italeri 1:48 Me262b-1a/u1 nachtjäger or night fighter

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italeri 1:48 Me262b-1a/u1 nachtjäger or night fighter

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i got me this kit yesterday
and after seeing it Lee asked me to do a review on it so here it is

this is the night fighter version of Me 262 b1 wich is the 2 seater trainer version of the Original one seat fighter

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the box art looks inpressive i think

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a big suprise when i opened the box

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decals and PE the PE is from dragon but the decals are not from cartograph but from italeri they don't look bad though just bit shiny

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all the paint scheme's the solo one is mottled the others are a bit striped

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some small parts the canopy looks good and has a good amount of supports on it and looks relatively easy to mask
i don't really know if the drop tanks are used but a nice extra and some nice textured single piece rubber wheels

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engine housing and parts
they can't be opend though a bit of a shame

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landing gear part
they seem to have some nice detail and a lot of connecting pins between parts so that needs some sanding

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the fuselage parts
note the streched cockpit space and opend front panel
but very nice panel lines and they are recesed so that is good

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the wings a bit hard to see here but these part again have good panal lines and a lot of them to

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close up of the wing surface

and that is all there is inside the box
looks like a good kit but shares a lot of parts with the CH kit
this kit seems to have a lot of details and there is almost no flash or burring that i found
but all the parts seem to be clean from those problems
i think it is a good looking kit that should be a nice build and a bit rare subject
it could be a bit of a let down but all the steering surfaces are molded on so you can't position them to your liking
me personaly i got it for the night fighter GB so i have to wait to build it
the price is not to bad either since i paid about 30 euro's for this kit and i think you get some good value for your money since dragon kits never come cheap
so Lee and everybody else that's all
cheers Mark
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