Welcome to the Schwalbe II Campaign!

Operational Overview
Welcome to the Schwalbe II Campaign. We come together as model builders to celebrate the World's first jet powered combat aircraft the Messerschmitt 262.

The Rules and Regs
Rules:
1. Any kit, any scale, or any variant of the Me-262.

2. Shelf queens, partial builds, and fantasy finishes accepted... Sci-fi too as long as the kit box says Messerschmitt Me-262.

3. Post in-progress build photos in the thread, and a photo in the Campaign gallery when you complete your build.

4. Campaign dates 1 March 2020 through 1 September 2020.

5. Have fun, and motivate your fellows to complete their builds.

Contest Element
At the completion of the Campaign each modeller who has successfully completed his build will be awarded a sharp campaign ribbon to add to his collection.

Enlist here: Enlist

Campaign Membership:

Antilles___________1/72 Revell Me 262 A-1a/U3
Completed 1/Aug/20 Gallery Photos
AussieReg_________1/48 Dragon or Hobby Boss Me 262 A-2a/U2
Completed 8/Aug/20 Gallery Photos
Bigrip74___________1/48 Italeri Me262
bomber14___________1/48 HobbyBoss Me 262 A-2a
brekinapez___________ 1/32 Trumpeter Me 262 A-1a
C4willy
EHAM0624__________Airfix 1/72 Me-262A-1a
Completed 1/Sep/20 Gallery photos
eMan______________1/48 Dragon Me 262A2/U2
Completed 24/Aug/20 Gallery Photos
forest1000___________1/72 Jo-Han Me 262
GazzaS_______________Revell 1/48 Me 262 A-1a Completed 8/May/20 Gallery photos
Iflytb20_____________1/48 Tamiya Me 262A-1a
Completed 15/Jul/20 Gallery Photos
IronHide
JTPRR_______________ Revell 1/48 Me 262 A-1a
MLD
PasiAhopelto___________ Revell 1/32 Me 262 A-1a
Rochaped_____________1/48 Tamiya Me 262A-2a
RussellE______________Airfix 1/72 Me-262A-1a
Completed 1/Sep/20 Gallery Photos
SGTJKJ
Tiger205_______________Tamiya 1/48 Me 262 A-1a
Torpon_______________Airfix 1/72 Me262A
Completed 20/Jul/20 Gallery Photos

YankeeSteve__________Hasegawa 1/72 Me 262
zontar_______________ Revell 1/48 Me 262 A-1a


Our Gallery for your photos:SchwalbeII Gallery

I could get on board with this one!

Michael

Gary,
nice idea. I cannot resist a Schwalbe campaign. I still have a nice decal sheet from the last campaign.

Oliver

Out of curiosity, Gary, why wait so long for the start date?

Michael

Michael,
I chose the date because usually when I see a campaign proposed you often see replies like: "I'm in too many campaigns now, maybe in six months"... etc. I'm flexible, tho.

It's still only 6 months away.

Gaz

I gotcha. Let's see how it goes.

Michael

Gaz, count me in!

Been a long time since I’ve been active in a campaign, and like you, I have more than one box of the Schwalbe stacked around. More than time to finally bring one to the bench. Choice will be Tamyia-san 1/48.

Cheers
Pedro

Sure, why not?

Count me in.

Gazza, you're killing me mate! The last Schwalbe Campaign was my doing, and I still haven't managed to finish my build for THAT ONE . I just can't see myself saying no to this one either, especially since this kit just somehow made its way into my stash.



To summarise, I'm IN!!!

Cheers, D

I am on for this one!!

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I sooo want to join this build, but have not done a wingy-thingy in decades....

Well, it’s great to see so many old friends keen to join this campaign! Still, we need a couple more to make the official Ten.

Pete, I’m sure that your skills should enable you to build one completely from photo etch should you so desire. Please sign on the dotted line below.

I Peter aka Petbat do hereby enlist in the Schwalbe II Campaign.............................

I've got the 1/32 scale trumpeter Me262-1A Gazza so you can count me in as well.

That's great, Chris! Now we need just one more.

… maybe..if I can sneak one through the door without SWMBO seeing it....

I did not finish the last one or any campaigns in a while. Im in to see that I finish one.

Bob

Pete,
Good luck with that! Revell has a brand new tool 1/32 kit that would probably make her swoon. Or file...

Bob,
Welcome! Glad to have you with us. That gives us ten and a half (Peter until he gets approval )

Anyway... I'll prepare the submission!

good idea gary. i like the planning ahead approach. gives me time to finish up what i'm working on and organize my projects. i would be in, i have several kits languishing on my shelf.
joe

I'm in.
I'll have to dig the name of the orig donor up, but someone sent me a resin cannon nose conversion for the first campaign.
I was working on two parallel builds and managed to get the nightfighter done for the campaign and stalled on the cut and paste job.
THAT one gets finished this time!

I had been building the Hobby Boss Me-202A-1a which took a lot of putty to make the wing mate with the fuselage.

Thia time I was looking for an easier build. Had my eye on an Italeri Me-262 A-1a. Any thoughts on its construction? Pros and Cons?

Bob

Bob, if you’re talking about their 1/48 model then it’s the reissue of the old Trimaster/Dragon kit.
Not saying it’s a bad kit, rather the opposite, but easy for you to find s9me online build reviews of it. A bit of work, yes, but quite nice results from it.

Cheers
Pedro

Pedro, thanks for the information. I went ahead and ordered the Italeri kit for this campaign.

Bob

This campaign has been APPROVED! It will run from 1 March through 1 September, 2020. To view the rules and sign up, go here.

Ribbon, anyone?

Michael

Enlisted and I was beat to the punch to be the first.

Bob