Eduard 1/48 Me 262A-1/U2 Photo Etch
By Jacob Russell
This new set (item number 49606) is for Hobby Boss's recent Me 262-A1/U2 night fighter. It consists of 125 pieces on 3 photo-etched frets. Two of them are pre-painted and one of these is self adhesive.
The self adhesive fret contains 44 pieces, the majority of which are dedicated to the cockpit. It includes items such as a seat harness, gun sight, instrument panel, cockpit tub side consoles, throttle quadrant, data panels for the electric circuit breaker panel, and rudder pedals.
The second fret and third frets are devoted to the gun bays, lower cockpit tub, wheel wells, landing gear and the dipoles for the night fighter radar array mounted to the aircraft's nose.
They include landing gear oleo scissors, new hinges for the front landing gear door, detail parts for the gun bay, d/f loop, and brake lines for the main wheels. Additional items include wiring harnesses and other detail parts for the underside of the cockpit tub, wheel well details, and canopy latches.
Hobby Boss has come a long way from their early 1/72nd scale "Easy Kit" origins. Their Messerschmitt Me 262 kits are accurate and well detailed. They slot neatly between the Dragon and Tamiya 262 kits in price, accuracy and quality. I recommend this set and I would like to thank Eduard for the review sample.
