Mengs Messerschmitt Me410 B-2/U2/R4 Heavy Fighter in 1/48

[Tat2bhoy]

I thought I’d better put up a post of what I’ve been building for the GB so far.
It’s Mengs Messerschmitt Me410 B-2/U2/R4 Heavy Fighter in 1/48



It’s the 3rd variant in their series of Me410, the first being the night fighter and the second was the high speed bomber version.

The box contains ten sprues, one PE sheet, one set of decals and an instruction book.
















There’s two of these sprues














I’m not sure if it’s a typical Meng instruction book as it’s the first one of theirs I’ve built.
Theirs three different paint schemes, one in Western Europe, one in Czechoslovakia and one in Germany, the last one being the one I’m building.























There is a paint guide but it doesn’t point to which colour is which, but with a bit of looking, it can be worked out

[Tat2bhoy]

First of all here’s the paints I’ll be using



As always, the first thing to build was the cockpit, went together well, painted and weathered the way I usually do them. I won’t be going into detail how I do things in this build as I haven’t taken photos of all the stages that I’ve done of this build.

The cockpit was then fitted into the fuselage and it was then clamped and left to dry


Cockpit and lower gun bay





I then hunted on the web to fine some detail of the riveting, found one that showed some of it, and then set about doing some riveting


Canopy was masked using Tamiya tape and then fitted in place, I will be making it in the closed position


The two engines are very nice, I will paint them black as I won’t be having them on show.

[Hawkmoon]

Looks a nice kit, the upgrade to the obsolete ME 210 with robot rear facing guns the only problem being they were aimed on the target by the crew via mirrors. I have the the ME 163 kit in the stash and if the quality of that kit is like yours you should have a enjoyable build ahead. Not sure if you are aware but there are several mask sets available for this kit. See below

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/eduard- ... sk--203100

If you have problems tracking down the mask sets try doing a google search using the set edition number this can throw up sets in model shops all over the world.

[Quax]

as ever my friend you are doing a great job with this, the cockpit looks rather good and I'm looking forward to seeing the completed plane

Paul

[Tat2bhoy]

Looks a nice kit, the upgrade to the obsolete ME 210 with robot rear facing guns the only problem being they were aimed on the target by the crew via mirrors. I have the the ME 163 kit in the stash and if the quality of that kit is like yours you should have a enjoyable build ahead. Not sure if you are aware but there are several mask sets available for this kit. See below

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/eduard- ... sk--203100

If you have problems tracking down the mask sets try doing a google search using the set edition number this can throw up sets in model shops all over the world.

Thanks m8, I’ve seen the mask sets, just decided to do it the old fashioned way

as ever my friend you are doing a great job with this, the cockpit looks rather good and I'm looking forward to seeing the completed plane

Paul

Thanks Paul, the completed build should be up in a day or two

[Tat2bhoy]

Jumping ahead a bit, well quite a bit, totally forgot to take photos of the rest of the build process and the painting bit

Here’s the parts that I assembled the painted before they get assembled after the weathering



As you can probably tell, it’s already been undercoated,(using Ammo Mig One Shot) and camouflage scheme using Mr Hobby RLM 74,75 and 76. A coat of clear was then added.



Before applying the decals







The next bit was photographed
The barrels for the armaments were moulded in solid pieces so I decided to replace them with brass tube.





The barrels were removed from the part that was to be kept and was then drilled through for the new barrels to pass through.



The new barrels were then fitted and secured in place wit CA glue

[Kevthemodeller]

Some lovely detailed cockpit work

[Tat2bhoy]

A bit of a jump forward again

A coat of floor polish(it works for me ) decals fitted then another coat of clear then when dry, I used the Mig winter paneliner left it for about 20 minutes or so then rub the excess of with a tissue, didn’t do too much weathering on this one, just some exhaust stains sprayed on the wings.



Then fitted the various guns and rockets and props then the wire for the aerial.



And calling this one finished

*must do a bit better on my build threads

[Kevthemodeller]

Lovely Me410 and such a quick build

[mse240966]

Absolutely cracking build mate. It got my vote on Friday night live.

[Tat2bhoy]

Some lovely detailed cockpit work

Thanks Kev, I sometimes feel it’s a lot of work for something that’s not all seen

Lovely Me410 and such a quick build

It wasn’t that quick, I started it in July, just never got round to posting in here

Absolutely cracking build mate. It got my vote on Friday night live.

Thanks m8, there was a lot of great builds last night

[Kevthemodeller]

Thanks Kev, I sometimes feel it’s a lot of work for something that’s not all seen

You're not wrong there mate I've always just bought PE when buying the kit. I'm currently building (off line) an Airfix Spit 1/48 MK1 for the past 7 months or so. I've not managed to successfully build a aircraft since returning to the hobby, thus far I've crashed and burned on 2 a 1/72 B17 and a 1/48 Albertors D.V both had varying levels of PE. The B17 you couldn't see probably 90% of what was it the fuselage. The same applies to my current Spit cockpit. I've come to the conclusion that from now on I will fully assess the kit first to see what will be seen, before I go and buy PE!

Lovely Me410 and such a quick build

It wasn’t that quick, I started it in July, just never got round to posting in here

I see a bit like my Spit will be if I ever finish it

[Tat2bhoy]

Thanks Kev, I sometimes feel it’s a lot of work for something that’s not all seen

You're not wrong there mate I've always just bought PE when buying the kit. I'm currently building (off line) an Airfix Spit 1/48 MK1 for the past 7 months or so. I've not managed to successfully build a aircraft since returning to the hobby, thus far I've crashed and burned on 2 a 1/72 B17 and a 1/48 Albertors D.V both had varying levels of PE. The B17 you couldn't see probably 90% of what was it the fuselage. The same applies to my current Spit cockpit. I've come to the conclusion that from now on I will fully assess the kit first to see what will be seen, before I go and buy PE!

Lovely Me410 and such a quick build

It wasn’t that quick, I started it in July, just never got round to posting in here

I see a bit like my Spit will be if I ever finish it

I feel I’m at a stage in modelling that I’m happy to build straight out the box, especially with a lot of new kits which have pe and resin in them now, I’ve not long finished the Revell 1/72 type IXC Uboat, I built a scratch built pressure hull, cut out all the flood holes, fitted after market pe flood holes, took me around six months, and unless it’s well lit up, all that work is not easy to see. Am I putting in all the extra work so I know it’s there and doesn’t matter that’s it’s not totally noticeable? Maybe I am, and I do feel satisfied with the result, and because of space is limited to display them when they are finished, then taken six months to build one kit seems more sensible to me than building six in the same time scale. I’m also starting to build a different category of kit after I finish one, so this year I’ve built a sub then a plane so now I’m starting a tank to keep it interesting, and keep the mojo going.

[gaz45]

Great work there mate looking cool