Messerschmitt Me 262 Matchbox 1/72 Retro-Modelling
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Great box art from Roy Huxley ... pure vintage.
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Love those colour sprues.
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Main parts glued together. No major issues found.
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Main parts assembled and first coat of light blue has been brushed on... Yes ,,, now I know it'd be RLM76 , and not RLM65 ,,, But to keep true to retro-modelling I've painted it as per Matchbox instructions.
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Upper green..... At that time, at least in Slain , most of us painted all Luftwaffe aircraft in two shades of green.
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Paint squeme as per Matchbcsx intructions and the information from Blandford .... which is the only information I had at that time.
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Dark green als has been paitned on and I've started to paint the fuselage splotches with a brush.
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Retro information.
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Decalling as per my old information.
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Decalling completed.
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I took an very old Italaerei ... (yes Italaerei ) pilot from the spares boxes. I can call it done ... Just in time for the closing of the Group Build.
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Today I've just realized that in the rush for having it completed by the end of the year I forgot to paint the formation lights ....
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... and also canopy frames should have been painted in black green and not in dark green.
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Corrected
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Now Is fully finished.
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16 24 December 2023, 18:13
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As I usually do with my retro-modelling projects, this kit will be built with the skills I had at that time. That is ... no putty , no wet sanding and brush painted. Just fun !!!!
Let's hope I can complete it by the end of the year.
Group Build
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Matchbox 50th anniversary group build
1. Aprile 2022 fino a 31. Dicembre 2023
1. Aprile 2022 fino a 31. Dicembre 2023