Scalemates Schwalbe Group build 2021
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36 11 March 2021, 19:35
Juergen KlinglhuberI'm in too - cool - another bare metal bird in this groupbuild. Looking forward!
13 March 2021, 08:13
Chaz GordonThe two piece fuselage seems completely unnecessary, and to do it without tabs or horizontal panel lines on a 2007 tooling is just bizarre.
13 March 2021, 19:54
Martin OostromThere is another tail in the box for another version. But some tabs should have been handy
13 March 2021, 20:10
Martin OostromSome progress. Added primer and rivets. Two firsts actually, I used mr surfacer thinned with levelling thinner as a primer for the first time
27 March 2021, 22:17
Kerry COXA scale that brings out the best in some scale modellers. !
This is a perfect example of that excellence indeed. 👍
Glad I opened the 'news feed' button, as what I find here is most pleasing to the eye. 👍
Well done Martin. 😉
27 March 2021, 22:26
Martin OostromYour compliment is WAY too generous Kerry. But I'll accept it with a big grin on my face anyway!
27 March 2021, 22:29
Kerry COXMore than happy to know your with a smile rather than a frown Martin. 🙂🙂🙂 hehehehehe 😉
27 March 2021, 22:41
Martin OostromSprayed some Alclad gloss black primer yesterday. Either I have a too heavy hand when airbrushing or the rivets need to be more pronounced. We'll see when the paint has cured.
30 March 2021, 05:51
Chaz GordonTo be realistic, rivets on aircraft are generally visible in the paint, but smooth to the touch. Screw on panels, the driver indent is recessed, but the heads should be perfectly flush.
30 March 2021, 17:55
Martin OostromThe black had some wavy patterns, not orange peel but something similar? I sanded with micromesh 3600-6000-8000-12000. That took the shine off the black and left me with some marks in the polished aluminium. Anyhow, undeterred I also added some colour on the tail and the engine nacelles noses'
You like?
4 April 2021, 16:26
Martin OostromIn The Netherlands we're an economical bunch. So we have a second day for Easter. Used this extra day off productively. Added some duraluminum patches, not too much. Then I sprayed white and black invasion's stripes on the wings and fuselage. It's close to d-day as can be seen by the stripes on the upper side
5 April 2021, 13:40
Chaz GordonWe have the same here, 4 Day weekend YAY. But it means nothing to me at the moment as I am currently unemployed. (Voluntarily)
5 April 2021, 13:49
Jan PetersIt's a strange sight, invasion stripes on a 262, strange but fascinating 🙂
6 April 2021, 17:50
Gary KitchenLoving the concept Martin. Are you extending the back history? Squadron, Group and Air Force.
6 April 2021, 18:23
Martin OostromThank you gentlemen, what a lot of interest in this build 😄
You want to know more background Gary? That's hard man. I know zero about those things. I can tell you from an inside source that the BS262 was flown exclusively by the 9th Air Force, 27th fighter group. Von Trapp's plane belonged to B (Boche) squadron.
Originally Boche squadron was based at Biggin Hill in England. After the invasion, they operated out of the French forward airbase of Rien ne va Plus, near the little Normandy town of Faites-vos-Jeux.
7 April 2021, 06:35
Chaz GordonHere's a little:
After being rejected by many US aircraft manufacturers, Bill Schmitt eventually came to the attention of Howard Hughes, who invited Schmitt to Glendale California to present his plans. Desperate to have a wholly Hughes Aircraft Company built aircraft in the USAF Inventory, Howard Hughes decides to take a chance on the outlandish designs and agrees to partner with Schmitt to build two prototypes. The Prototypes are built in the same hangar where a giant all-wooden seaplane is taking shape. The Prototype jets are completed and demonstrated to the USAAF who immediately order the Hughes BS262
7 April 2021, 07:02
Martin OostromDid you know that Schmitt also took the plans for the JuMo engines with him? Because he couldn't understand them, he invited two other ex-pats to join forces and build him the engines.
Hub van Doorne, from the famous DAF car plant, and Oliver Bierhoff, a former soccer golden boy, started a company to build the jet engines.
And that's the story on how the BS262 came powered by two DooBie DB-5 engines.
7 April 2021, 08:10
Lode SchildermansGentlemen, you could do a group project and bring it alive in a diorama.
7 April 2021, 08:46
Martin OostromThank you gentlemen. Today a few steps towards the finish line. Added a wash to the gear doors, joined the wings and the fuselage, glued the engines and glued the undercarriage in place. Waiting for the glue to dry now.
10 April 2021, 15:38
Martin OostromIt sure is Jan!
So when she was done, she was still a tailsitter! Luckily I hadn't glued the gun cover, especially for this eventuality. So more lead was added and now she stands tall!
I added some streaks with Ammo Oilbrusher. First time too 😉
10 April 2021, 18:12
Martin OostromAnd she's done. Thank you all for accompanying me on this story. The pleasure has been all mine!
Completed pictures are here Completed - Bs262 | Album by Mahoo76 (1:72)
11 April 2021, 15:35
SpanjaardDid u have the same issue yesterday? All comments were gone? In here I posted a comment that simply disappeared, but when Marrin commented, all seem to go back to normal
23 September 2023, 10:18
Juergen Klinglhuber@spanjaard: Yes - somethings seems to be wrong. As you know I have 4 Blackhawks at the bench - so 4 albums around. I see all of them in my album folder but 2of them are missing all the comments - and...those two disapeared from the newsfeed & my wall as well. I posted last week but I can't find them any more,......
@Martin: sorry for using you thread for this.
23 September 2023, 21:51
SpanjaardTry to post a comment in one of those that seem to have lost them, but make a screenshot before, our webmaster may want to see that
23 September 2023, 22:10
SpanjaardThe other two may be disabled somehow, and webmaster maybe able to restore them. Do you still see them in your project list?
23 September 2023, 22:11
Juergen KlinglhuberTest posted - didn't work - lets switch to a private conversation. I drop you a note.
24 September 2023, 07:14
Lode SchildermansUnusual it might be, but that's Martin. Very nice build, mate
25 September 2023, 06:06
Album info
In an alternative universe, Willy Messerschmitt on november 10th 1938 decides to defect to the USA. He takes with him the top secret designs for his new plane. Sensitive of his celebrity status, he changes his name to Bill Schmitt. Surprisingly, nobody wants to meet him to talk about his new BS plane. After many, many attempts, his BS262 is awarded a USAF contract. Schmitt's only demand is that all BS262's must be flown by pilots of German heritage.
My plane will depict a BS262 flown during the invasion of Normandy, by lt.col Georg von Trapp, call sign 'BB'. 'BB' is short for Blue Balls, which Von Trapp is called ever since his unfortunate event at flight school...
Group Build
Scalemates Schwalbe Group build 2021
1. Januari fram tills 31. December 2021
1. Januari fram tills 31. December 2021