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OK. Great idea that this BB is going ahead 'cos I spent Christmas looking in at the previous one and feeling thwarted. But not anymore!! I have a Revell boxing of what I take to be the old Lindberg kit of the Heinkel He 162. I found this out by accident when I was looking for things to “look out for” here on BM and wondering who had done this kit previously. I came across this Lindberg build by @CedB. https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235060496-heinkel-he-162-lindberg-172/ In his starting pic, I thought the sprues looked familiar although in a different colour. CedB’s pic My pic Looks pretty similar to me! It says copywrite 1984 on the box and is probably when I bought it and put it in the loft. I checked Scalemates which confirmed my suspicions. CedB’s build seemed to engage a lot of nostalgic support for the Lindberg He 162 although I have never built one of their products at all! Anyway, armed with all this knowledge and info from other BM builds, I have a cunning plan (cue Blackadder comments …). The aim is to help improve my laying down of paint. This simple kit shouldn’t cause me too many assembly problems. If I can also minimise the temptation to “improve” things then I should get to paint fairly quickly ……… famous last words. The build will be (says he portentiously) mostly OOB and wheels up. BUT I will do something about the cannons and maybe add a pilot – which I don’t normally do. Hmm. Just got to check the Spray Shop (aka grotty cold and damp garage) and then looking forward to the start ! Good luck everyone! cheers Rob- 15 replies
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Hi, This model is a long time with me. I made it for the first time, as OOB in 1976 or 1977. Then, in 1997 I decided to make an upgrade - I "separate" parts (simply - used force and broke it into pieces), wash it from paints with NaOH and made it again. The background was that in this time a monography of He 162 Volksjager (better known as Salamander ) was issued in my country (by J.Ledwoch - "Heinkel He 162...", issued by "Militaria", ISBN 83-86209-68-2, Warsaw, 1997). Lecture of this book made my mind to do this rebuild....I made some small corrections to some original Frog parts...The emblem is hand painting on decal. The markings are of course, from a profile from this book, and it is He 162 A1, of a commander of II/JG,1 Hptm. Paul Heinrich Dahne, Leck airfield, May 1945. Comments welcomed Regards Jerzy-Wojtek Have a Happy New Year!
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For me, a quick build as close to OOB as ADHD allows. Eduard superfabric seatbelt 22 gauge needle for guns and pitot tube.(dropped the model and lost the pitot tube) styrene sheet,rod and tube details. Mr Color paint pastel weathering First up thinned trailing edges, shortened landing gear and added hub caps Thinned plate on rear of engine Tube added to engine intake and pilot seat trimmed. Cross eyed guns removed and panel lines filled. Pilot's office detail. Found a restoration here http://memorial.flight.free.fr/He162photouk.html Not the same aircraft, but loads of details and intriguing colours. Forced myself not to detail wheel wells With Airfix Fw.190 Black and White filter Garry c
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A reborn He 162? https://www.tecnam.com/slider-home-en/tecnam-p-jet-evaluation-programme/ Not holding my breath...could go the way of the Cirrus Jet. Anil The Madly Adding Hours to His PPL ( just in case)
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Heinkel He 162 Volksjäger. This is an He 162 A-2 (Werknummer 120227) of JG 1 is on display at the Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, London. Pics thanks to Chris (aka Spruecutter)
