Jim's Easy Me *** Finished ***

[Old_Tonto]

That looks the bee knees.

Post it notes - what a cunning plan.:lol

[Martin R]

Jim,

That's an absolutely fantastic finish! Well impressed and a little jealous. I really must get an airbrush for Lufty camouflage.

regards,

Martin

[Jagewa]

Thanks Martin and OT, I noticed Paul Bradley uses post-it notes, so shamelessly stole the idea, and they work well, though sometimes I wished I had three hands, especially at the tailplane fin junction. I used a hair-drier to make sure the previous colour was dry before starting the next, and all went smooth.

I do enjoy airbrushing, I find the control of being able to slowly build effects up is so much easier. To me its the most enjoyable part of a build, especially when there is minimal masking, this one was fun.

Decals this morning, went on well, apart form the yellow fuselage band which was really brttle and cracked up at the edges, so grabbed one form a Revell Me262 sheet. Lots of stencils, I've never applied so many, I usually give up...

I wonder why the Hobby Boss swastika is backwards? I had seen builds on other sites mentioning they were backwards, but I couldn't find any correct ones in my spares, ah well. Though it does look like well odd....

The decals seem very brilliant too, so maybe a light spray of a grey to tone them down? I'll see if a get a chance tonight.

Cheers
Jim

[Jagewa]

So brought out the airbrush again, and sprayed some thinned Tamiya deck tan over the decals and the high parts of the plane, then sprayed a well thinned mix of Tamiya black and brown in places. Finally a coat of Vallejo Model Air satin varnish... er?

What's that whistling noise?




arrrrrggghhhhhh !!

Takkka takka takkka

Whoooooshhh..








What a fun kit, a blast to build and a ball to paint,really put back the joy of building a model, I feel like a kid building a Matchbox Spitfire on a Friday evening ready for the battles at bedtime..

In fact I think I'll be off to make more takka whoooshing sound effects before beddie byes...

Cheers
Jim

[JamesPerrin]

I love the scheme on this one. This way the splitter fades out on the fuselage has been beautifully done.

[Martin R]

Jim,

I always like the way you finish your kits, but this one - wow! Great job.

regards,

Martin

[kruaxi]

Like a lot ! What a shame for reverse swastika...

[shangos70]

Great work Jim , Im trying to get my Matchbox one looking half as good .

[Molly-new]

Awesome work Jim, I will be referring back to this when I build mine.

[Jagewa]

Thanks for the comments guys, as I said it's a fun build.

Cheers
Jim

[AndrewR]

I wonder why the Hobby Boss swastika is backwards? I had seen builds on other sites mentioning they were backwards, but I couldn't find any correct ones in my spares, ah well. Though it does look like well odd....

The decals seem very brilliant too, so maybe a light spray of a grey to tone them down? I'll see if a get a chance tonight.

Cheers
Jim

That's so it's still legal to sell the kit in Germany, Jim.
The Swastika is illegal, but the reversed ones are okay. You can flip the decal over while decalling, and then it will be the genuine Nazi symbol.

That's a very nice paint finish.

Cheers

Andrew

[ShaunW]

That looks proper good Jim, really excellent painting. Yes, I am jealous

[Jagewa]

That's so it's still legal to sell the kit in Germany, Jim.
The Swastika is illegal, but the reversed ones are okay. You can flip the decal over while decalling, and then it will be the genuine Nazi symbol.

They are in two halves to each Swastika on the decal sheet. Though, I did wonder if that was the reason, funny thing is Connor said to me "So you'll have to put the halves on upside down", and then 'know it all me' said, "I think the back side of them will be all white".... I never had a peek to check Boolarks... Oh well I might have to buy another as er. research.. yes dear that's it research!

[Dirkpitt289]

Another excellent build and display. well done