Me 262

Holger Kranich
Jan, good luck with it!

Wilfried Bogaerts
Lovely, one of the best looking aircraft of WWII. Nice one Jan!

Christian Lehmann
Looks great so far

Aghis Barberopoulos
Very nice Camo, like the colour tones.

Mike Kryza
Looks really good - perfect paintjob...

Bill Gilman
I like it! Looks very nice so far.

Philip De Keyser
Looking great Jan, awesome paintjob, I'm tuned, greetz Phil

Tim Vereecke
hey Jan! congrats, looks great so far!

Dirk Heyer
Hallo Jan,
I like the superb preshading and the clean and smooth colour application! The colours RLM 81 and 82 looks pretty good!
Hope you will show your last works in Mol !! 🙂
Greetz
Dirk

Vitor Costa
Hello Jan, that 262 is looking great, waiting to see more 🙂

Jan Goormans
thanks guys

some progress , the blue-red band is sprayed
next are the decals

@Dirk : i do not pre-shade any more, trying out my own technique
i spray the whole surface with a lighter colour as the correct one
and the i use the correct colour to mist and go over the panel lines

Jan

Zimmermaniac
looks superb so far

Wilfried Bogaerts

Adds a nice splash of colour to an already very attractive scheme.
Skill is mastery !

stefan natus
Great paintjob.

Aghis Barberopoulos
I have a question regarding the yellow stripe, I have never seen it before - has anyone else ?

Holger Kranich
I tryed to find the answer here, but i failed. No have never seen the yellow stripe, by now. angelfire.com/pr/jg53/s4a.htm

Jan Goormans
Aghis
concerning the yellow stripe, i use the Eagle Cals decals nr 96 the yellow 3 option

Aghis Barberopoulos
Yes, that is the interpretation of Eagle Cals. There is a photo in the decals that shows the banded section. It is a bit conspicuous that the band is exactly at the joint of the fuselage with the tail section. I wonder if it is not a gruppe marking but a bare metal joining line (this joint was notorious for being badly assembled and then taped over).
In any case, your work is very good Jan, no doubts about that!

Burkhard D
I've certainly seen the one attached, but not a fully circumferential yellow stripe. But I trust that Eagle Cals has based their decal sheet on some good reference.
b-domke.de/AviationImages/Me262/7625.html

Jan Goormans
probably Aghis has a good point
but anyhow , to be honest , I am not the kind of modeller that is looking for a 100% accurate plane
i just buy what I like , meaning the combination of shape - camo - markings
and I do like the yellow band in the middle of the red and blue 🙂
so the decals are next

Jan

Burkhard , nice site you have with lots of good pictures
just made a link to it , thanks !!!

Burkhard D
Jan, thank you. I have just photographed the Me262 at the RAF Museum at Hendon. The colors used on that plane (the libery obviously been restored) is much more questionable than the Eagle Cals 😉
I can go with fictitious markings as long as the shape and the colors are 'right' to my eyes. I think the guys at Hendon should hire you to fix their paint shop 🙂

Aghis Barberopoulos
Yeah, what is it with 1:1 scale models ? They almost never get their colours right!😉

Jan Goormans
some more work done
decals almost on

now the fun begins , the weathering 😉

Holger Kranich
Its looking great, Jan! Doesnt matters if historically correct or not!😢 Will you weather it heavily?

Sherif Sharmy
Really a very good build. Aircraft could be built as factory fresh or in service....................this is the opinion of the owner. Still, i agree with the wheels/

Aghis Barberopoulos
Looking overall very nice Jan, and the decals look perfect.

Jan Goormans
thanks guys !!

Christian Lehmann
Very well done Jan. I like the chiping on the gun cover; slight and subtle but effective.

Gerald
it looks very good B)

Vitor Costa
Hello Jan, very good job on the 262. I like it very much, congratulations 🙂

stefan natus
Nice and subtle weathering ,great overall result.

Zimmermaniac
can't hardly wait to see this in real...