1:48 Revell He162 Salamander

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With other builds in the painting stage I wanted to do some building/glueing, so this jumped out of the stash at me...

The Heinkel He 162 Volksjäger (German, "People's Fighter" ), the name of a project of the Emergency Fighter Program design competition, was a German single-engine, jet-powered fighter aircraft fielded by the Luftwaffe in World War II. Designed and built quickly, and made primarily of wood as metals were in very short supply and prioritised for other aircraft, the He 162 was nevertheless the fastest of the first generation of Axis and Allied jets. Volksjäger was the Reich Air Ministry's official name for the government design program competition won by the He 162 design. Other names given to the plane include Salamander, which was the codename of its construction program, and Spatz "Sparrow", which was the name given to the plane by Heinkel.

Steady progress so far as Iv'e jazzed things up with the Big Ed set. Whether it will be worth it, after the fuselage is joined up, is debatable! But the exterior and engine PE frets will be worth it.

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The obligatory sprue shots...

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Sprue shot...

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And progress so far...

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Cockpit tub is finished...

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Fuselage is joined up, wings added and she is in primer....

[Nev]

Love that dark colour on the cockpit mate also really nice to not see it too matt

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Cheers Nev, I agree So here she is all painted & decaled, just the bits n bobs to add...

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Great kit from Revell, a lot of the PE was not needed. Final reveal...

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Final reveal...

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Final reveal...

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Final reveal...

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Final reveal...