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Airfix 1/72 Messerschmitt Me410A-1/U2 & U4
- Manufacturer: Airfix
- Part number: A04066
- Year of production: 2023
- Scale: 1/72
- Series Military series
- Kit type: Fixed posed aircraft
- Vehicle: (late WW2 era) German heavy fighter
- Build date: Started December 2025
- Purchase date: Summer 2024 (£17.99 from Kingkit as an unbuilt, open-box item)
Extras
Masking set
- 1:72 ME410 Mask set for Airfix, CT Models. £6.75
Detail Upgrade Parts
I picked up a colour photoetch sheet from Eduard (£8.95 from https://sgsmodelstore.com):
Fig. 1: Eduard 1:72 ME410 Zoom Detail Set for Airfix (Part SS817).
As well as a more detailed brass + resin cannon part, to replace the plastic item used when constructing the Me410/U4 variant of the model (£6.75 from https://www.puzzlecraftltd.com):
Fig. 2: Master 1/72 Bordkanone 5cm. Part AM-72-159. 
Fig. 3: Master 1/72 Bordkanone 5cm.
Alternative Colour Schemes
Italeri also released a 1/72 Me410, and their instructions include several alternative (more interesting?) colour schemes:
Humbrol Colour Codes
These are the Humbrol colours used in the Airfix assembly guide:
Interior / Assembly Colours
| Humbrol Code | Name | Areas | Suggested Replacement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | Flat Black | Cockpit controls, guns, pilot/co-pilot seats, wing radiators, upper landing gear, tyres | |
| 53 | Flat Gunmetal | Exhaust | |
| 54 | Brass | Gun bay pipework | |
| 56 | Aluminium | Rudder controls | |
| 62 | Leather (matt) | Rear gun firing handle | |
| 79 | Blue Grey | All interior surfaces, bulkheads | Vallejo Model Air RLM 66. The Me-410 used standardised RLM 66 for interior/cockpit. Not sure why the Airfix codes don't refer to it. |
| 240 | RLM 02 (Grey matt) | Wheel wells, inner surface of nose gun pod (machine gun and cannon), inner surfaces of wing radiator supports, inner surfaces of landing gear | Vallejo Model Air RLM 02 |
| 247 | RLM 76 (Light blue matt) | Inner surface of nose gun pod (machine gun only) | Vallejo Model Air RLM 76 - same as the general underside colour. |
| N/A | Seats | Army Painter Speedpaint Copper Brown | |
| N/A | Cockpit wiring/pipework | Vallejo Game Colour Magic Blue, Bloody Red, Vallejo Model Air Gold | |
| N/A | Cockpit drybrushing | Ammo Air Silver | |
| N/A | Cockpit wash | AK Starship Detail Wash |
Exterior Paint Schemes
The kit comes with two paint schemes, one for each of the Me410-U2 (gun armed) and U4 (cannon armed) built options. They both use the same colours:
| Humbrol Code | Name | Suggested Replacement |
|---|---|---|
| 33 | Matt Black | |
| 54 | Gunmetal | |
| 85 | Satin Coal Black | |
| 241 | RLM 70 Black Grey | |
| 245 | RLM 74 Green Grey | |
| 246 | RLM 75 Gray Violet | |
| 247 | RLM 76 Light Blue | Vallejo Model Air RLM 76. |
Build Log
This kit was bought in August 2024 to be displayed as part of my WW2 German Airfield display.
Box Contents
Fine details on the plastic sprues:
Large (A4) format build instructions:
Two different paint/marking schemes:
Waterslide decal sheet:
In Progress Images
[December 2025] Started assembly, beginning with the cockpit and rear gunner areas. The pilot seat needed a little bit of filing down in order to fit one of the Revell German Airforce WWII Pilot figures:
Seats and cockpit areas still need drybrush highlights, panel wash and then colour photo-etch adding.
[30th December 2025] Added machine gun section and cockpit floor glass. Fitted colour photo-etch details from the Eduard kit:
Inner surfaces of fuselage painted and cockpit details highlighted:
Test fit cockpit in fuselage:
