1/48 Tamiya He-162

by Mathew Barron

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You'll have to bear with me on this, as after a two years of building models and looking through ARC, I've finally decided to submit one of my own models for scrutiny; well here goes.... 

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The history of this aircraft has been covered by numerous people, suffice to say the aircraft I chose to cover was captured by the British towards the end of the war at Leck. The kit is what you'd expect for a Tamiya offering (yes, it's like building Lego), the decals came from the Cutting Edge set.  

The seatbelts, and seat came from a photo-etch set for the Dragon kit.  Vallejo Model Air acrylics were used to paint the kit, and after a coat of Klear, the decals were applied using Micro Sol and Set.  Then the kit was weathered with artists oil paints mixed with white spirits.

Mathew Barron

Photos and text © by Mathew Barron