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    „Volksjäger“ (people fighter) Heinkel He 162 in 1:32 scale

    Hi David, I used colored Copperwire and soldering wire. A last look on the engine from the other side: Back to cockpit: The canopy isn’t bad but it lacks the typical structure of its frame. On the real thing the frame was made out of metal rod which was riveted on the Perspex of the canopy...
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    „Volksjäger“ (people fighter) Heinkel He 162 in 1:32 scale

    Let’s start painting: The jet engine in color: With provisional mounted reservoir: Gentlemen start your engine: The wired up engine. The difficulty was to guess the right mounting order of the wires. Details of the wiring: The front end again...
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    „Volksjäger“ (people fighter) Heinkel He 162 in 1:32 scale

    Hi Gentlemen, thank you very much for the nice words.
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    „Volksjäger“ (people fighter) Heinkel He 162 in 1:32 scale

    This part of the kit was thinned and got some additions from scratch. This part is completely self made because the kit rendition was too fantasized. The intake cone which doubles as the housing for the “Riedel Anlasser” a small two stroke piston engine which starts the jet...
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    „Volksjäger“ (people fighter) Heinkel He 162 in 1:32 scale

    On this parts the He 162 will be jacked. The jet engine: The engine parts of the kit are plain. At first I thought to buy a resin part but at last I decided to go the “do it yourself” way of modeling to the very end.. These are the kit parts of the engine. Let’s see what we can use of...
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    „Volksjäger“ (people fighter) Heinkel He 162 in 1:32 scale

    Detail of the drawers: The workbench in color with wise: Detail of the “wooden” structure: One more look: Close up of the Italeri parallel wise:
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    „Volksjäger“ (people fighter) Heinkel He 162 in 1:32 scale

    Finished and painted undercarriage legs complete with wiring: The tires are not flatted because the plane rests on jacks and they don’t touch the bottom. Next came this main cable and two braces made from hollow needles. The last two parts are placed into the main...
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    „Volksjäger“ (people fighter) Heinkel He 162 in 1:32 scale

    Again I did the coils by winding from thin wire. The inner rods for the coils were cemented on one side only. So the coils could be mounted after painting the legs by careful bending of the rods. The pic shows a dry fit before painting: The completed legs after painting: The...
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    „Volksjäger“ (people fighter) Heinkel He 162 in 1:32 scale

    Once again many thanks to all. In Germany it is forbidden to show the swastika on models. This is a law. I have to decide if I, the swastika is not affixes, or covering later on the model.
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    „Volksjäger“ (people fighter) Heinkel He 162 in 1:32 scale

    Hello folks, to many hearty thanks to for the nice words. This is very motivating.
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    „Volksjäger“ (people fighter) Heinkel He 162 in 1:32 scale

    The bay of the main under carriage: Because the plane will be part of a diorama which shows the plane mounted on jacks you will not see too much of the bay so I thought to do only minor detailing. When I finished I had done far more. The pics of the original showed so much details and so much...
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    „Volksjäger“ (people fighter) Heinkel He 162 in 1:32 scale

    The Heinkel gets the guns. The weapons bay: these parts were completely scratch build because Revell only shows one bay open.. Again the French plane was my pattern. I’m not too sure about the right colors of these parts ofW.Nr.100172 but I had to decide this anyway. The walls are plastic...
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    „Volksjäger“ (people fighter) Heinkel He 162 in 1:32 scale

    More parts of the kit had to be detailed or new ones scratched. In the Revell kit only one weapons bay is foreseen for opening. I did both weapons bay doors from sheet. Left are the kit parts, right the new ones primed with RLM 02.. The main landing gear doors are from the kit after...
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    „Volksjäger“ (people fighter) Heinkel He 162 in 1:32 scale

    thanks you so much. I use normal tool. to the cut I'm taking a scalpel or a shave blade. small parts remain as long as until they are finished carved on the plastic. so you can better hold. .......and always sanding and sanding .......
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    „Volksjäger“ (people fighter) Heinkel He 162 in 1:32 scale

    I found some real good pics of a He 162 which was restored in France recently. The pics show the plane with its tail separated. I wanted to display my plane in the same way. The elevators and rudders should be bended. All were cut out, padded with strips, sanded filled with putty, sanded...
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