===== Super Hobby He 162 Spatz 1/72 kit =====

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  * Manufacturer: Super Hobby
  * Part number: 72341
  * Year of production: 2020
  * Scale: 1/72
  * Series: [[:blog:models:military:index|Military series]]
  * Kit type: Fixed-pose
  * In-universe role: Single seat, single engine, late-war emergency fighter
  * Purchase date: May 2025 (£13.77 from https://www.scalemodelshop.co.uk/)
  * Build date: ????
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This kit of a late war German jet fighter, developed under the //emergency fighter program// was bought to go in my second Luftwaffe diorama, for [[[[blog:models:luftwaffe_latewar_display|late-war jet and rocket aircraft]].

There aren't many options for the He 162 'Sparrow', there is this one from Super Hobby (also released as [[https://www.scalemates.com/kits/special-hobby-sh72475-heinkel-he-162a-spatz--1450070|SH72475]] in alternative (i.e. captured) marking schemes), plus several from AZ, Revell and Dragon (all from around 2000 or earlier).

I also bought a colour photo-etch detail set from Eduard for the cockpit and other areas:

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Quite unusual to have a detail set like this for such a relatively obscure kit like the //Super Hobby// He 162.

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==== Paints ====

=== Colour Chart ===

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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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