Revell 1/72 Messcherschmitt Me262 A-1a

Fig. 1: Manufacturer box art. Fig. 2: Example of completed model.

I bought this in July 2024 with my eldest daughter as a kit to build and paint together. Her younger sister picked a FW 152.

Fig. 3: Box front. Fig. 4: Box rear.

Fig. 5: Fuselage and engine cowls. Fig. 6: Upper and lower wing sections. Fig. 7: Drop tanks (options), engine parts and landing gear. Fig. 8: Rocket tubes (options) and cockpit glass parts.

Typical black and white Revell loose instructions:

Fig. 9: Simple black and white manual as with most traditional Revell kits. Fig. 10: Instructions.

Fig. 11: Instructions and decal/paint guide. Fig. 12: Decal/paint guide.

Quite nice decals:

Fig. 13: Waterslide decals.

[Assembly started April 2025]

Kit mostly assembled. It's fairly basic (though decently designed) and goes together fairly straight forward. The only stand-out parts to pay attention on are:

• Add nose weights! Without additional weight in the nose, the whole kit tips backward. It needs more than you think.
• Engines are built up seperately and then attached to wings. Fit is easy, but both of mine had large gaps on the rear wing edges.
• Landing gear covers need to be cut up by hand if you want to pose the kit wheels-down. They become a fiddly, 3-part piece which needs to be stuck to the side of the wheel struts. Not great.

Fig. 14 Fig. 15

Filling some of the minor gaps (not that there are many) with Mr Hobby Surfacer:

Fig. 16 Fig. 17

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