ArmaHobby Me 262

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April 25, 2026
There are some nice decals for instrument panel
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April 25, 2026
In the resin print cockpit is harnesses as in plastic parts you have to settle with decal seat belts
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April 27, 2026
There are some nice rivets on the bottom side of the cockpit. I added some wiring
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April 29, 2026
I added some detail and wires to the fuselage sides what is shown from main wheel well
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April 30, 2026
Wheel wells done with some added details
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May 5, 2026
Fuselage together with multiple part nose which had weight in out of the box (and it was a bit pain to build)
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May 11, 2026
For some odd reason the forward fuselage and wing area didn't fit flawlessly. I aligned the back and there was too much plastic in front. I also removed flap parts from the wing and filled the gaps.
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May 11, 2026
It was quite easy correction to the fit issue: I sawed a millimeter off of the wing part...
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May 12, 2026
ArmaHobby has the whole engine nacelle split into two. No separate intake part as in other kits. Intake and exhaust are also quite shallow, although you can't see much into them
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May 14, 2026
Masked wheel wells. The fit was good, but you had to be careful with the assembly
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May 14, 2026
Masks out of the box as well as the jig
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May 21, 2026
Fuselage painted. I used MRP paints, but the green paint was too thin and hard to paint
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May 24, 2026
Wings are also painted. I used AK Xtreme metal white aluminum for metal color
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May 24, 2026
I like that engine nacelles are not the same color, I used LifeColor UA071 RLM02
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May 27, 2026
Not too much decals in this scheme. Aims decals were a bit disappointment: brittle (number both sides broke in three pieces and swastika shattered into million pieces), very clear and I couldn't find decal solution that would work with those. I only used numbers from Aims decal sheet, others were from the kit and worked flawlessly
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May 31, 2026
Parts ready for final assembly top
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May 31, 2026
Bottom side side with parts for final assembly
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May 31, 2026
Landing gear parts painted & weathered with brake lines added
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June 7, 2026
Finished kit with package. More pictures later
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June 9, 2026
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June 9, 2026
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June 9, 2026
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June 9, 2026

Comments

53 25 April, 18:53

Casey Beckett
Wow - Arma really goes nuts! Makes my Revell 262 build look toylike. Very Nice!

1 25 April, 19:00

TV_scalemodels Author
Yes, Arma cockpit is superior to any other 1/72 Me 262 cockpits even in plastic form

1 26 April, 09:25

Sergej I
Following! 👍

1 27 April, 18:14

Alberto
Interesting 👀

1 27 April, 18:19

Łukasz Gliński
Very interesting 👍

1 27 April, 18:46

Transall NG
Thank you for posting this long waited model !
Nose's shape is good and wheel's wells work is far easier, less time consuming !
Great !

1 14 May, 09:51

DerMattes
Watching 👍

1 14 May, 13:04

Cuajete
Well done so far! 👍

1 14 May, 18:58

Ricardo Reis
Cool, I want to see this! 👀

1 14 May, 21:12

TV_scalemodels Author
Transall NG: Shape vise this looks good for my eyes too. And wheel wells are far better than there are in any other 1/72 to this date

21 May, 15:08

Spanjaard
freehand camo?, impressive

1 21 May, 15:54

Michael Kohl
Following

1 21 May, 18:20

TV_scalemodels Author
Spanjaard: Free hand camo! I always like to make free hand camo and there is no option with this painting option.. You just have to start painting off the model, then it is no problem... Thanks!

1 21 May, 18:58

Jan Peters
Nice to see this one being built. Looks very good 👍🏻

1 21 May, 19:08

Alec K
Agreed, following along 👍

1 22 May, 12:53

Julian Herrero aka Yuri
Following me too

1 2 June, 18:10

Jan Peters
I thought it looked familiar, I did the same aircraft in 48th scale 🙂
Great job 👍🏻👍🏻

1 2 June, 19:18

Transall NG
Good evening ! Superb paint work !
This aircraft is said to be in the 500xxx series, though its full werknummer is unknown. Their production started in december 1944, not before, more probably in 1945. We have some pictures of it before it ended in a scrapyard, and its nose wheel leg is of the late type, without anti-shimmy "V", and this is coherent with the period, even if i do not know at which moment the front leg was modified this way (somewhere between september and december 1944...)
@+

1 2 June, 20:15

Casey Beckett
Very "cobbled" "hurry up" look you have LOVE it. Very very nice work

1 3 June, 00:50

TV_scalemodels Author
Jan Peters: You are right this is quite distinctive scheme. I'm glad you liked my job! Your Tamiya version looked very smart too!

1 3 June, 14:37

TV_scalemodels Author
Transall NG: Thanks!
There is not even decal serial number for this in the sheet. Good to know that nose wheel is without "V". Perhaps I take it off. It was in the parts but not in instructions..

3 June, 15:04

Transall NG
Arma Hobby made the good choice regarding this front landing gear leg : it is easier to remove the V than adding it !
@+

2 3 June, 18:26

Michael Kohl
Did you have to do additional work at the exhausts? In my kit there remains a nasty gap when dryfitting the engines, as if the upper tongue protuding from the wings weren't long enough.

1 4 June, 21:27

Dave Flitton
Excellent

1 5 June, 00:03

TV_scalemodels Author
Michael Kohl: No I didn't have any additional work with the exhaust, they fit very well. I only had issues with wing/fuselage fit as I showed in the previous picture. And some filling regarding to that..

1 5 June, 19:04

Project info

Messerschmitt Me 262A-1A 1/72 by ArmaHobby

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1:72 Messerschmitt Me-262A (Arma Hobby 70083)

Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a/U3

Wehrmacht Luftwaffe (German Air Force 1935-1945)
3./EJG 2 34
1945 Captured - Lechfeld

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