Messerschmidt Me262 B-1a/U1 Nachtjäger

[MarkVerploeg]

so here it is
the final reveal of my entry in the night fighter sig
it is the italeri offering wich is a reboxed old dragon kit
and i found out it is a older kit with some fit issues and some bad or unclear instructions
but i got it done and i'm happy with the end result
so with out further redue
here it is













so that is all i have for you guys
it was a bit of a challenge building this kit but that is good for the skills i think
so i hope you guys like it and until next time
cheers Mark

[robertw]

Very nice! I'm hoping to get mine done within the next week or so.

This kit definitely has some fit issues. Major seem filling on the engines and I'm having to do some plastic surgery (heh heh) on the landing gear.

[MarkVerploeg]

Very nice! I'm hoping to get mine done within the next week or so.

This kit definitely has some fit issues. Major seem filling on the engines and I'm having to do some plastic surgery (heh heh) on the landing gear.

thanks Robert

[fly1ngdutchm4n]

You did a superb job on this fighter Mark
Love the mottling camo!

[Paul]

Great work mark, nice job on mottling

[MarkVerploeg]

thanks Frans and Paul
glad you like it
it was.my first real attempt at mottling so i did make a mistake on one stabelizer but a.new coat of base color and a second try fixed that
good thing it is such a random patern ,while painting it was like :
lets put a spot here and here and ohh wing is done
it went pretty fast the only thing is the distance between the surface and the airbrush so i didn't get tears on the spots where the paint was running due to the air pressure but that is the learning process
cheers Mark

[jbellos1]

Very nicely done!

[MarkVerploeg]

Very nicely done!

thank you

[LudvigN]

Old kit or not, it looks great!

[UKguyInUSA]

That looks cool, Mark...love the Mottling!

I'd like to build one of those along with a Gloster Meteor to represent the first operational jet-fighters of both Germany and England.

Cheers,

Martin

[mick]

great work

[MarkVerploeg]

thanks guys

[Russ72]

Great work, looks mean.

[MarkVerploeg]

Great work, looks mean.

thank you

[Matthew]

man thats a work of art love it

[MarkVerploeg]

man thats a work of art love it

thanks Matthew
glad you like it

[Rob]

A challenge it might have been but certainly got the better of it. Great job and a fine looking plane

[MarkVerploeg]

A challenge it might have been but certainly got the better of it. Great job and a fine looking plane

thanks for the kind words

[patrickroos]

Wow she turned out great Mark!!

Paint looks "spot on"

[MarkVerploeg]

Wow she turned out great Mark!!

Paint looks "spot on"

thanks Patrick
i'm happy with how she looks with all her spots
and the tip you gave for the black bottom really worked well
too bad the photo's don't show it very good
cheers mark

[bradsbunker]

Now that is some Great work!

[MarkVerploeg]

Thanks mate
Glad that you like it

[Pabbi]

Ver nice, love the mottling camo !
cheers, Pabbi

[MarkVerploeg]

Ver nice, love the mottling camo !
cheers, Pabbi

Thanks Pabbi
It did turn out better then expected

[chief5437]

Looks mean! Love the paint job

[JayCub]

like everyone else i think this is a stunner and you wouldn't know there was any fit issues other than the dialog, paintwork looks super.
Tom

[MarkVerploeg]

Looks mean! Love the paint job

Thanks Chief

[MarkVerploeg]

like everyone else i think this is a stunner and you wouldn't know there was any fit issues other than the dialog, paintwork looks super.
Tom

Thanks Tom
But you can see it in some places if you know where to lookand i don't have a scribing tool so i lost some small panel lines around the filled area's
And some panel lines where so shallow i removed the wash from them when i used some white spirit to remove the excess from the surface

[eoinfinnegan]

That is very cool looking, you done a fantastic job on the paint. Well done

[MarkVerploeg]

That is very cool looking, you done a fantastic job on the paint. Well done

Thanks

[Lego]

Oh my I think that is fab.

Great job on the mottling. I know I would have sneezed and screwed it up. Top notch

[Polly]

fantastic build

[MarkVerploeg]

Thanks guys
And Lego i did screw up the right back wing ( don't know the name)
I didn't sneeze though just had the airbrush too close and the airpresure made tears in the wet paint