Some Real World Modeling: Hobby Boss 1/72 He 162 Salamander

[Stan in YUL]

Another rescue from the Shelf of Doom:
https://i.imgur.com/LvPu62o.jpg

Thanks for looking
Stan

[NARSES2]

That's come out well 

I've built a few of those, not a bad little kit, if a little squat looking, and is ideal for a line up of Wif liveries 

Mind you the recently tooled Special Hobby kit is a beautiful model 

[The Wooksta!]

The only real problem with the kit is the fact that it's a copy of the Dragon kit.  Not a bad thing, but the u/c is an exact copy but the wells it goes into are too shallow, meaning when the gears go on, the sit is all wrong and it looks like it's on tiptoes.

I'll have to get the Special Hobby one at some point, as I think I've built the bulk of the mainstream injection Volksjagers over the years.

[Stan in YUL]

That's come out well 

I've built a few of those, not a bad little kit, if a little squat looking, and is ideal for a line up of Wif liveries 

Mind you the recently tooled Special Hobby kit is a beautiful model 

Thank M8, I was thinking of doing another Luft46 Afrika Korp but was too close to the finish line. Will have to do another in Sand.

Stan

[Nick]

That looks very tidy. 

The 162 is one of my favourite WW2 German planes for some odd reason. Something about the compact size and shape.

[Tophe]

  Good model, if you post a picture from above or from front I could add a whif He-162Z zwilling... (which is difficult to make from a slanting view)

[Stan in YUL]

Good model, if you post a picture from above or from front I could add a whif He-162Z zwilling... (which is difficult to make from a slanting view)

Like these?
https://imgur.com/WMcstmi
https://imgur.com/ziJ95uQ

Can't figure out how to make the links work

[Tophe]

Wonderful photo additions!
The zwilling version is going to be born...

[Tophe]

Yes: less "Real World" is this He-162Z Zwilling:

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/he162Z_i2-.jpg
Thanks Stan in yul!

[frank2056]

The He 162 came out great! I saw a captured original at the Planes of Fame museum in Chino, California. It's a tiny airplane - the pilot wore it, rather than sat in it.

[Stan in YUL]

The He 162 came out great! I saw a captured original at the Planes of Fame museum in Chino, California. It's a tiny airplane - the pilot wore it, rather than sat in it.

Saw the one in Ottawa, thought it was a death trap!

[The Wooksta!]

Many that flew it post war thought so too, although Winkle thought it potentially a decent fighter.

[Tophe]

Yes: less "Real World" is this He-162Z Zwilling:
= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/he162Z_i2-.jpg
Thanks Stan in yul!

Stan, what did you think of this whif addition?

[Wardukw]

Ya nailed that Tophe ..its prefect ..it already looks like a built model 

[NARSES2]

It always surprised me that originally the 162 was supposed to be flown by quickly trained youngsters, but that the one wing that was put together would have had more experienced pilots. So the Luftwaffe realised it would take a bit of experience to fly the thing.