===== Focke Wulf Ta 183 "Huckebein" 1/72 kit =====

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  * Manufacturer: Revell
  * Part number: 04343
  * Year of production: 1995 (re-box of a 1992 PM Model release with different decals, also available as a 2020 release from PM Model)
  * Scale: 1/72
  * Series: [[:blog:models:military:index|Military model series]]
  * Kit type: Fixed-pose aircraft
  * In-universe role: Prototype, partially-constructed, single-seat late-war German fighter
  * Purchase date: January 2026 (Ebay.co.uk, £18 from from seller Military Books of York)
  * Build date: ????
  * Scalemates link: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/revell-04343-focke-wulf-ta-183-huckebein--135101
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A design that never progressed to implementation during the war, despite this the design was [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Ta_183|highly influential post-war]]. There are several variations of this design, with different tail configurations and engine power sources. None were produced.

It has a //lot// of visual [[:blog:military:models_me_1101_nachtjager|similarities with the Messerschmitt Me.1101]].

This is originally a PM Models kit, reboxed by Revell in 1995. The original kit was recently re-released by PM Model in 2020 with new decals.

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==== Paints ====

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=== Paints Used ===

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==== Box Contents ====

=== Box ===

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=== Instructions / assembly information ===

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=== Parts ===

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=== Decals ===

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==== In Progress Images ====

==== Finished Images ====

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