1/48 Me-262 A-1a

[mustang1989]

I've always been fascinated by late war German aircraft, particularly the jet powered ones and I had been wanting to build a Me-262 for the longest time so in 2020 I sat down with a Tamiya kit and went to work. I started with Tamiya's a1 offering with an Aires cockpit and landing gear bay set, a set of Eagle Cals decals and some Eduard wheels and tires.

After 6-1/2 Months I wound up with a finished model that I was pretty happy with. I built "White 3" which was Franz Stigler's aircraft in JV44 at the end of the war. The scheme was pretty tough but I managed to make my way through it.

 

[BarleyBop]

Nice. Camo scheme worked out great... almost looks organic, like it should be on a shark!

 

[kevin]

Very nice.......
Franz Stigler, same guy who didn't shoot down the B 17 "Ye Olde Pub"?

 

[VegasAWACER13]

After 6-1/2 Months I wound up with a finished model that I was pretty happy with. I built "White 3" which was Franz Stigler's aircraft in JV44 at the end of the war. The scheme was pretty tough but I managed to make my way through it.

Beautiful work man. It really looks incredible.

Very nice.......
Franz Stigler, same guy who didn't shoot down the B 17 "Ye Olde Pub"?

The same. If you haven't seen the tribute build on the Hammerhead Modeling YouTube channel it's a must.

 

[kevin]

The same. If you haven't seen the tribute build on the Hammerhead Modeling YouTube channel it's a must.

Yes, I recently watched those videos good stuff.

 

[mustang1989]

Beautiful work man. It really looks incredible.

The same. If you haven't seen the tribute build on the Hammerhead Modeling YouTube channel it's a must.

Yes, I recently watched those videos good stuff.

I'll be looking that one up.

Yessiree.....Franz Stigler's ride in JV44.

Thank you guys for the good word on the build.

 

[mustang1989]

Nice. Camo scheme worked out great... almost looks organic, like it should be on a shark!

It took me a few builds to get to the point to where I was comfortable with a convincing mottle pattern. Thanks BB.

 

[KowboyKaleb]

Agree with others sentiments, that camo came out pretty incredible, wonderful job

 

[docsudy]

Joe:
Simply stunning!!!
Just a beauty. Your paint work is spot on. A true master modeler!!!
Just outstanding.
all the best friend
Gary
Docsudy

 

[styrenemachine]

Really nice! The subtle transitioning on your camouflage and mottling is superb!

 

[Rockin' Rob]

Excellent paint job, Mustang. You got control of the airbrush down pat. It looks great

 

[mustang1989]

Thank you for the encouraging comments @KowboyKaleb , @docsudy (Gary), @styrenemachine and @Rob.