1/48 Revell Me 163 B-1a

[BigZimmo]

Hi Guys!!!

This is what lately left my assembly line: Revell's Me 163 B-1a in 1/48 scale. I think originally it's a Dragon-Kit?! However it was fun to build this model. Nice details and a good fit. For camouflage I used Gunze colours. After painting the model recieved a layer "Future". Now the decals were applied. Another layer "Future" followed. For weathering I used diluted oil paint and different pastels.

Finally the Me 163 recieved a layer of clear coat.

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[papa 695]

A stunning build i like it a lot

 

[mobear]

this is worthy of 5*s love the weathering and subject matter,a very strange cute aircraft these were lol

mobear

 

[Kressy_13]

Great work on the build and the paint looks well done. Top work mate.

 

[stona]

That's a cracker. Lovely model, always had a soft spot for the Komet.

Cheers

Steve

 

[Polux]

Lovely model!! top work!

Cheers

 

[Gern]

Beautiful!

Just one question. How the h**l did they get off the ground with that tiny little propeller? :D

Gern

 

[flyjoe180]

Great build and fantastic photos.

 

[Willi262]

I love it!

einfach fabelhaft! (I hope I have that right)

I need the little 163 for my own collection, but I haven't been able to find one yet.

It has the distinction of more pilots getting killed by fuel mishaps or engine explosions, than from actual combat operations.

The German aviatrix Hannah Reitsch was invited to test fly the 163, but the take-off trolley did not jettison properly and she crashed. She survived, but her back was messed up for a little while.

The hometown (husum) of my mother-in-law was used as a last ditch storage depot for the Me-163, and when the British came, they recovered several. These survive on today as museum exhibits.

 

[tecdes]

Very nice model Zimmo of an unusual aircraft. Also like the painting of your figure very nice.

Laurie

 

[BigZimmo]

Thank you, guys!! I'm pleased that you like my "Kraftei" ("Power-Egg"........that was a german nickname for the Me 163).

Willi, you're absolutely right. The fuel "T-and C-Stoff" (T = hydrogen peroxide, C = hydrazine hydrate and methanol) ignited very quickly.

More pilots lost their life in accidents than in combat.

 

[stona]

... when the British came, they recovered several. These survive on today as museum exhibits.

The British were very interested in the Me 163 and German rocket technology. We must remember that in 1945 it was not determined that jet technology would be the future of aviation.More than 20 Me 163s were shipped from Germany (Husum) to the UK, given consecutive Air Ministry numbers from AM200 to AM 222.

The French also took 4 (2 from Husum and 2 more from the storage depot at Kiel-Holtenau).

Several also went to the USA.

Husum was the final base of JG 400.

Of the aircraft captured there some do survive. I last have those shipped initially to the UK at the following locations, though some may since have moved.

191461 RAF museum, Cosford, UK

191316 Science museum, London, UK

191659 Royal Scottish museum of flight, East Fortune, UK (at least for now).

191907 Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Australia.

Some others went abroad and I'm not sure of their fate

310061 Went to France

191095 Went to Canada

191660 Went to the USA in 2005.

Cheers

Steve

 

[eddiesolo]

Wonderful, great use of paint and weathering on a quality build.

Si

 

[stona]

I found out what happened to the one sent from the UK to Canada.

"A number of factories were involved in the manufacture of this Komet before it was assembled by Klemm Technik GmbH in Germany, in 1945. It was delivered to the Luftwaffe fighter unit JG/400, captured at Husum, Germany, in May 1945 and sent to the United Kingdom for testing."

That much we knew. Later, from the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, where it now resides.

" It was shipped to Montreal as a war prize in 1946.

Having been taken apart in the U.K. for shipping, the Komet was reassembled at Rockcliffe airport by the RCAF in September 1946. It was held in storage at various locations, beginning in Winnipeg at North West Air Command, until being moved to No. 10 Repair Depot Detachment at Portage la Prairie in 1950. It then appears to have been stored at Charter, Manitoba, Macdonald, Manitoba and Lincoln Park, Alberta, before it was transferred to the Canadian War Museum in 1964. Here, it was refinished and displayed in the Luftwaffe JG/400 markings. Although officially transferred to this Museum in 1967, it was located at the War Museum until the 1980s.

Between 2000 and 2001, Aviation Museum conservation staff restored the aircraft, finding some of its original colours and markings underneath accumulated layers of paint."

Cheers

Steve

 

[eddiesolo]

I still love to play the PS2 Secret Weapons Over Normandy, there I am in my Meteor taking on Peenemunda and destroying the V2 sites when I get attacked by FW-190's, ME-262's and these little bat like buggers, there fast even for the supped up Meteor and take some knocking down...great fun though.

Si

 

[Stevekir]

What a cuddly huggable plane! I would like one for a pet.

 

[tr1ckey66]

Great little model BZ. The paint finish is fabulous and the addition of the pilot really sets it off.

Cool stuff

Paul

 

[Alan 45]

Lovely work I like this very much