:06 AM
The mind BOGGLES!

My mind's boggling in between gibbering....

Librarian · April 03, 2015, 12:21:51 PM

I've always avoided Luft46 subjects so I'm a bit nervous about this....out of my comfort zone. There's an emblem that translates "Like a Flea but WOW" I'd like to do one with Elephant instead

. I'm exhausted....

PR19_Kit · April 03, 2015, 03:26:52 PM

That'd be 'Wie ein Floh, aber OHOH!' the motto of 2/JG400, the Me 163 unit.

If it was like an elephant it'd be ''Wie ein Elefant, aber OHOH!'

Librarian · April 04, 2015, 12:13:33 PM

Achieved very little today. Cut, shaped and fitted rear control surfaces and then had some fun making air intakes with drop-tank halves, plasticard and mesh...want them to look V-1y:

Not happy with the mesh, might revisit it later.

Mossie · April 04, 2015, 02:51:31 PM

Chufffin' nora.

Barmy!

Librarian · April 05, 2015, 02:14:17 PM

She's in the paintshop, putting me through several levels of hell with masking etc. Post a pic tomorrow. In the meantime had some fun putting together a kind of RATO parachute pack for the underside:

ChernayaAkula · April 05, 2015, 05:04:30 PM

Cool project!

What's that twin rail launcher?

Librarian · April 05, 2015, 06:44:11 PM

I couldn't swear to it but I think it was part of a Maverick launcher from an A-10 kit, Monogram.

ChernayaAkula · April 05, 2015, 07:30:54 PM

The cut-out in the middle was what threw me off. Looking at some sprue pics online, I think you're right, those are indeed the upper rails of a triple Maverick launcher.

Captain Canada · April 06, 2015, 04:00:15 AM

Now here's a neat one ! Love what you've done so far, and the xtra bits are really coming along as well. Beauty !

Glenn Gilbertson · April 06, 2015, 11:14:42 AM

My mind is boggled!