Author Topic: Messerschmitt Me 262 S2 (Read 6365 times)

Jicehem · « **on:** November 14, 2012, 11:42:18 PM »

Hi, evebody,

You see here a very old kit from Lindberg in 1/48 scale, issued in the second part of the 1950s...
The kit is largely inaccurate in many respects but it looks strangely real... Amazing. I had to correct the location of the horizontal tailplane (too low on the kit) and to build a totally new undercarriage because the original one was "working" with too small wheels and too much simplified covers. Many details have been added such as the navigation light at the lower end of the rudder or others to improve the nose wheel leg. The kit has been built in October 2004 and had to await for its codes until some days ago... The actual mat varnish has yellowed...
It represents the Me 262 S2, WNr 130007, VI+AG, "rote 2", which attained 1 000 km/h on 28 March 1944.

Cheers,

Jicehem

Sall · « **Reply #1 on:** November 15, 2012, 12:22:41 AM »

Like it!!!

No.1 · « **Reply #2 on:** November 15, 2012, 06:55:38 AM »

I think this is the oldest kit ever presented here

Thank you for this, I never know about this before

draken35 · « **Reply #3 on:** November 15, 2012, 11:49:08 AM »

Jicehem · « **Reply #4 on:** November 15, 2012, 03:04:13 PM »

Hi,

The original boxtop of the Lindberg's Me 262 (about 1957) When I saw this kit for the first time in shops I was very excited and I counted my pocket money to try to buy one kit... and finally got it at Xmas... In the 1950s kits were already expensive :

Jicehem

No.1 · « **Reply #5 on:** November 15, 2012, 06:56:45 PM »

For that time it was great thing!

Second Air Force · « **Reply #6 on:** November 16, 2012, 10:52:39 PM »

That is a great model! I "built" one of these when I was eight or so years old but sadly I haven't any of it left anymore....

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