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Vents at 2,000 grit



I filled any low spots with CA

Polished

That looks great. Since I am a complete "know nothing" on these things.. really, did I miss the why you did this?

Morning, Lyle! I know nothing as well. ‘‘Twas Torben who pointed out the A-0 / A-1 series have no cooling slots. Slots came later.





I almost, nearly, “fingers crossed” have the fills on each half where they need to be. The transition to the panel edges is toughest for me to see without adding primer. I had to shine a light on the area to decipher what was happening.

Cool. Thanks for the info and thanks, Torben! We have so much knowledge on this site it is scary.

Good work on the vent fills, Bruce! Are you going to re-establish the panel lines that may have gotten affected by the sanding?

Looks good Bruce. I presume that they included the cooling slots because they wanted to get more versions from the molds?

I think they've just gone the easiest way. Many A-0 were converted to A-1 standard later on to avoid the engine issues. The production doubled from variant to variant (50 A-0, 100 A-1, 200 A-2).

Technically, the kit is sold as versions A-1/2/3 so the cooling slots were correct for all included versions. Savvy modelers can make the small adjustments to create a A-0 or even an A-4 from this kit.

I am using Tamiya White Extra Fine Primer decanted and thinned out on the fuselage halves. I saw that dude Flory build his Me 262 on a Tamiya White Extra Fine foundation and thought, yes! The white primer will make the pencil guides for riveting easier to see. I managed to save the panel lines, John. There is still a ghosting edge line where my blend is. My goal was not opacity here—which is why I stopped far short of painting out the vents. They are pretty “disappeared,” methinks; by “disappeared” I mean the surface is flattened. I managed to try out Gunze RLM66 on the cockpit tub and seat in order to break the ice officially on the color coats. I think I will glaze over this with Humbrol enamels for the details. Thoughts? When do I add the photo etch control levels?