Messerschmitt Me 410

[zenrat]

Messerschmitt Me 410H Hornisse as flown by Hydra operatives against USAF escort fighters in early '46.
Main weapon is a Rheinmetall GSh-6-30 30mm rotary cannon with 300 rounds.

Messerschmitt Me 410 - 9 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

Messerschmitt Me 410 - 1 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

Messerschmitt Me 410 - 10 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

The Model

Hasegawa Messerschmitt Me410A1 built OOB apart from replacing the main weapon with a Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-30 from a Hasegawa MiG 27.  This is a 1971 reboxing of the 1966 Frog kit and has the most awesomely heavy raised detail. It's so chunky I just had try and preserve it.  I have another (original Frog issued) earlier version of the kit and the raised detail is much lighter so I presume it either got heavier due to mould wear or was made that way during some maintenance or cleaning up process.

Messerschmitt Me 410 - 12 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

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[Old Wombat]

Nice batch of builds, Fred! Like 'em all!

Especially this one, for some reason.

[Wardukw]

Ok twin engined 
Love the 210 ..410 family..twin engined..sleak and smooth..shame the 210 was a pile of crap but the 410 sorted that out.
My fav Fred and the first Messerschmitt is my second fav   

[Dizzyfugu]

I had/built one of these when I was a child - the Frog kit as a Revell re-boxing. I still remember the heavy panel lines and rivets well!

[zenrat]

Thanks folks.
I enjoyed building this OOB.  Took me back to my youth when at some point I built a Matchbox 410.  But it's not just the subject, the parts breakdown and kit engineering also inspired nostalgia.
I can't remember if I got the defensive guns to elevate way back when but I failed with this build.  Maybe next time.

Anyone built the Finemolds kit?

[NARSES2]

Nice one Fred, nice piece of nostalgia as well 

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