After re-entering this great hobby, which I should have done many years ago, this will be my first jet aircraft.

I've chosen to start my second build for the Luftwaffe GB with the Messerschmitt Me262.

The Hobby Boss 1/48 Me262/A-1a/U5 (No.80373 year 2011) representing aircraft V355, the only one built with 6 cannons.

I do however have the intention to choose for another version/variant because I'm not attracted to those two additional cannons.

The kit has the nose cone for the standard 4 canon available.

Therefore I will search for a good set of decals.

Already have a masking set and Eduard PE seatbelt set available.

The high number of parts available in the kit look nice and are pretty detailed.

First will start with a good reading of the manual and search for an attractive scheme and decals.

Another amazing entry, my friend @johnb! Looks pretty detailed.
Looking forward to it!

Great choice John, one of my favourite planes. The Hobby Boss kit is really good and enjoyable.

@johnb - read my review of doing the photo-recon 262, outside of the nose details, everything else is applicable to your kit.

Eagle Editions decals has some very good 262 decal sheets.

Looking forward to follow this one John. I may have some spare Tamiya decals from another build - I'll PM you later @johnb.

Thanks @johnb, @michaelt (great comparison article!) and @tcinla!

John, @johnb
This is a great model to build as part of our ever growing Luftwaffe group. I have most of the 1/48 scale versions that Hobby Boss has molded, and like you I really enjoyed Michael Turner's triple 262 build journal. @michaelt

The 262 is one of my favorite WW2 German aircraft, right behind the FW-190 and Bf-109 in that order...

I will definitely be watching this one ! Sign me up and I'll bring the popcorn ... Who knows ? You guys just might entice me to drag out the two 1/32 scale new tool Revell 262 kits I have. One is the standard single seat fighter, while the other is the two seat night fighter version.

Thanks for starting another Luftwaffe build for us to enjoy. 🙂

Not so much progress this week as I would like, but like many of you, life sometimes takes over and is not going like you want it to be.

I did some profile checking and till now I'm tending towards building the yellow 5 from JG7. This would mean that I will not build the six cannon variant.

Furthermore I made a start with the cockpit and painted it RLM66. Some other interior parts for the gun bay compartment are painted RLM02.

Hope to make some more progress this weekend.