Do I
know Claes Sundin? No, only in a "magical" sense by looking at his art for years
But, he is a member here although it looks like he's never posted.
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So, look out guys, we're in the presence of greatness, he may be lurking here
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Amusingly, the rivets are square-shaped. Is that a mistake as I presume or does the 262 have square rivets
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This may be a trick of reproduction and pixels and not really what the image looks like in person.
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I thought at least some of the rivets on the 262 were covered in putty or something to reduce drag
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Agent Matt is right, but I think the drag reduction was only part of it. Most accounts say it was to cover very poor fit of the panels. They were being built largely by unskilled labor at this time, and made in subassemblies and final assembly was usually done outdoors under camouflage nets :P
But no matter what, they were taped and puttied as you can see by this unpainted plane.
This same unfinished puttied metal can be seen on many other planes of that time like the He 162.
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OK, now back to the point of this post....*cough* hi over here*waves*
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What? Oh, er...are you sure that's not white?
The fuselage looks much better. But do check the spinner, I think the upper shadow should be a bit lighter and the lower shadow should be larger.
Maybe the wing fillet size could be increased?
The rivets on the cowling look pretty good
What does everyone else think?
