Yet another -262 *Complete*

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Fortune has certainly favoured the brave! Good result.

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Nice problem solving. Good work
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Good solution !!!
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So, after coming up with a winning solution to my problem I was happy happy happy.
I did still have to slice up the inside of the windscreen to be able to bend it out slightly as the plan to add a widener was a no-go.
But that worked OK and I had 2 sections of canopy in place. Gaps were filled with PVA.
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The centre section of the canopy was also masked and painted.
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And I then had a model looking like this.
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So today I decaled, sealed, washed, sealed and matt-coted the model and set about work on the undercarriage.

I knew the 2 pins for the main gear actuators would need replacing and I did this with thin wire.
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And as you can probably see, I managed to remove the locating pin from one of them when I was tidying it up.
No stress - just drill a hole for some wire.
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Then drill a similar hole in the undercarriage bay to superglue it into.
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If you do ever need to do this - for goodness sake stop drilling!
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Otherwise you are going to ruin that nicely painted, decaled, sealed, washed, sealed and matt-coted upper wing surface :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
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D'oh! That's so frustrating! :sad:

Still - just a small patch required . . .
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Hah! Been there, done that...although I also remember that blood was involved. ;-)

You will sort it, no problem.

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DOH, That sucks, but I'm sure you'll be able to recover in short order, Keep the faith...
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I guess a progress report is overdue.

I plugged the hole in the wing with a piece of sprue, cut off, sanded, added a little filler and sanded. A quick coat of paint and you'd never know how much of an idiot I was.
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I've added the aerial wire and have got it coming through the canopy and into the aircraft itself. I don't know if this is accurate or not, but it looks OK to me. I've also got the canopy completed and unmasked by this time.
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And a home-made loop made from thin wire to finish it off.
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And here we are - a Revell Me 262 A1-a
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The swastikas on the tail were made from spare wing markings, which is why they are a little on the large size. There's only so much trimming you can do before making something totally unusable.

A great kit with the exception of the ill-fitting canopy.
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And I really really really must get an airbrush......
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Nice work
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Re: Yet another -262 *Complete*

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Great result. I thought your canopy save was a very elegant solution.
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Re: Yet another -262 *Complete*

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That's turned out well. Good save on the canopy.
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