Daily Archives: December 1, 2013

1/32 Trumpeter Me 262A-2a, Part I

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When the Academy F-16 build began running into roadblock after roadblock, I started searching about for something else to share the bench. And damn did I ever vacillate. Until I somehow stumbled upon this profile of a Messerschmitt Me 262A-2a:

It seems this particular specimen was left abandoned in a field in Austria after its port maingear collapsed.

I’m not sure if I’m going to try to tackle this sucker as a diorama setup yet, or just build it as is, but either way it’ll definitely be a looker. I’ve even got an idea of how I’m going to tackle all the puttied panel joints, but I’m going to save that until I start painting.

For now, on with getting this sucker off the ground! (more…)

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1/32 Polish F-16D Block 52+, Part II

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This Kit is Cursed

You know those kits where nothing seems to go right? Not because it’s a bad kit, not because it’s fighting you in any specific way, just…because.

That’s where I’m at with this F-16. There’s nothing wrong with the plastic per se. Some of the kit’s engineering is questionable, but there’s nothing (so far) that’s insurmountable. Rather, the problems have been of a random variety…PE gone bad, paint misbehaving, the regulators on top of the seat-mounted O2 bottles snapping off.

I could box this kit and move on. I’ve thought about it. But I’ve put too much into this kit to back out now. So on we go.

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