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| ====== Airfix 1/72 Messerschmitt Me410A-1/U2 & U4 ====== | ====== Airfix 1/72 Messerschmitt Me410A-1/U2 & U4 ====== | ||
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| * Manufacturer: | * Manufacturer: | ||
| * Part number: A04066 | * Part number: A04066 | ||
| * Year of production: 2023 | * Year of production: 2023 | ||
| * Scale: 1/72 | * Scale: 1/72 | ||
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| * Kit type: Fixed posed aircraft | * Kit type: Fixed posed aircraft | ||
| * Vehicle: (late WW2 era) German heavy fighter | * Vehicle: (late WW2 era) German heavy fighter | ||
| - | * Build date: ??? | + | * Build date: Started December 2025 |
| - | * Price: £17.99 from [[https:// | + | * Purchase date: Summer 2024 (£17.99 from [[https:// |
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| + | ==== Humbrol Colour Codes ==== | ||
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| + | These are the Humbrol colours used in the Airfix assembly guide: | ||
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| + | === Interior / Assembly Colours === | ||
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| + | ^ Humbrol Code ^ Name ^ Areas ^ Suggested Replacement | ||
| + | | 33 | Flat Black | Cockpit controls, guns, pilot/ | ||
| + | | 53 | Flat Gunmetal | ||
| + | | 54 | Brass | Gun bay pipework | ||
| + | | 56 | Aluminium | ||
| + | | 62 | Leather (matt) | ||
| + | | 79 | Blue Grey | All interior surfaces, bulkheads | ||
| + | | 240 | RLM 02 (Grey matt) | Wheel wells, inner surface of nose gun pod (machine gun and cannon), inner surfaces of wing radiator supports, inner surfaces of landing gear | Vallejo Model Air RLM 02 | | ||
| + | | 247 | RLM 76 (Light blue matt) | Inner surface of nose gun pod (machine gun only) | Vallejo Model Air RLM 76 - same as the general underside colour. | ||
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| + | === Exterior Paint Schemes === | ||
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| + | The kit comes with two paint schemes, one for each of the Me410-U2 (gun armed) and U4 (cannon armed) built options. They both use the same colours: | ||
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| + | ^ Humbrol Code ^ Name ^ Suggested Replacement | ||
| + | | 33 | Matt Black | | | ||
| + | | 54 | Gunmetal | ||
| + | | 85 | Satin Coal Black | | | ||
| + | | 241 | RLM 70 Black Grey | ||
| + | | 245 | RLM 74 Green Grey | ||
| + | | 246 | RLM 75 Gray Violet | ||
| + | | 247 | RLM 76 Light Blue | Vallejo Model Air RLM 76. | | ||
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| + | === In Progress Images === | ||
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| + | **[December 2025]** Started assembly, beginning with the cockpit and rear gunner areas. The pilot seat needed a little bit of filing down in order to fit one of the [[: | ||
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| + | Seats and cockpit areas still need drybrush highlights, panel wash and then colour photo-etch adding. | ||
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| + | **[30th December 2025]** Added machine gun section and cockpit floor glass. Fitted colour photo-etch details from the Eduard kit: | ||
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| + | Inner surfaces of fuselage painted and cockpit details highlighted: | ||
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| + | Test fit cockpit in fuselage: | ||
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