Me-262B-1/U1 Kommando Welter
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Spanjaardi love what you have done with it, simply stunning. love the camo. and the base is fantastic too. are you going to take this beauty to Lingen? love to have the chance to see it in person
Aleksandar ŠekularacThanks my friend! Indeed expect to see a looong display of varied night-fighters on the Hamburger Modellbau-Team table in Lingen this year. 😉
Logan EdenGood Morning, Most impressive & stunning build. Thanks for sharing with us. Catch Ya, Logan
CaptGPFAnother masterpiece - the mottling is very well done, restrained and not over the top.
Daniel MysakSaw this beauty and others of your fantastic modells in Lingen last weekend, they even look better in real than on the photos.
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My hobby crew voted to do a group build with a theme of "night-fighters" without any restrictions on specific subject, or scale. So this is my first in a row of contributions to this topic.
Kommando Welter was the first and only unit to receive examples of the converted 2-seater/trainer Me-262 equipped with radar equipment. This was very much the end game of the WWII and the dramatic depiction of the burning Lancaster in the wake of the antlers-rockin' Schwalbe on the box-art is in the domain of pulp fiction. Most night victories of the Me-262 were indeed scored by the single-seat machines using ground navigation and flood lights to catch their pray. Further more, 4-engine bombers were not the usual targets for German jet-fighters, as the speed differential was too great, making it extremely difficult for a pilot to spot the target, align his approach aim and fire before it was too late.
Hobby Boss kit of the Me-262 is surprisingly affordable, well detailed and free of usual errors. Yes, they love to open every hatch possible, so if you are an enjoyer of buttoned-up look, like me, you'll have "fun" aligning everything in closed position. But apart from that, not much to complain about.
I added few bits in the cockpit, refined few details here and there and replaced the radar antenna array with micro tubes and steel wire. And had a lot of fun painting the camo of course! 😄 More night-fighters to follow...
