Me 262A-1 / Halinski / 1:33

[YOAVHOZMI]

This business looks very complex.
I'd love to see everything around come together.
Will all the assemblies under the cockpit be visible?

great work.

YOAV

[Erik Zwaan]

Hi Ricardo,

When I see all these spectacular details of this wonderful kit I can't help thinking of and looking at the Wilhelmshafener Me-262 scale 1:50 which I built some 25 years ago. What a difference in model quality, however one thing is the same though: You enjoy your build as much as I did mine, which is all that matters. Very interesting to see the barrel shaped cockpit built in a sort of triangular shaped fuselage and the resulting wheel wells taking shape!

Cheers,
Erik

[ricleite]

@ Yoav - you know that I like to make many assemblies before putting everything together. As Erik said, the "triangular" fuselage cross section is made of the cockpit barrel and the wheels. There is not a closed compartment for each wheel. From below, through the landing gear main doors, there is a good view to everything inside. I'll get there
@ Erik - it is interesting to note that there are no "conventional" wells but the wheel emplacements are quite clear even before adding the fuselage skin.
Right, the most important thing in this hobby is to have fun

The assembly on the first picture must be close to the decency limit! The parts are so small that they delaminate very easily. I had to glue half parts that separated by delaminating.
The “wires” are made of rolled paper.

[smithdr]

Ok, Ricardo...the wires are made with ROLLED PAPER??????!!!!!!!!

You must let me in on your secret. I can just roll a piece of typing paper around a beer bottle. How are you doing that!!!

That looks incredible, by the way.

Cheers,
Dan

[Erik Zwaan]

Amazing! The level of detail is simply amazing....

Dan, the secret is to preshape the paper to a narrow cylinder as much as possible and then keep on rolling in between your fingers. By doing so the paper rolls into into a very compact tube and you can continue until it has been fully rolled up. Doesn't take long and just a little bit of practice. Finally, apply a bit of glue along the edge with the tip of a needle or something and job done.
In this way you get a surprisingly strong and neatly rolled paper stick.

Likely that these parts have been printed on 80 grams paper, having a thickness of 0.1mm. I just finished the machine gun barrels of my Ju-88 in a similar way.

Erik

[YOAVHOZMI]

My methods of rolling paper to a thin and narrow cylinder are:

one option....
If we print a model, then the thin tubes I print on thin paper .... very easy to work and to roll thin paper.

second option....
If we still want to use the original paper, then gently moisten the inside of the part and then gently move it on a toothpick and then on a thin wire.
The water softens the page and then becomes flexible and can be rolled easily and without wrinkles.

YOAV

[smithdr]

Thanks, Guys...I didn't mean to hijack Ricardo's build...but now I'm glad I did!

Much appreciated to learn from the Masters...Cheers, Dan

[ricleite]

I can add a third option: delaminate the original parts, if they are printed on thick paper, and add strip length to get the same radius. My experience with moistening is not very successful...
In this particular kit, the main gear legs are printed on thin paper, which makes the modeller’s life much easier. It is not common practice from Halinski, unfortunately.

[mor54]

Outstanding modelling ricleite!!

I am amazed for the level of detailing, will follow this thread with great interest.

Shalom Mor

[ricleite]

Thank you, Shalom Mor Welcome aboard!

After a challenging work on the center fuselage, it is fair to deal with something easier, like the tail. The pictures show the fixed part of the stabilizer. It is typical Halinski…