ME-262 fighterjet (germans nearly achieved air superiority with this one in ww2)

[ClayCreator]

I thought I´d show my ME-262 model since it´s still a wip(I started making it a couple of months ago) and I´ve just started working on it again. I´ve begun making part of the tailfin now, have to make another mesh to join it with the tail...this is one of the most complex models I´m working on now.
Comments and suggestions are very much needed here.

[ClayCreator]

- Side View -

[Psistorm]

good start so far, keep it up
cant wait to see some update

[dave3d]

Hey ClayCreator!

It's looking good dude, do you use blueprints?
About the air superiority... The Me262 was good, the only problem was that it came in too late and wasnt produced in the sufficent amount to regain air superiority.

Btw, what happened to the OT-34-76?

[ClayCreator]

Thanks for your comments guys.
dave3d you´re right about the lack of produced 262s, Hitler was having way too much trouble all over the world to concentrate on mass producing it in considerable numbers...hehe and the allies bombed too many of his factories.
As for blueprints I´m using 2d drawings in black and white to model after,and also some real photos. I´ll update as soon as I finish the tailsection.
As I posted in my OT-34 WIP section I have too many objects in it for my comp to handle at the moment so I´ll have to wait until I can afford a better graphics card to continue the work.

[Goig!]

The wings need sweptback, the airfoil doesn´t look right and the fuselage looks too round... constructive critic, you know.

I uploaded a couple blueprints to my site you may want to check.



Side view plus cross-sections

Top and bottom views

[sarN]

mmmm a sausage plane
modelling looks good so far, keep workin!

[ClayCreator]

Lol @ "sausageplane"... yeah sarN I´m gonna work on it some more tomorrow.
And Goig! thanks so much for those blueprints,very detailed I´m sure they´re gonna be of great help with modelling the wings correctly...
Actually the blueprints I was following were all wrong according to the swept back wing shape but I followed them anyway(the shape of the airofoil was similar to the real wings) so it would be easier to make them, I planned on rotating the outer wings once they were complete and I´m almost finished making them now, rotating them back shouldnt be much of a problem.
I think I have the shape of the fuselage ready now though, it´s not as round as you think, here´s a front view:

[dave3d]

Good job ClayCreator... I wish i could remember the armament of this one... I'm gonna look it up!

Here's some interesting facts about the Me262!

Engines: Two 1,984-pound thrust Junkers Jumo 004B-1/-2/-3 turbojets.
Weight: Empty 8,378 lbs., Max Takeoff 14,110 lbs.
Wing Span: 40ft. 11.5in.
Length: 34ft. 9.5in.
Height: 12ft. 7in.
Performance:
Maximum Speed: 540 mph
Ceiling: 37,565 ft.
Range: 652 miles
Armament: Four 30-mm MK 108 cannon in nose

There were 1,433 Me 262s built, with nearly 500 more destroyed by bombing raids before they were completed. Of that total, fewer than 300 were actually used in combat.

[Xullion]

That's interesting...

I saw a documantairy about this airplane on Discovery Channel a few months ago, the Germans were advanced in rocket science, and they were also the first who had plans for an atomic bomb......oops....it seems I'm going offtopic now

[the_solidshadow]

cool man!
but... that's not the textured version, is it?

[Chris-3DT]

Originally posted by sarN
mmmm a sausage plane
modelling looks good so far, keep workin!

W U R S T!

http://gastrofood.co.za/Sausages.jpg

[RickStefani]

Weren't the germans also the first to come up with the plans for a stealth fighter.

[ClayCreator]

First of all thanks to all of you for your comments and interest in this project of mine, this antique fighter jet seems to have stirred up some enthusiasm and interesting facts as well.

- dave3d: Great to see all those specifications you dug up on the 262, I knew it had four nosemounted cannons but 30mm...!? That´s some impressive armament it has.

- Chris-3DT: Those are some tasty sausages there, lol yummm
I wonder if the ME-262 pilots ate a full plate of those before going into battle....lol

- RickStefani: You are correct, the germans did indeed create the first "stealth-jet", it was actually a "flying-wing"(almost like a boomerang) design which was copied by the british(ie the Vulcan) and later by the americans(ie the B2 Stealth bomber). However since it was only a prototype the german plane wasnt all that stable and maneuverable.

Well...I underestimated the simplicity of turning the wings into a jetwing shape, it took several long hours of mesh editing to get the shape right, still need to add the wingtips. And the ailerons meshes had points scattered all over(total nightmare but I did the best I could) so I think I´m going to delete all the ailerons and start on new ones...I really just jumped into making this jet because of enthusiasm a few weeks after I got max, hadnt really practiced mesh editing before that.....oh well I´m alot better now so it shouldnt take long to create them all again. Next update: Finished wings and engines shaped correctly following Goig!s thoughtfully sent blueprints.

[bullethead]

Originally posted by ClayCreator
Thanks for your comments guys.
dave3d you´re right about the lack of produced 262s, Hitler was having way too much trouble all over the world to concentrate on mass producing it in considerable numbers...hehe and the allies bombed too many of his factories.
As for blueprints I´m using 2d drawings in black and white to model after,and also some real photos. I´ll update as soon as I finish the tailsection.
As I posted in my OT-34 WIP section I have too many objects in it for my comp to handle at the moment so I´ll have to wait until I can afford a better graphics card to continue the work.

Actually, the reason this model wasnt massed produced is because Hitler was making crazy plane concepts and blowing all his money on those. He was the first to have a jet. And also yes it is true the reason it didnt help em in the war is because he got em too late to make a differnce. Ive seen the other jet planes his team was trying to create and I must say they were hilarious...but thats the reason why he didnt have mass amounts of this model you are building...and it is a beautiful plane.

I like the job you are doing on it so far...keep up the good work.