Avia CS-92
I started with removal of kit's main wheel wells, in prep for Eduard's PE bits.
Some wall thinning was done as well.
Eduard's PE bits installed. I added styrene shapes to strengthen the whole affair.
Some styrene shapes were added...
... as was brass rod and copper wire.
I added styrene to strengthen the top fuselage seam, and added supports for the front wheel plate.
I made few modifications to the PE seats.
Front wheel well assembly. Styrene shapes were again used to give the box some strength.
Rear cockpit tub assembly. The fit of the cockpit into the fuselage was not, in my humble opinion, very good.
Although Eduard's PE set came with lots of cockpit bits, I found them not very realistic looking, and went with styrene instead.
The kit's instrument panel is actually very good, but a bit too thick for my taste.
As the CS-92 flew without armament, the cannon exits were faired over.
Front cockpit tub painted and weathered.
The nose needed quite a bit of weight.
Cockpit tubs installed, and detailing added.
Checking for a tail-sitter... All good!
Main wheel well primed with Mr. Surfacer
Wing's portion of the main wheel well ready to go.
Main wheel well painted and detailed.
Checking for fit and look.
Finally done with all the interior work. I decided to install the windshield now, as a lot of filling was needed to make it fit.
Wing's control surfaces from CMK are attached. It took a lot of time to modify the wing to accept these, and it did not help that some were warped. I did not use the tail surfaces from CMK as the kit's looked fine to me.
The engine parts from CMK installed. The starboard side engine went in fine, but the mating diameter on the port side engine intake did not match the kit's part well and a lot of sanding was needed.
Squadron's vac canopy masked. I did not find pre-cut mask, so used Tamiya tape cut to size. I hate masking canopies...
Almost ready for primer. The bottom needed quite a bit of Mr. Surfacer and Squadron putty, as the wing-to-fuselage joint is complex. My kit had a molding fault on the bottom of the port wing that needed fixing.
Mr. Surfacer prime coat
Starboard engine detailed with wire and primed.
Panel pre-shading
RLM02 final coat
And here's the completed model...
Ok, so I like to screw around with photoshop... 😉
Comments
21 22 February 2017, 02:48
Alec KI added some more progress pics. It's almost ready for exterior paint...
25 February 2017, 15:58
Alec KThanks Lukas. I appreciate the hyperbole 👍. That said, I do find the detailing to be my favorite part of the process.
25 February 2017, 21:49
Alec KRight? Ahh, if only the level of enthusiasm was directly proportional to the output quality...
25 February 2017, 22:06
Spanjaardenthusiasm and practice.... and scalemates to ask when desperate😉 🙂
25 February 2017, 22:17
Spanjaardi have added this album to my list of references for several Me-262 that i have in my stash...
25 February 2017, 22:21
Alec KPriming and final coat done. Now for the detailing, decals and final assembly. It's at this point when I usually screw something up 🙂
1 March 2017, 02:34
Spanjaardha ha ha , i know what you mean, lots of work, and in the last detail.... i almost did it with my current model. almost finish, and a drop of supergrue got into my finger when i was handling it.... gave me a good scare! a bit ended in the model, but i manage to clean it almost completely without further damage....
1 March 2017, 08:19
Neil Pagesuper work Alec! ..hope your canopy is ok - the last Revell 262 I did I had to smash-mold a new one
3 March 2017, 08:49
Alec KThanks Neil. I do too: it's painted now, but one does not know until the masking comes off. I just hope the tape did the job. In the event, I went through three Squadron canopies due to a mixture of product defects and modeler inaptitude. Canopies are my bane 😄
3 March 2017, 12:51
Alec KSpanjaard: yeah, seems like closer to the finish, the bigger the challenge. I realized that for me it's the diminishing patience that causes most problems ("get this da*&@!& thing DONE!"😢. Speaking of: I just tore off the pitot tube and the antenna mast. So it goes...
3 March 2017, 12:58
Spanjaardha hahaha i know exactly what you meant. i am stuck with the details of black bunny now... i am about to clear the paint on some part that i painted "too fast" due to lack patience....
3 March 2017, 19:33
Alec KThank you Thomas. This kit has been a pleasure to build. I plan to post completed pics on Sunday (lest an unforeseen disaster strikes...)
4 March 2017, 02:44
gorbyExceptionally good result, I had to check again that it wasn't 1/48! You have excellent modelling and photo editing skills Alec. One suggestion I would say about the Photo edit, in my opinion, it would look more natural if the edges of the 262 and the bloke on the wing where 'feathered' slightly, to help blend them together, and into the background.
7 March 2017, 15:21
Alec KThanks everyone for the comments, much appreciated. gorbygould: I know, the montage does need some more work. Thanks for the suggestion 👍
7 March 2017, 16:42
Chen PanThanks for your excellent works! The internal details you handled were so impressive to me!
9 March 2017, 00:55
Jean Pierre CULIS-FERYJ'aime beaucoup la mise en scène (montage photo). Très beau travail.
9 March 2017, 11:55
Hubert KendziorekAbsolutely cool, these Chech stencils - even though I know it's a Chech aircraft, they look quite different from what one could expect here... and B&W&colour photo-montage, just excellent! Best regards, Hubert
9 March 2017, 13:42
DEAD DesignStunning job Alec 😉. Always nice to see the post war machine in CZ colours.
9 March 2017, 15:38
Alec KThank you gents. I agree regarding the Czech insignia on the Me 262 - I believe that CZ was the only country that operated the type postwar. Fun project, this was 🙂
9 March 2017, 18:14
Christian BruerI don't know why I missed this fine sample of modelmaking. Not only an excellent realisation, but also a unique subject. Very well done 👍
13 April 2017, 16:45
Album info
I originally planned to use Smer's kit No.156 (Heller mold) in my stash. The kit quality is very nice for its day, but the raised panel lines just did not go with the amount of detailing I was planning. In the event, I went with the Revell kit as my cursory snooping suggested it to be superior to the Hasegawa release.
The kit went together very well. My copy had a casting defect on a wing, but overall it was a pleasure to build. CMK sets were very good also, although some warping was present on the control surfaces. Squadron canopies were ok. Eduard PE set was good, although I did not use most of the cockpit parts and a good portion was for the radar equipment not pertinent to CS-92. Kora decals were acceptable, but the resin wheels it came with were worthless (went with the kit's wheels). I used the national insignia from the Tally-Ho decal set, as Kora's were, per my sources, undersized.
