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SKILL LEVEL:
Intermediate/Advanced
SPECIFICATION:
STORMBIRD Available from: All good model shops
Revell Me262 A1/A2
Kit No: 03875
Materials: IM
Price Guide: £34.99
Availability: Revell kits are available at all good model
and toy shops
BEFORE STARTING:
Tamiya Extra Thin Cement
EMA Model Supplies Plastic Weld
Zap Medium CA glue
Zap Kicker
Tamiya Masking Tape
Tamiya precision tweezers
Tamiya Sprue Cutters
World War. This beautiful bird was the effecting the result of the war. Fitted with Dspiae Single blade nippers
world’s first operational jet powered fighter four 30 mm auto cannons in the nose, this Dspiae drill bits and pin vice
aircraft but came too late in the war to aircraft would take no time in ripping Allied JLC razor saw
Mr Levelling Thinner
provide Germany with the air superiority it bombers to pieces, which ended up being
Lead weights
needed to stand any chance of scientifically one of the 262’s major roles during the war.
Mr Hobby Cement S
Plusmodel Lead Wire 0.3, 0.5 and 0.7
Microscale Industries Micro Set, Micro Sol
Walthers Solvaset
Daco Productions Strong decal solution
Gyro cutter
PAINTS USED:
MRP Paints
MRP-50 RLM02 Grau
MRP-04 RLM04 Gelb
MRP-70 RLM81 Braunviolett
MRP-71 RLM82 Hellgrun
MRP-66 RLM76 Lichtblau
Mr Surfacer 1500 Black
Mt Hobby Aqueous H416 RLM66
Tamiya XF-85 Rubber Black
Andrea Acrylics
Mig Ammo Panel liner Dark Brown
ADDITIONAL PARTS USED:
HGW seat harnesses and canopy masks
Eduard Brassin wheels
This is the second release of Revell’s new
tool 262, the first being the 262 B1/U1 two-
seater Night fighter.
In The Box
Something that has been a gripe for a large
percentage of the modelling community is the
side opening boxes that Revell insist in putting
their kits in. Apart from the fact that the box
isn’t very structurally sound, making it prone to
being crushed very easily, it also doesn’t allow
easy storage for sprues and sub-assemblies
should you wish to have a break during your
project. Putting the box design aside, the box
artwork itself its beautiful and it certainly grabs
your attention, giving you that urge to build
the model inside. Typical of Revell, we have
sprues moulded in a hard, white plastic that
is unfortunately all put in one bag, with the
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