1/48 Tamiya Me-262-Completed-07/08/21

Finished up with all the decaling this morning. Now.....for the not so good news. How in the world I managed to get the stabilizers painted wrong...I just don't know. Painted the bottoms with the topside color and vise versa. Currently stripping the paint from both of them and a re-do will be in progress on those. 


Current progress....

Found a pic of one of these in this thread mate, it might interest you
listverse.com/2020/08/15/top-10-historic-combat-vehicles-that-changed-the-face-of-war/

There has been some real interesting info shared with this project as well as a stunning build.

Looking good Joe, hopefully I'll join you in your return to auto models !

Thanks Martin and Gil!! 

Martin: Looking forward to that brother.


Got the washes on this morning. Went with a friends advice and applied a light colored wash on this and then gradually worked my way to darker washes on the sides and then a dark wash topside.



Bottom side pic:

Thanks brotha Pete! 

This is a few steps down the line because I ended up going with my dull coat all over the whole bird but here's where we're at now with the dull coat on there. Got some subtle weathering, soot signatures from the guns and some silvering to do around the access panels and the painting / weathering process will be done. Then its off to landing gear, canopy and finishing bits....

Yes.  What he said.

Fantastic work Joe.

Carry on sir....

Thank you for your comments as well Mark!! Good to see you back in town buddy.

Looks great Joe,
Very realistic, paint looks great !
It's the last few bits to go for me too, why do these take so long ?

Love it when its finally sitting on its wheels right!? Feels like progress, Looks like progress too! Mighty fine progress...

Your doing a fine job Joe!

Thanks Leon!! 

Been a while since I looked in on this one Joe. Really looks great, any more WW2 classics planned?? This looks terrific

I've been trying to make somewhat of a comeback as of late. Hobby time has been divided up into time spent on my bathroom renovation project as well as other household projects in addition to time spent on our vehicles.

Then.....pretty much out of the blue this past week a very good friend of mine, Tommy Flournoy, had been in the hospital back and forth from the ICU to a step down room over the course of the last few months with lung issues that Covid had left him with. This is a guy who never got sick, never been to the hospital or even to the doctor for any concerns. He was doing alright through it all and looked like he was finally headed in the right direction and then all of a sudden it took a turn for the worst on last Monday. He passed away two days later on Wed. afternoon. One of the very best men that I've ever met with a magnetic personality and you just couldn't help but to like him. What a loss to anyone who knows him and a total train wreck to those of us who were close. I'm a spiritual guy and know these things happen but somehow....this one here caught me off guard. Went to the funeral this past weekend and there were just as many laughs as there were tears. A really good send off for a REALLY good man.

There's no question in my mind where he's really at right now and he's doing a whole lot better. His family and everyone else is sure gonna miss the guy down here though.



A pic taken late last year....