Tamiya 1/48 ME-262 A-1a WIP

Usually don’t venture into wingy thingys but I need a break from tanks. Always liked the ME-262 and it’s shark look.

Spent the first couple of hours prepping parts for tomorrow. I am not used to working in 1/48 anymore! Everything is so tiny which is a challenge with shaky hands.

Going to close up the gun bay in the nose which is a little bit of a shame with the nicely detailed cannons. After two hours I gave everything a bath in soapy water and should start painting tomorrow.

I built this kit before almost twenty years ago! And it was and is the best aircraft model I have built.

Going to build 9./JG 7 piloted by Hans-Guido Mutke who towards the end of the war flew white 3 to Sweden on accident or so he claimed.

At first I wasn’t going to pick this build due to the complex camouflage but after watching a video I have a pretty good idea how to paint it.

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I built this exact kit a couple of years ago and it was an absolute dream to build. I’m SO looking forward to this one .

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Looks like a great project

That’s an impressive amount of detail for a 1/48 scale kit. Can’t wait to see it come together.

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I built it as the V7 development airplane and it is a great kit.