Looking good, Chuck.

Thanks Walt and Spiros, I will leave the liquefied concoction to you guys not my cup of tea. Will stick to my Tamiya putties and the traditional fillers.

With the wings and nacelles done, time to work on the tail feathers.

The stab and elevator is 1 piece with a separate rudder.

The stab slips into the slot in the vertical tail and the fit is good here no gaps.

Then the rudder is attached.

Now with the basic air frame assembled time for some major body work...eeesh.

So with putty applied around the engines, center seam line on top and lower fuselage. The nose gun bay doors and around the gun ports panel.

It will take several sessions to really get these seams nice and smooth. All around the 262. Losing some panel lies in the process. Starting with 220 grit, files and then with 400 grit to remove the heavy scratches. All wet n dry 3M sandpaper. Using Tamiya Liquid putty to fill in any dips and holes in the dried sanded putty.

Slowly but surely getting this into shape and presentable.

The lower wing join and seams are like most any other kit. The fit here is always an issue for most kits no matter who they are.

The join on top where the wing meets the fuselage contact point is excellent and no worries or need to work on that seam.

Next up install the glass. More to follow

Nice filling and sanding job, my friend @uscusn! This us becoming a homogeneous and smooth Schwalbe!

Spiros at least 2 hours overall to get this into shape and prepped for painting the scheme.

Good job on those transparencies, my friend @uscusn!
Great masking, too!

Spiros and John, thanks it is that time to start planning on the paint scheme.

I will be doing Yellow 5 in an RLM81/82 over 76 paint scheme.

First using Mig RLM76 acrylic for the undersurfaces.

I short straight from the bottle as this paint is quite thin already. It takes a couple of coats to cover.

The Pale Grey 76 goes a 1/4 of up the side of the fuselage and back half of the vertical tail.

The demarcation line will not be sharp on this scheme but will feather into the top colors.

Now to work on the top surfaces. Starting with RLM82 Dunkel Grun, (Dk Green). Using Polly Scale Acrylic.

Airbrushing the sections that are in this color.

Next the tip of the nose is painted RLM04 Yellow. Then let dry overnight and masked off to paint the RLM 81 Braun Violett.

Next morning, RLM81 is next up. Using Gunze Mr Hobby Acrylic.

Don't know if it's me but it seems a bit dark than it should be.

One thing is that it sprays very well and easy to freehand the scheme with this paint.

Once the scheme is laid out, I go over again with the RLM76 to tighten the demarcation line and under the yellow nose.

Any clean up as well and the mottling on the tail looks ok. With RLM81.

Next clear coat and decals.

more to follow