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World War II: Germany
Aircraft of Germany in WWII.
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Meng Me 163 FINISHED
matrixone
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Posted: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 - 05:19 AM UTC
Here are the pictures of my recently finished 1/32 scale Meng Me 163.
The model was built O.O.B. and painted with custom mixed Model Master enamels, markings for ''yellow 5'' were a mix of those from the kit and my decal spares box.









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Posted: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 - 06:31 AM UTC
very nice
matrixone
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Posted: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 - 07:59 AM UTC
Thanks very much Paul!


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Posted: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 - 06:58 PM UTC
Nice one Les, that looks superb I will also build mine OOB, with maybe a couple of additions in the cockpit. I also like this type of scheme, fully mottled fuselage and tail with splinter camo on the wings; so mine will be a similar scheme as well, in fact the same as my 1/48 version
matrixone
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Posted: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 05:18 AM UTC
Thank you Mal!

This Meng kit is overall quite good but two things that I did not care for were the marking choices and those awful 'rubber' tires. The good thing is its rather easy to fix these problems.


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berndm
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Niedersachsen, Germany
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Posted: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 06:48 AM UTC
Hi Les, again a very nice one ! A good inspiration to get my
Dragon "Krafteier" startet.

Bernd
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Posted: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 10:49 AM UTC
Les---That is a beautiful Komet. Your weathering is outstanding.

Best wishes,

Ian
matrixone
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Posted: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 11:28 AM UTC
Thanks for looking Bernd and Ian!

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StukaJr
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Posted: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 05:51 PM UTC
Very nice build and great diorama photography - really puts this aircraft into perspective. Love it - gonna have to get myself one of these myself!
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Posted: Thursday, May 29, 2014 - 02:30 AM UTC
Les,
Just a great OOB build. Your photography is also 1st rate. Those black and white photos look like the real deal.

Joel
matrixone
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Posted: Thursday, May 29, 2014 - 04:26 AM UTC
Thank you Ivan and Joel!


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Posted: Saturday, June 07, 2014 - 07:39 AM UTC
Beautiful job on the Komet. It's in my list to purchase/build next.
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