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blog:military:models_heinkel_he162 [2025/06/17 12:23] – [Box Contents] johnblog:military:models_heinkel_he162 [2025/06/22 18:31] (current) – [Special Hobby He 162 Spatz 1/72 kit] john
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-===== Super Hobby He 162 Spatz 1/72 kit =====+===== Special Hobby He 162 Spatz 1/72 kit =====
  
 <WRAP box half round> <WRAP box half round>
-  * Manufacturer: Super Hobby+  * Manufacturer: Special Hobby
   * Part number: 72341   * Part number: 72341
   * Year of production: 2020   * Year of production: 2020
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 This kit of a late war German jet fighter, developed under the //emergency fighter program// was bought to go in my second Luftwaffe diorama, for [[[[blog:models:luftwaffe_latewar_display|late-war jet and rocket aircraft]]. This kit of a late war German jet fighter, developed under the //emergency fighter program// was bought to go in my second Luftwaffe diorama, for [[[[blog:models:luftwaffe_latewar_display|late-war jet and rocket aircraft]].
  
-There aren't many options for the He 162 'Sparrow', there is this one from Super Hobby (also released as [[https://www.scalemates.com/kits/special-hobby-sh72475-heinkel-he-162a-spatz--1450070|SH72475]] in alternative (i.e. captured) marking schemes), plus several from AZ, Revell and Dragon (all from around 2000 or earlier).+There aren't many options for the He 162 'Sparrow', there is this one from Special Hobby (also released as [[https://www.scalemates.com/kits/special-hobby-sh72475-heinkel-he-162a-spatz--1450070|SH72475]] in alternative (i.e. captured) marking schemes), plus several from AZ, Revell and Dragon (all from around 2000 or earlier).
  
 I also bought a colour photo-etch detail set from Eduard for the cockpit and other areas: I also bought a colour photo-etch detail set from Eduard for the cockpit and other areas:
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 <imgcaption photoetch|Eduard colour photo-etch set SS709.>{{:blog:models:sh_he162:ss709.jpg?400|}}</imgcaption> <imgcaption photoetch|Eduard colour photo-etch set SS709.>{{:blog:models:sh_he162:ss709.jpg?400|}}</imgcaption>
  
-Quite unusual to have a detail set like this for such a relatively obscure kit like the //Super Hobby// He 162.+Quite unusual to have a detail set like this for such a relatively obscure kit like the //Special Hobby// He 162. 
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 +Additionally, I picked up a resin pilot seat from CMK: 
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 +<imgcaption seat|CMK resin seat, part number Q72361>{{:blog:models:sh_he162:025538_05_112169.jpg?400|}}</imgcaption> 
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 +   * {{:blog:models:sh_he162:025565.pdf|CMK resin seat instructions}} 
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 +To display alongside the model I also sourced a set of figures: 
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 +   * [[blog:military:models_he162_mechanics|CMK Heinkel He162 Luftwaffe mechanics]] 
 +   * [[blog:military:models_he162_pilots|CMK Heinkel He162 Luftwaffe pilots]]
  
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 === Decals === === Decals ===
  
-<imgcaption decals_1|Decals.>{{:blog:models:sh_he162_spatz:img20250617114159.jpg?200|}}</imgcaption>+<imgcaption decals_1|Decals.>{{:blog:models:sh_he162_spatz:img20250617114159.jpg?500|}}</imgcaption>
  
-<imgcaption decals_2|Colour photo-etch upgrade from Eduard.com>{{:blog:models:sh_he162_spatz:img20250617115024.jpg?200|}}</imgcaption>+<imgcaption decals_2|Colour photo-etch upgrade from Eduard.com>{{:blog:models:sh_he162_spatz:img20250617115024.jpg?500|}}</imgcaption>
 ==== In Progress Images ==== ==== In Progress Images ====
  
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