Thank You Joe,
I found some rubber cement... in a store for illusionists. This must be very useful for card tricks I heard. You never learn enough!

Oliver

My activity in this thread has been rather limited lately but I have been working steadily on my 262 anyway!

This is the current state of affairs...

...canopy installed and faired-in (a rather tedious part of the project)...


...landing gear is on...


...and I've filled the rather substantial wing root canyon...

Everything moves on schedule and as usual there are more info in my build thread!



Magnus

bob, no it isn't you.i am doing the hobbyboss kit too and I have problems with the fuselage fit too. had to file down the the bulkheads and the locator tabs on the cockpit tub and metal gun bay. now it looks like the underside wing to fuselage fit is poor too. it won't snap flush to the fuselage. let me know if you have any problems there.

joe

JOE, i trimmed the wing root at the fuse and a little on the wing and it fits fine so far after some trial fitting.

Bob

Thomas, thanks for that link, it was most helpful.
So, I'm thinking of redoing the fuselage interior in bare metal, and leaving the rest of the parts as-is.

One more stupid question: would the comm/nav equipment racks and oxygen bottle brackets inside the tail be bare metal also? Or would those be sub-assemblies from other manufacturers and come pr-painted?

Keith

thanks bob. i'll see what I can do with it after trimming where you note. the rear underside panel directly behind the wheel wells is where I can't get it to fit flush to the fuselage. there are two locator pins inside the fuse I may have to trim off in order to get it to seat.i may have to trim it down a little too.

joe

Keith, check again the link, it's there
The racks for the electric equipment are assembled and already pre-painted (black/dark grey) same as the oxygen parts are blue (exept the pipes - they are all bare matal outside the cockpit and also the brackets as they fix it quick as it comes to the fuselage after delivery).
Thomas

Folks,

Here's my 48th scale ME-262 A-1a/U3 completed! I cut off the ridiculous looking nose cannon as it's at an impossible anglefor a nose cannon. It's ok as some of the U3's did not have that weapon. Really enjoyed the Hobbyboss kit. Pretty good fit.










Was going to post in this the campaign album but couldn't find one.... figured it might not be started yet.

Well back to it's big brother!



Joe

Joe, nice job I love the paint job.

Bob

Joe, well done! Another nicely finished 262 while mine ist still in the hangar
Like the opened canopy an the interesting camo.
Album is here: http://gallery3.kitmaker.net/showgallery.php/cat/29562
Thomas

Joe, great! One more for the gallery! What about Your larger project.

Oliver

Bob, Thomas, Oliver, thanks for the positive comments.Appreciated.

Oliver - work is progressing on the big bird. Building a wiring harness for the wheel well. Have attached the gunbays and cockpit to one side of the fuselage.... pics to come soon.

Thanks

Beautiful build Joe, love the camo! I'm looking forward to the first pics of the big brother as well.

I'm really hoping to get a few hours work done on my build this coming weekend, it's been months since I picked up a blade and cement!

Keep up the great work all.

Cheers, D

I guess it is about time for me to update my build. I will give posting a photo another try this time from my photobucket account.

I got the cockpit and gun bay done and closed up the fuselage. I have to say I am not too impressed with the hobbyboss kit so far. I had to file down the bulkheads of the cockpit and gunbay along with the mounting tabs on those bays that insert into the fuselage just to get the halves to even meet!! the small tab just in front of the gunbay where the nose cone attaches still does not meet. even when I test fitted the fuselage halves together on their own there was many gaps and ill fit. partly due I think to the poor bulky sprue gates attached to the fuselage halves. now test fitting the lower one piece wing to the fuselage shows that it won't fit flush. I will have to do more sanding fitting to get that to seat right. can't wait to see what the fit is like at the top wing root.
anyway here it goes-
[IMG]http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii93/joe_b_album/GEDC2260.jpg" BORDER="0">[/img]
don't know why it put a link up. I will try a different way.

why when I click on edit I don't have the img button below?
anyway another try.

[IMG]http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii93/joe_b_album/GEDC2260.jpg" BORDER="0">.here/image.file[/img]
what am I doing wrong? I am a member of randy ayers nascar model forum and they have a similar method posting between the img icons but you click on the img button before you copy the image on photobucket then paste the image then click on the img button after you paste the photo in order to "bookend" the image between the img icons. there is no "put url here" type that appears between them either. it's just click img button, then paste photo, then click img button again and submit. also if you have to edit all the posting option buttons are still at the bottom of the box unlike here so you can go back and forth to check that each image is posting correctly. that is how I am attempting it here.
is this the way it is intended to work here too? it seems I am skipping a step or something.

Joe, use "direct" or "img" in photobucket to copy the url (just left click to copy), then paste inbetween the two "img"..."img" while deleting what's already there.
You can't edit photos.
With your permission?:

Thomas

thanks Thomas. do I have to delete the put url here type along with the htpp// and al the other stuff that comes up between the two img icons?
joe

Correct, only;
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii93/joe_b_album/GEDC2260.jpg

ok Thomas thanks, lets give this another try. this is cutting into my building time-lol.



HURRAY!!! WHOOHOOO!!! WISH I WAS ABLE TO POST A SMILEY FACE HERE!!

WELCOME

BTW I like your progress on that not so "falling together" kit.

ok now for the rest- I hope




thanks Thomas for your help now to get back to the bench- joe

Joe: Wow really nice progress, espescially the wiring. Looks superb. How did You separate them so parallel in the lower tub ?

Oliver

oliver, actually that is part of a photo etch kit from eduard except for the yellow wires which I added. I wanted to buy the weekend etch kit that had only the harness and control panels but couldn't find it so I ended up with the full kit which is actually for the fighter/bomber version kit.
I just made wing slats from brass sheet but I will have to wait to post the photos until the batteries charge for my camera.


joe b

well, the situation was even worst than it looked from the picture.


Where I thought I had just mis-alligned the exhaust cone, putting it inside the locators, what I'd managed to do was , despite double checking the instructions, swap the engine inlet and exhaust front to back.
So the nacels are glued down REALLY well and because they are mounted to the wing, wont pop open along the seam.
Out comes the saw, flip flop, parts are back where they belong.





I've done enough damage here tonight.

Everyone here has been doing a great work on there 262 builds albeit some of us have has some hiccups with the assembly. Mine has been the final fit on the upper nose section, which is taking more than just some putty.