Me-262 Nightfighter / Special Edition *

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 11:56 am

I hacked into TKO server and found these,,,I guess he was holding out on us…LOL
Just kidding , these are just a 1/32 scale model

I can’t wait to get these in 1/18th I am glade I got a 21st me-262 single a seater to hold me over till then.

MG-42 · Post by **MG-42** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 6:01 pm

Nice avatar there "VMF115" ! *

v MG :p51:

normandy · Post by **normandy** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 3:11 pm

BadCat has the nightfighter on preorder

WINTER '07/'08. I'd sure like to see this by Christmas.

CW4USARMY · Post by **CW4USARMY** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 4:55 pm

21st had one at their booth at iHobby so there is a good chance Badcat will get it before Christmas.

wreckchaser · Post by **wreckchaser** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 6:11 pm

Wow, That's one good looking bird

about time to rearrange again I guess

MG-42 · Post by **MG-42** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:43 pm

* I think we all , will have it in time by X-mas ! * =

Mitch _ v MG :p51:

normandy · Post by **normandy** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:36 pm

Good pic of 21st's Nightfighter in the iHobby Show topic. Looks like the 1:32nd pics VMF115 posted.

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:09 pm

normandy wrote:Good pic of 21st's Nightfighter in the iHobby Show topic. Looks like the 1:32nd pics VMF115 posted.

It looks like a real winner, but for those that have the me-262 a single seater, you all ready know that the me-262 is going to be hot!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Folkwulfe · Post by **Folkwulfe** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:11 pm

And for those of you who missed the iHobby show, 21C had this beauty on the table (notice the TWO pilots....SWEET!)...

DocTodd · Post by **DocTodd** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:20 pm

I think I will have to add one of those to the collection.
Todd

B24guy · Post by **B24guy** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:28 pm

Nice model. I was wondering, should the top of the horizontal stabs be camo like the rest of the plane and not black? I would think the undersides would be black, but I am not sure about the top. Maybe they put the stabs in unside down?

B24guy · Post by **B24guy** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:30 pm

Well, after looking at the model again, I guess the tops of the horizontal stabs should be black. I see there is black on the vertical stab where they attach. I am sure Roy got the paint job right.

vmf214 · Post by **vmf214** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 12:39 pm

Most impressive! I doubt WM will get any in or any other 1/18 plane for that matter, just my opinion. TRU I think is a maybe but I'm gonna go ahead and preorder one instead of wondering when and where they may show up somewhere.

Folkwulfe · Post by **Folkwulfe** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 12:50 pm

Most of the references I've found say pretty much the same thing. Night fighters were either UT traning aircraft or front line fighters that were painted according to the current doctrine for day fighters and shipped. When Nachtjager units received then, they were the greygreen upper and pale blue under surfaces. The uppers were repainted lighter grey with blackand grey blotches and the under was sprayed black. Markings (with the exception of the "buzz number" were toned down low-viz types. Two pictures I have (one I believe of this aircraft after it was captured) appear to show the upper stab still painted dark greygreen....no reason given. It could be a repair that had not been painted by the time of the picture taking. So the paint scheme on "Rotte Zein" may not be off after all...nor the tail pieces assembled wrong. I'll try to find more.

B24guy · Post by **B24guy** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 12:55 pm

I am sure there were variations in the paint schemes as these were done quickly to get the plane in service. The Germans sure had neat paint schemes.

Spudkopf · Post by **Spudkopf** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:54 pm

B24guy wrote:Nice model. I was wondering, should the top of the horizontal stabs be camo like the rest of the plane and not black? I would think the undersides would be black, but I am not sure about the top. Maybe they put the stabs in unside down?

G'day B24guy

If you look a little closer at the model shown, I think you will find that that the "horizontal stabs" are not black but instead RLM 02 Grau (Grey....Gray) or RLM 66 Schwarz Grau (Black Grey). If you look at the cockpit interior you may see that it appears to be the same colour and RLM 02 and 60 were both used as a stndard Luftwaffe interior colour as far as I recall.

Also RLM 02 is quite often substituted in place of other regulation RLM greys.

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:00 pm

Some more model 262B

Remember the detail is in the eye of the modeler, especially when it comes to late WWII Luftwaffe aircraft.

scbvideoboy · Post by **scbvideoboy** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:50 pm

That's cool! All we need now is a ME110 nitefighter!

21C already has the paint

DH

B24guy · Post by **B24guy** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:09 pm

Thank for the info Spud. The Germans sure did some neat paint work on these planes.

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:58 am

I know 21st makes about 4 vesions if not more on there products. I would love to see the other paints on there 262. I know they would never do this because collectors would pick and choose but it still would be nice to see all the color selections. Can't wait

Folkwulfe · Post by **Folkwulfe** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 2:58 pm

I know it's black and white, but you can clearly see the upper surfaces of the tail are a darker single color. This is an older picture of the most complete Me262B-1a Nightfighter found in a museum in Johannesburg South Africa (serial 110305 from 10./NJG 11.)

mountian-man · Post by **mountian-man** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:27 pm

Looks like Vexillarius is going to be busy making those segmented tail decals!

Post by **aferguson** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:39 pm

Interesting picture. While you can clearly see the upper surface of the horizontal stab. is darker, you can also clearly see it's not black, compare it's contrast to the underside black, which you can just make out along the lower edge of the fuselage.

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 4:25 pm

mountian-man wrote:Looks like Vexillarius is going to be busy making those segmented tail decals!

21st has a set of four swastikas that comes with their me-262 and some of them are segmented.

chunks · Post by **chunks** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 5:03 pm

Well, I'm convinced the stabs are reasonable. Wont hold me back!!

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