review Revell 03875: Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1/A-2

[LSP_Kevin 28,879]

Howdy folks,

 

Our own Andrew Birnie has just reviewed the new single-seat Me 262 from Revell:

 

Revell 03875: Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1/A-2

 

 

Thanks, Andy!

 

Kev

[D.B. Andrus 3,828]

Great job, Kag!

[Wurzacher 673]

Short, but informative review. Just as I like it! Thank you!

As you said, the IP decals are sadly useless. Yahu to the rescue!

[LSP_K2 22,404]

Nice job, Andy.

[Rick Griewski 2,659]

Nice and very useful review.  Thanks for keeping the review simple and straightforward.  I look forward to buying this kit.

 

Rick

[LSP_Ray 7,743]

Great job, Andy! Looks like a great kit!

[oyoy5 184]

Looks like a great kit 

[ringleheim 2,019]

I wish these reviews would add a photograph of every page of the manual.  That would be incredibly useful.

 

It appears this kit does not address a major shortcoming of the 2 seater; the gun bay doors are molded as a single part assuming you want to close the area up entirely.  If you want to open one or both doors, you must cut the door piece in half, and then you realize there is no method engineered into the kit for actually attaching the doors to the fuselage in an "up" position.  

The whole section is incredibly poorly engineered and would have been a great area for improvement on this kit.

 

Looks like it's just as it was on the 2 seater, which was to be expected given the manufacturer.

 

 

[nmayhew 1,385]

For the manuals I usually look at 1999.jo website

[Dave Williams 3,124]

4 minutes ago, ringleheim said:

I wish these reviews would add a photograph of every page of the manual.  That would be incredibly useful.

 

It appears this kit does not address a major shortcoming of the 2 seater; the gun bay doors are molded as a single part assuming you want to close the area up entirely.  If you want to open one or both doors, you must cut the door piece in half, and then you realize there is no method engineered into the kit for actually attaching the doors to the fuselage in an "up" position.  

The whole section is incredibly poorly engineered and would have been a great area for improvement on this kit.

 

Looks like it's just as it was on the 2 seater, which was to be expected given the manufacturer.

 

 

 

There’s little value in photographing the manual for a Revell kit, since it’s usually on their website.

 

https://stage.revell.de/fileadmin/import/images/bau/03875_%23BAU_MESSERSCHMITT_ME262A1_A2.PDF

Edited August 6, 2019 by Dave Williams

[Dave Williams 3,124]

7 minutes ago, nmayhew said:

For the manuals I usually look at 1999.jo website

 

It’s 1999.co.jp

 

its a great resource, but usually only provides the instructions for Asian manufacturers, like Japanese companies, Trumpeter/Hobbyboss, Academy, etc.  They usually don’t have instructions for European companies like Revell or Italeri.

 

Another source for manuals is super-hobby.com

Edited August 6, 2019 by Dave Williams

[LSP_K2 22,404]

1 hour ago, ringleheim said:

I wish these reviews would add a photograph of every page of the manual.  That would be incredibly useful.

 

I've done exactly that with the last several kits that I've reviewed for this site, and will continue to do so. I also include all relevant sprue shots, instructions and decals in the specific kit database as well.

[nmayhew 1,385]

3 hours ago, Dave Williams said:

 

It’s 1999.co.jp

 

Yup 

 

typo

[nichenson 498]

How does it compare to the Trumpeter kit?

[Jennings Heilig 13,462]

10 minutes ago, nichenson said:

How does it compare to the Trumpeter kit?

 

At the risk of re-igniting an old argument, I think it’s better simply because it’s not covered with rivets that you need to fill.  Trumpeter’s kit is very nice, but real 262s were very smoothly finished for the most part (most of the time, from the factory, and I know someone is even now posting a photo where you can see the rivets, so save yourself the trouble).

 

As for the instructions, Revell posts PDF high res copies of all of their instructions, so it would be pointless to photograph them for a review.  Just go to their web site and download it.

Edited August 10, 2019 by Jennings Heilig