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blog:military:models_me_262 [2025/04/23 16:09] – [Table] johnblog:military:models_me_262 [2025/04/26 11:28] (current) – [Revell 1/72 Messcherschmitt Me262 A-1a] john
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   * Kit type: Fixed-pose fighter aircraft   * Kit type: Fixed-pose fighter aircraft
   * Vehicle: WW2 German Jet-powered Fighter   * Vehicle: WW2 German Jet-powered Fighter
-  * Build date: ??? 
   * Price: £9.99 from [[https://northeastmodelcentre.co.uk/|North East Model Centre]], July 2024   * Price: £9.99 from [[https://northeastmodelcentre.co.uk/|North East Model Centre]], July 2024
 +  * Build date: Started April 2025
 </WRAP> </WRAP>
  
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 ^ Section                  ^ Recommended Colour  ^ Selected Colour                       ^ Notes  ^ ^ Section                  ^ Recommended Colour  ^ Selected Colour                       ^ Notes  ^
-| Upper hull main colour   |                     | AK Interactive 3rd Gen Acrylic RLM70  |        | +| Upper hull main colour   |                     | AK Interactive 3rd Gen Acrylic RLM74  |        | 
-| Upper hull dark colour   |                     | AK Interactive 3rd Gen Acrylic RLM71  |        |+| Upper hull dark colour   |                     | AK Interactive 3rd Gen Acrylic RLM75  |        |
 | Lower hull light colour  |                     | AK Interactive 3rd Gen Acrylic RLM76  |        | | Lower hull light colour  |                     | AK Interactive 3rd Gen Acrylic RLM76  |        |
 ===== Box Contents ===== ===== Box Contents =====
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 ===== In Progress Images ===== ===== 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:
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 +   * 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.
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 +<imgcaption diary_1|>{{:blog:models:revell_me262:img20250425101212.jpg?400|}}</imgcaption> <imgcaption diary_2|>{{:blog:models:revell_me262:img20250425101223.jpg?400|}}</imgcaption>
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 +Filling some of the minor gaps (not that there are many) with Mr Hobby Surfacer:
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 +<imgcaption diary_3|>{{:blog:models:revell_me262:img20250426111910.jpg?400|}}</imgcaption> <imgcaption diary_4|>{{:blog:models:revell_me262:img20250426111922.jpg?400|}}</imgcaption>
 ===== Finished Images ===== ===== Finished Images =====
  
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