Wie ein floh…. Me-163 Komet B-1a
Hi friends,
Still collecting myself from Moson madness, so i thought I'd share a small model that i've finished a while ago. Revell's komet, a rocked powered German jet. Small amount of parts, I thought that that would be a super easy build due to a small number of parts, but not so. Despite the installation of CMK cockpit and skid-bay was not that difficult, mating the fuselage with the tail section and the nose cone was almost impossible. So tons of putty was used to correct the shape of the nose, same story with the tail section, of course, all the details were destroyed in the process. I had to recreate them back. From there on, everithing was easier, Model was painted with Gunze paints, decals from Peddinghaus were a bit tricky to place as they have to be cut out individually, but not problematic. Weathering with AK washes was restrained to a minimum as the life span of this small AC was really short. So... that's it really... 🙂 Enjoy the photos.
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Rob Pollock said on April 18, 2016
Very nice, Grega. A punchy little kit!
Robert Royes said on April 18, 2016
Great results, super detail.
Greg Kittinger said on April 18, 2016
Nicely done model, and great photos!
Craig Abrahamson said on April 18, 2016
Beautiful finish on this (and as Greg said, nice photography as well).
Terry Schuler said on April 18, 2016
Grega, one of the best little Comets I've seen. Excellent looking finish and your paint scheme is very well done. Nice Work on this !
Tony Anderton said on April 18, 2016
STUNNING work!
Stan Traas said on April 18, 2016
Great Looking Komet. Nice mottling and beautiful detail painting in the 'pit. Always a treat to see some WIP pics, too. Looks like it was a pretty bloody battle, but you definitely won.
I wonder if this is from the same molds as the old 1/48 Testor release which I have in my stash?
P.k said on April 20, 2016
Nice work--Like
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Editor said on April 21, 2016
Wunderbar! Very nice rendition. I suppose that the molds originate from Dragon?The plane has always been one of my favorites, so unusual yet advanced
Maarten said on January 11, 2019
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