I just picked up a kit of the 162D from my LHS this morning, is this a protype plane only or did it see any action? It has forward swept wings and a V tail. Haven’t seen it before in any of the books I have and didn’t find anythin here on finescale forum either.
Thinkin on doing somkind of a diorama around it but would be nice to now if it was ever used or is it plane that existed only on the drawing board.
Michael
Michael, that one was in the minds of the desgners only and never made it past the drawing board. But a dio of it would still be a cool project.
I recently bought the game IL-2 Sturmovik 1946. This plane is included, and it’s a tough little bird to fight against. But like Marc said it never made it past the paper. I’ve never seen a kit of this, I hope as you build it you share your progress!
Sweet! Is it the new 1/48 dragon kit?
http://www.hlj.com/product/DRA5552
Keep us posted with how the build is.
Thanks for the comments, yes it’s the new Dragon 1/48 kit. I was browsing the shelvs of the LHS and tought it was a normal 162, then when I saw the box art with forwar swept wings I was sold. Going to build it OOB just ad seatbelts.
Just opened the box and it look ok. A few etched parts and also the conventional wings and tail to make an A version.
I dug a little deeper and managed to find some info that one protype was made but not flown. It was a hybrid C/D version, the diffrence being the wing sweap direction.
The plane is next on my build list after I manage to get my meteor finnished. I’ll post some pics as I get started.
The good thing is that my 4 week holiday is starting next monday, so just 4 weeks of model building and flying RC planes 
Yes that aircraft was part of the much feared Napkinwaffe.
yeah, I have the game too, and the -162D isprobably my favorite of the “luft '46” planes, both because of its performance and just because it looks freakin’awesome.
Oh yeah, the Ta-183 with the X-4 missiles is pretty kickin’ too.