First of all, a big thanks to J-Hulk in Osaka for sending me one straight away…well before they’ve arrived here in the states.
The kit looks incredible. Casting is clean and crisp, complete detailed engines with an extra set of clear nacelles to show off all your wiring and plumbing.
The gun bay looks to be nicely done with details on the bulkheads, etc.
Metal landing gear is provided, and the canopy attachs to the fuselage at right angles, so there’s no need to blend the windscreen into the fuselage…a very nice touch. Rubber tires are provided for the wheels, but no plastic equivalents on the sprues. A pe fret is included for the seatbelts, and a choice of wide and narrow nosewheels are included.
Decals are for two aircraft, Red 4 of 10./JG7 and White 8 of Kommando Nowotny.
This one is moving to the top of my build list…
Look for a detailed build-up in an upcoming issue of FSM.
You betcha, write something up and email it to me…
PS: I won’t be doing the review build on this one, but I will keep you informed when I finally get around to jumping into this kit. Hopefully, within a few weeks when I’ve caught up on my other projects.
You got it already?? Wow, EMS works! I put it in the mail Friday afternoon…4 days, to the other side of the world? Not bad!
I picked one up for meself at the same time. As Jeff said, it is indeed a nice kit!
Nope, none available at the Nats…Steven’s International had one example they were showing off…
It seems to me that the big ‘hot items’ at the Nats was the Hasegawa Lancaster, the Dragon Late Tiger I, and the Dragon Expo pre-releases of the M4A3E8 and Jagdpanzer IV/L70.
I just got back from an interview with the folks making five REAL ME 262s that actually fly. These things are amazing! I was just dumbstruck standing there in front of the steeds of Kommando Novotny and other great German jet Staffels. And they are made so perfectly, probably better than the originals and they are sanctioned by the Messerschmitt Foundation in Germany.
man that has to be cool… only thing better would be able to ride in one… didn’t they have one outfitted as a trainer? I saw their website before and I thought they did…
anyway… I can only dream of something like that!!!
One of two 2-seaters is ready for delivery and flight certified, one of two convertibles (can be made 1 or 2 seats in a couple hours either way) will be flight certified in October and that leaves a 2-seater, a single seater and a convedrtible to finish up … and they are well into construction. In addition to these five, they did a static restoration on the original 2-seater they used for jigs and fabricating parts, and they took many measurements off the old Howard Hughes plane that Bill Allen of Microsoft bought.
