Hi All,

Here are a few shots of another recently completed 1/32 scale kit, this time it is the old Hasegawa Me-163. I started this one about 12 years ago, got as far as doing a little work in the cockpit before putting it back in the box and forgetting it. 12 years later I dug it out stripped out all the old work and fitted a new resin tub, rescribed all the panel lines ect and completed it over a period of 2-3 months.


Hope you like it but all comments welcome.

Pete

Great job on that 163!!! It turned out really nice...

Pete,

Wow! I can almost smell the T-Stof and Z-Stof!

Note that "WOW" is "MOM" (Model Of the Month) upside-down. Hope you enter!

Hi Peter!

Welcome and thanks for sharing such a great Komet model with us!

The work you did really paid of. The camouflage is very well done. I hope to see more of these in the future... but don't wait another 12 years!

Jean-Luc

Very nice Me 163. The paint job is great. How big is it ?
Congratulations.

Wow, nice job Pete
I'm actually building the same aircraft in 1/48 scale, it's the Revell boxing of the Dragon (I believe) kit. The Revell instructions give the fuselage mottle as RLM 75, over the RLM76 but that seemed wrong to me and I planned on doing the mottle in RLM81 82/3 the same as the wing camo and as you. The Revell instructions also show, or appear to show the RLM76 section on the starboard wing, again as you have it. I figured that this was a printing error and intended to paint this area RLM81. Do you have references showing this and the mottle as you have it?
Mal
Welcome to Armorama

Mal,

Glad you like it, the Me-163 that is.

I have on a CD disc some where a scan take from a book on the 163 that illustrates this aircraft and if my memory is correct it is based on the recollections of a member of the ground crew, unfortunately it does not show the uppersurface or wing leading edge as it depicts the other side.

Again if my memory is correct (I have not modeled German Aircraft on a regular basis for some time, mostly Soviet VVS) I borrowed a book from a fellow club member and I think I am correct in saying that most 163`s were delivered with the wing camo colours going over the fuselage top and down the sides, Side demarcation seems to indicate which plant made/painted the A/C, this resulted in repainting on the fuselage being carried out on delivery to the unit, so I reasoned that the Revell Scheme was possibly correct.

When I have time (More likey to be this weekend I will sort out the CD, take it to work and print off the colour side view, this I am happy to post to you but will require your address, you can email direct if you like, my address is in my site profile.

Hope this helps

Pete

I don't like it Peter. I love it!
Very nicely done camo. Any chance of some up close shots of that resin tub?


ps. Please DON'T enter your 163 in MOM. I'd like a chance to win just once before I die. :-)

Hi Pete.
Welcome to our world
Very nice camo job on that Komet. A good job plastic doesnt deteriorate over a 12 year period :-)
Im glad you finally got round to finishing it after all that time.Dont wait so long before you do another one!
Looking forward to seeing more of your work.
Have you had a look at the IPMS.Armorama UK site?
There is a link in my signature box at the bottom of this message.
Nige