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--- blog:military:models_me_410 [2024/08/21 15:46] – john
+++ blog:military:models_me_410 [2025/06/23 17:02] (current) – [Airfix 1/72 Messerschmitt Me410A-1/U2 & U4] john
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-====== Airfix 1/72 Messcherschmitt Me410 ======
+====== Airfix 1/72 Messerschmitt Me410A-1/U2 & U4 ======
+<WRAP box round half>
   * Manufacturer: [[https://uk.airfix.com/products/messerschmitt-me410a-1-a04066|Airfix]]
   * Part number: A04066
   * Year of production: 2023
   * Scale: 1/72
+  * Series [[:blog:models:military:index|Military series]]
   * Kit type: Fixed posed aircraft
   * Vehicle: (late WW2 era) German heavy fighter
   * Build date: ???
+  * Purchase date: Summer 2024 (£17.99 from [[https://www.kingkit.co.uk|Kingkit]] as an unbuilt, open-box item)
-==== Manufacturers Images ====
+</WRAP>
 {{:blog:models:me410:mf_box_me410.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:me410:mfr_completed_me410.jpg?500|}}
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-==== Photo etch parts ====
+==== Detail Upgrade Parts ====
-   * 1:72 ME410 Zoom Detail Set for Airfix (Part SS817), Eduard. £8.95
+I picked up a colour photoetch sheet from Eduard (£8.95 from https://sgsmodelstore.com):
-{{:blog:models:me410:me410_photoetching.jpg?200|}}
+<imgcaption photoetch|Eduard 1:72 ME410 Zoom Detail Set for Airfix (Part SS817).>{{:blog:models:me410:me410_photoetching.jpg?400|}}</imgcaption>
+As well as a more detailed brass + resin cannon part, to replace the plastic item used when constructing the Me410/U4 variant of the model (£6.75 from https://www.puzzlecraftltd.com):
+<imgcaption kanone_1|Master 1/72 Bordkanone 5cm. Part AM-72-159.>{{:blog:models:me410:am-72-159.jpg?200|}}</imgcaption> <imgcaption kanone_2|Master 1/72 Bordkanone 5cm.>{{:blog:models:me410:am-72-159_02.jpg?400|}}</imgcaption>
+==== Alternative Colour Schemes ====
+Italeri also released a 1/72 Me410, and their instructions include several alternative (more interesting?) colour schemes:
+{{:blog:models:me410:italeri_me410_scheme.jpeg?300|}} {{:blog:models:me410:italeri_me410_scheme_2.jpeg?300|}} {{:blog:models:me410:italeri_me410_scheme_3.jpeg?300|}} {{:blog:models:me410:italeri_me410_scheme_4.jpeg?300|}}
+{{:blog:models:me410:italeri_me410_scheme_paints.png?|}}
 ===== Build Log =====
-This kit was bought in August 2024 to form part of a German airfield diorama display.
+This kit was bought in August 2024 to be displayed as part of my [[blog:models:luftwaffe_display|WW2 German Airfield]] display.
+=== Box Contents ===
+{{:blog:models:me410:img20240825170020.jpg?300|}}
+Fine details on the plastic sprues:
+{{:blog:models:me410:img20240825170113.jpg?300|}} {{:blog:models:me410:img20240825170126.jpg?300|}} {{:blog:models:me410:img20240825170138.jpg?300|}}
+{{:blog:models:me410:img20240825170151.jpg?300|}} {{:blog:models:me410:img20240825170202.jpg?300|}} {{:blog:models:me410:img20240825170210.jpg?300|}}
+{{:blog:models:me410:img20240825170221.jpg?300|}}
+Large (A4) format build instructions:
+{{:blog:models:me410:img20240825170240.jpg?300|}} {{:blog:models:me410:img20240825170259.jpg?300|}}
+Two different paint/marking schemes:
+{{:blog:models:me410:img20240825170322.jpg?300|}} {{:blog:models:me410:img20240825170332.jpg?300|}}
+Waterslide decal sheet:
+{{:blog:models:me410:img20240825170352.jpg?300|}}
+----
+[[:blog:models:military:index|Back to Military series index]]