Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet
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Messerchmitt Me 163 B-1
Messerchmitt Me 163 was the only operational rocket fighter (there were some other prototypes) and the first aircraft, that exceeded 1000km/h in level flight. The beginning of the programme goes back to the famous aeronautical engineer [...]
Dragon 1/48 Messerschmitt Me 163S Habicht
The two seater version of the revolutionary rocket fighter. Only one aircraft of the Me 163S is known to have undergone experiments in the Soviet hands. The latter was extensively photographed and I am sure that this had helped [...]
Me 163B-1a "Komet"
I have been taking new photos of some of my old builds recently. I built this kit around 1990 and it was both my first (serious) 1/48 scale build and the first model that I painted using an airbrush.
Trimaster released their high tech, [...]
1/72 Me 163B Komet & reading 'Rocket Fighter'
I had a Uncle/Nephew visit and flight at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton. During our visit to the Gift shop, I found a few old paperbacks that looked like some cheap good reading.
One book I found was a 'Bantam War' [...]
GasPatch 1/48 Komet
Here is my GasPatch Me-163, finished at last. I started this kit over 18 months ago, but life got a bit hectic. I used my Christmas break to get it finished.
The kit is great. It’s very nicely detailed, especially the cockpit, and the [...]
1/48th Dragon Me 163B and CMK Scheuch-Schlepper
A gem Dragon model depicting the innovative rocket propelled fighter. The Scheuch-Schlepper is a CMK resin kit.
GasPatch Models 1/48 Me 163B Komet.
What a fantastic kit this is.
Any issues were of my own making and that was only a slight misalignment of the Cannon Cartridge Ejector Chute which caused a little fit issue with the wings.
Everything else was a great fit.
Primed with [...]
Red Rocket
This aircraft was built as part of the “Imperial German Air Service / Luftwaffe Group Build May 1st, 1910, to Present Day” group build.
Maj. Wolfgang Spate was the commanding officer of EKdo 16 (Erprobungskommando 16 or Test Command [...]
Me-163 Komet
Built back around 1989, (ex-Hawk kit, first produced in 1960 I believe) my Testors version was issued in 1982. The aircraft is the well-known rocket-powered interceptor, the Me163 Komet, in 1/48 scale. This kit had only about 25 [...]
Power Egg...1/48 Messerschmitt Me163B V41 "Red Baron"
Built in 2016. Dragon kit with kit decals and additional ones from Revell and Testors, the RLM red was a selfmix.
The model shows an a/c of Erprobungskommando 16 at Bad Zwischenahn in May 1944. This aircraft made the first operational [...]
