1/48 Tamiya Me-262-Updates-06/15

[mustang1989]

That's what you get with a 1:1 3rd gear at 55mph. I thought the same exact thing till I dropped mine into 3rd (which is a 1:1 gear) at 55. There it was on my Auto Meter tach.....3000rpm.

The 4L60E overdrive gear ratio of .696 drops 'er down to 2000.

[Medicman71]

Nice work on getting gear bay in there. It's gonna look awesome painted up!

[keavdog]

The suburban I factory ordered had the 4L80E trans and 4.11 gears - best tow vehicle I've ever owned. I currently have a YukonXL I picked up used and it has the same transmission but the 3.73 gears and it's good but not 4.11 good. The gear swap I did in my Charger was one of the funnest mods - went from 2.65 to 3.73... way more fun!
Oh yeah - model is coming along nicely

[Handiabled]

FINALLY a aircraft made by Joe!! Looks great so far buddy

[mustang1989]

Thanks for the comments fellas!!!

John: I didn't think there'd be a real big difference between the 3.90's and 4.10's but the engine seems to make better use of those gears with the latest cam swap I did on it. A Suburban with 4.11's though....man that had to drink gas.....ALOT!!!

Alright folks. This aint a whole lot but this here is around 3 cumulative hours of work this week. One wall of the landing gear bay is finished. Now for the other wall.....

A BIG thanks to jkim for reference shots.

[LyleW]

That ain’t no car...just sayin. It does look great though! Wow.

[mustang1989]

Thanks Lyle. I'll be hookin' up with you later on today on your car body.

[Stikpusher]

Where’s the carbuerator?

[mustang1989]

You forgot the nitrous too Carlos!

[jkim]

Excellent detail painting on that sidewall! Just curious... what paint are you using for the metal color?