Revell 1/72 Focke Wulf Ta 152 H

Fig. 1: Typical Revell box for low-end kits.

My daughters and I bought this kit in early August 2024 to build together as one of their first model kits; youngest picked this one, and her elder sister picked an Me262.

The build was pretty straight forward, and it is a very simple kit - based on a rather old model. Some help was given with the fit and glue of the more complicated pieces, as well as those requiring constant pressure whilst setting.

It wasn't too bad, fit wise, but there are few bits and pieces that leave small gaps - where the wings join the main body, and around the edge of the engine cowling (which itself is rather poor design). I also made up some replacement pistons for the landing gear from brass rod as a means to reinforce the landing gear itself. The cockpit is ludicrously simple and may even be better covered up by a tinted canopy! Add to that there is virtually no visible panel lines on the body or wings.

Still, we had fun.

I intend to do most of the painting (via airbrush) for her, and we'll do the detailing and transfers together.

This is a very simple model, as the instructions only have 9 steps:

Fig. 2: Instruction manual. Fig. 3: Instruction manual.

There's a sheet of (actually quite nice) waterslide decals included:

Fig. 4: Waterslide decals.

Because of this, I don't intend to provide a box contents breakdown or step-by-step build diary for this kit!

[Build started in 2024]

Fig. 5: Basic out-of-box build. Fig. 6: Primed in a medium-grey colour.