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Special Hobby He 162 Spatz 1/72 kit
- Manufacturer: Special Hobby
- Part number: 72341
- Year of production: 2020
- Scale: 1/72
- Series: 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: ????
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 late-war jet and rocket aircraft.
There aren't many options for the He 162 'Sparrow', there is this one from Special Hobby (also released as 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:
Fig. 2: Eduard colour photo-etch set SS709.
Quite unusual to have a detail set like this for such a relatively obscure kit like the Special Hobby He 162.
Additionally, I picked up a resin pilot seat from CMK:
Fig. 3: CMK resin seat, part number Q72361
To display alongside the model I also sourced a set of figures:
Paints
Colour Chart
Paints Used
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Box Contents
Box
Instructions / assembly information
Fig. 6: Instruction manual. 
Fig. 7: Instruction manual. 
Fig. 8: Instruction manual.
Fig. 9: Instruction manual. 
Fig. 10: Instruction manual. 
Fig. 11: Instruction manual.
Parts
Fig. 12: Fueselage and engines. 
Fig. 13: Wings and tail.
Fig. 14: Cockpit, landing gear, small parts. 
Fig. 15: Canopy.
