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--- blog:military:models_me_262 [2024/08/22 19:33] – [Revell 1/72 Messcherschmitt Me262 A1] john
+++ blog:military:models_me_262 [2025/05/28 16:23] (current) – [Revell 1/72 Messcherschmitt Me262 A-1a] john
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-====== Revell 1/72 Messcherschmitt Me262 A-1a ======
+====== Revell 1/72 Messerschmitt Me262 A-1a ======
+<WRAP box round half>
   * Manufacturer: Revell
+  * Series: [[:blog:models:military:index|Military models]]
   * Part number: 4166
   * Year of production: 1999
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   * Kit type: Fixed-pose fighter aircraft
   * Vehicle: WW2 German Jet-powered Fighter
-  * Build date: ???
   * Price: £9.99 from [[https://northeastmodelcentre.co.uk/|North East Model Centre]], July 2024
+  * Build date: Started April 2025
+</WRAP>
-==== Manufacturers Images ====
+<imgcaption mfr_box|Manufacturer box art.>{{:blog:models:revell_me262:462531.jpg?500|}}</imgcaption> <imgcaption complete_a|Example of completed model.>{{:blog:models:revell_me262:462529.jpg?500|}}</imgcaption>
-{{:blog:models:revell_me262:462531.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:revell_me262:462529.jpg?500|}}
+I bought this in July 2024 with my eldest daughter as a kit to build and paint together. Her younger sister picked a [[:blog:military:models_fw_ta_152|FW 152]].
-==== Tools Used ====
+===== Paints =====
+^ Section                  ^ Recommended Colour  ^ Selected Colour                       ^ Notes  ^
+| Upper hull main colour   |                     | AK Interactive 3rd Gen Acrylic RLM74  |        |
+| Upper hull dark colour   |                     | AK Interactive 3rd Gen Acrylic RLM75  |        |
+| Lower hull light colour  |                     | AK Interactive 3rd Gen Acrylic RLM76  |        |
+===== Box Contents =====
-===== Build Log =====
+=== Box ===
-I bought this in July 2024 with my eldest daughter as a kit to build and paint together.
+<imgcaption box_a|Box front.>{{:blog:models:revell_me262:img20240825164049.jpg?300|}}</imgcaption> <imgcaption box_b|Box rear.>{{:blog:models:revell_me262:img20240825164055.jpg?300|}}</imgcaption>
-==== In Progress Images ====
+=== Parts ===
+<imgcaption parts_a|Fuselage and engine cowls.>{{:blog:models:revell_me262:img20240825164117.jpg?300|}}</imgcaption> <imgcaption parts_b|Upper and lower wing sections.>{{:blog:models:revell_me262:img20240825164125.jpg?300|}}</imgcaption> <imgcaption parts_c|Drop tanks (options), engine parts and landing gear.>{{:blog:models:revell_me262:img20240825164133.jpg?300|}}</imgcaption> <imgcaption parts_d|Rocket tubes (options) and cockpit glass parts.>{{:blog:models:revell_me262:img20240825164146.jpg?300|}}</imgcaption>
-==== Finished Images ====
+=== Instructions ===
+Typical black and white Revell loose instructions:
+<imgcaption manual_a|Simple black and white manual as with most traditional Revell kits.>{{:blog:models:revell_me262:img20240825164230.jpg?300|}}</imgcaption> <imgcaption manual_b|Instructions.>{{:blog:models:revell_me262:img20240825164251.jpg?525|}}</imgcaption>
+<imgcaption manual_c|Instructions and decal/paint guide.>{{:blog:models:revell_me262:img20240825164258.jpg?525|}}</imgcaption> <imgcaption manual_d|Decal/paint guide.>{{:blog:models:revell_me262:img20240825164306.jpg?300|}}</imgcaption>
+=== Decals ===
+Quite nice decals:
+<imgcaption decals_a|Waterslide decals.>{{:blog:models:revell_me262:img20240825164207.jpg?300|}}</imgcaption>
+===== In Progress Images =====
+**[Assembly started April 2025]**
+Kit mostly assembled. It's fairly basic (though decently designed) and goes together fairly straight forward. The only stand-out parts to pay attention on are:
+   * Add **nose** weights! Without additional weight in the nose, the whole kit tips backward. It needs //more// than you think.
+   * Engines are built up seperately and then attached to wings. Fit is easy, but both of mine had large gaps on the rear wing edges.
+   * Landing gear covers need to be cut up by hand if you want to pose the kit wheels-down. They become a fiddly, 3-part piece which needs to be stuck to the side of the wheel struts. Not great.
+<imgcaption diary_1|>{{:blog:models:revell_me262:img20250425101212.jpg?400|}}</imgcaption> <imgcaption diary_2|>{{:blog:models:revell_me262:img20250425101223.jpg?400|}}</imgcaption>
+Filling some of the minor gaps (not that there are many) with Mr Hobby Surfacer:
+<imgcaption diary_3|>{{:blog:models:revell_me262:img20250426111910.jpg?400|}}</imgcaption> <imgcaption diary_4|>{{:blog:models:revell_me262:img20250426111922.jpg?400|}}</imgcaption>
+===== Finished Images =====
+----
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