===== Hobby 2000 Me163B Komet 1/72 kit =====

<WRAP box half round>
  * Manufacturer: Hobby 2000
  * Part number: 72061
  * Year of production: 2022
  * Scale: 1/72
  * Series: [[:blog:models:military:index|Military series]]
  * Kit type: Fixed-pose aircraft with tractor unit
  * In-universe role: Rocket-engined point defence interceptor
  * Purchase date: May 2025 (£11.99 from https://puzzlecraftltd.com/)
  * Build date: ????
</WRAP>

<imgcaption mfr_box|Manufacturer box art.>{{:blog:models:hobby2000_me163:hobby2000_komet_box.jpg?500|}}</imgcaption> <imgcaption completed_a|Example of completed model.>{{:blog:models:hobby2000_me163:hobby-2000-1-72-messerschmitt-me-163b-s-komet-2425206.jpg?550|}}</imgcaption> 

This Hobby 2000 Me163 kit is a re-release of an earlier Academy kit originally released in 2000. It includes extras not in the original Academy release such as a canopy mask set and several more decal marking schemes.

In addition, I also bought a colour photo-etch detail set from Eduard.com, containing enhanced cockpit and exterior details over the plastic parts included in the kit.

<imgcaption photoetch|Eduard photoetch part SS256.>{{:blog:models:hobby2000_me163:ss256.gif?400|}}</imgcaption>

Since the [[:blog:models:luftwaffe_display|original WWII airfield display]] turned out so well, I was inspired to create [[:blog:models:luftwaffe_latewar_display|another display shelf specifically for late-war German jet and rocket aircraft]].

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==== Paints ====

=== Colour Chart ===

<imgcaption chart|Colour chart from instruction manual.>{{:blog:models:hobby2000_me163:img20250617113405.jpg?500|}}</imgcaption> 

=== Paints Used ===

^ Section                                                    ^ Recommended Colour                                                                                                       ^ Selected Colour                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     ^ Notes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       ^
==== Box Contents ====

=== Box ===

<imgcaption box|Box>{{:blog:models:hobby2000_me163:img20250617113325.jpg?500|}}</imgcaption>

=== Instructions / assembly information ===

<imgcaption manual_1|Instruction manual.>{{:blog:models:hobby2000_me163:img20250617113353.jpg?500|}}</imgcaption>
<imgcaption manual_2|Instruction manual/painting schemes.>{{:blog:models:hobby2000_me163:img20250617113405.jpg?500|}}</imgcaption>

=== Parts ===

<imgcaption parts_1|Parts Frame 1.>{{:blog:models:hobby2000_me163:img20250617113519.jpg?500|}}</imgcaption>
<imgcaption parts_2|Parts Frame 2.>{{:blog:models:hobby2000_me163:img20250617113533.jpg?500|}}</imgcaption>
<imgcaption parts_3|Parts Frame 3.>{{:blog:models:hobby2000_me163:img20250617113545.jpg?500|}}</imgcaption>
<imgcaption parts_4|Parts Frame 4.>{{:blog:models:hobby2000_me163:img20250617113554.jpg?500|}}</imgcaption>

=== Decals ===

<imgcaption decals_1|Masking set.>{{:blog:models:hobby2000_me163:img20250617113417.jpg?500|}}</imgcaption>
<imgcaption decals_2|Decals.>{{:blog:models:hobby2000_me163:img20250617113432.jpg?500|}}</imgcaption>
<imgcaption decals_3|Photoetch parts from Eduard.>{{:blog:models:hobby2000_me163:img20250617113646.jpg?300|}}</imgcaption>
==== In Progress Images ====

==== Finished Images ====

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