He162A-1 Spatz - Part Two - Tamiya 1/48

[andyh59]

Part 2 of my He162 build this one being the Tamiya kit. This was the more involved build as I decided to show the aircraft with the engine cowling open.

 

My first action was to make a resin copy of the Trimaster 162 nose, to replace the Tamiya kits' nose which to my eyes does not have the correct shape. I then used the Aires resin cockpit and u/c bay set plus Eduards photoetch set to detail the kit.

All of this went together fairly well I'm pleased to say.

The engine took a while to detail using lead wire, still lacks the full detail ( got fed up with it in the end!!).

I also had the Aires gun bay kit but couldn't get it to fit due to the other resin parts used.

 

A little about the colour scheme chosen. This was taken from the Classic Publications He 162 book, it shows the a/c that was flown by the only pilot who claimed a 'kill' Lt. Rudolf Schmitt on 4th March 1945.

The description of the colour is that the  76 used was a'creamy' colour. I have taken this to be the same cream/yellowish 76 used on the late 109s and 190s. The wings were 70 upper surface, 65 undersurface and the cowling 81. this at least gave me a slightly different finished He162.

 

Machine is aHe162A-2 White 1, 1./ JG 1, Leck, May 1945:-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                            Thanks for looking

                                                                                                             Cheers Andy

[wellsprop]

Beautifully made, great diorama

[exdraken]

Great model of very late frugal Heinkel 

[georgeusa]

Outstanding pair of Salamanders you have built there.  Both look great.  The detailing on the Tamiya kit is just superb.  Thanks for sharing.