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Current and Finished Projects => Physical Models => Aero-space => Topic started by: FAAMAN on August 30, 2013, 04:38:19 PM

Title: Lindberg 1-72 Messerschmitt Me 410 Kit No 473
Post by: FAAMAN on August 30, 2013, 04:38:19 PM

Messerschmitt Me 410 Lindberg 1-72 kit No 473 (on the box and instructions).

Finished almost OOB 25Nov1980 as F6+WK/D18. Your typically awful Lindberg kit that needed lots of work to make look decent, carved the two gun ports either side of the nose, the transparencies were terrible with the canopy worst with a glue joint right down the center so I elected to paint in the clear panels to disguise the glued joint. The colour scheme is freelance as the paint scheme on the box top was not able to be verified at the time due to a lack of reference material, so I used "modellers license" to finish it as a sorta "Wild Sau" night fighter Whiff. The decals are incomplete as Lindberg didn't produce the "F6" part of the aircraft codes so I had to do it by hand as well as the "D18" on the tail (the swastiker was also not part of the decals and I didn't have one spare). Didn't come out too bad really.  8)  8)
 
My Flickr;    https://www.flickr.com/photos/45800749@N07/sets/72157683441512962 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/45800749@N07/sets/72157683441512962)

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4312/36039489181_e66a633171_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WUFNx8)DSC05787 3. F6+WKs (https://flic.kr/p/WUFNx8) by Neil (https://www.flickr.com/photos/45800749@N07/), on Flickr

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4307/36131233716_5db7bf31a8_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/X3N1Zs)DSC05789 5. F6+WKs (https://flic.kr/p/X3N1Zs) by Neil (https://www.flickr.com/photos/45800749@N07/), on Flickr

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4328/36039485781_33a2d7fc6a_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WUFMwv)DSC05791 7. F6+WKs (https://flic.kr/p/WUFMwv) by Neil (https://www.flickr.com/photos/45800749@N07/), on Flickr

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4292/36131233276_5586d0264e_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/X3N1RS)DSC05794 10. F6+WKs (https://flic.kr/p/X3N1RS) by Neil (https://www.flickr.com/photos/45800749@N07/), on Flickr

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4312/36039486751_c3fc290890_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WUFMPe)DSC05798 14. F6+WKs (https://flic.kr/p/WUFMPe) by Neil (https://www.flickr.com/photos/45800749@N07/), on Flickr

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4299/36039486151_6920886ba5_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WUFMCT)DSC05802 18. F6+WKs (https://flic.kr/p/WUFMCT) by Neil (https://www.flickr.com/photos/45800749@N07/), on Flickr

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4305/36039484631_60be342c87_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WUFMbF)DSC05805 21. F6+WKs (https://flic.kr/p/WUFMbF) by Neil (https://www.flickr.com/photos/45800749@N07/), on Flickr

Cheers all!!  :)

Title: Re: Lindberg 1-72 Messerschmitt Me 410 Kit No 473
Post by: Old Wombat on August 30, 2013, 11:14:12 PM

Not too shabby, old son! :))

Interesting to see the improvement in your skills between this period & now.

:)

Guy

Title: Re: Lindberg 1-72 Messerschmitt Me 410 Kit No 473
Post by: Brian da Basher on August 31, 2013, 06:45:12 AM

That cool camo works exceptionally well with the tinted canopy.

Congrats on another winner!

Brian da Basher

Title: Re: Lindberg 1-72 Messerschmitt Me 410 Kit No 473
Post by: ChrisF on August 31, 2013, 09:49:54 AM

What brian said !!  :)

Title: Re: Lindberg 1-72 Messerschmitt Me 410 Kit No 473
Post by: FAAMAN on August 31, 2013, 05:20:46 PM

Thanks fellas for the kind comments, glad you like the old girl :D

Thanks for the comment Wombat. :D

Title: Re: Lindberg 1-72 Messerschmitt Me 410 Kit No 473
Post by: taiidantomcat on September 09, 2013, 09:46:16 AM

Nice job, would have never guessed that was a poor kit  :)