**** DONE: 1/48 He 162A-2 Volksjäger - Allied Advance and Defense of the Reich WWII.

T Bolt · Feb 7, 2016

User Name: T Bolt
Name: Glenn
Category: Advanced
Kit: Dragon He 162A-2 Salamander
Scale: 1/48th
Accessories: None, kit comes with some photo etch parts.

fubar57 · Feb 7, 2016

Nice choice Glenn.

Geo

fubar57 · Feb 7, 2016

Email sent Glenn

Geo

Catch22 · Feb 7, 2016

Neat choice Glenn!

T Bolt · Feb 7, 2016

Thanks George, that will be usefull.

I'll be building Heinkel He 162 A-2 ''Volksjäger'' Werk-Nr.: 120074 of 1st group/Jagd-Geschwader 1 piloted by 1st Lieutenant Emil Demuth Leck Germany, May of 1945.

I've had this kit on the shelf for quite a while and thought this Group Build would be a good excuse to finally build it. Some reviews I've read about the kit say there are fit problems with the wings so I'm be sure to do a lot of test fitting as I go along. I probably won't get started until I wrap up the Tigercat build in the next week or so.

From Wikipedia
The Heinkel He 162 Volksjäger (German, "People's Fighter"), the name of a project of the Emergency Fighter Program design competition, was a German single-engine, jet-powered fighter aircraft fielded by the Luftwaffe in World War II. Designed and built quickly, and made primarily of wood as metals were in very short supply and prioritised for other aircraft, the He 162 was nevertheless the fastest of the first generation of Axis and Allied jets. Volksjäger was the Reich Air Ministry's official name for the government design program competition won by the He 162 design. Other names given to the plane include Salamander, which was the codename of its construction program, and Spatz ("Sparrow"), which was the name given to the plane by Heinkel.