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Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet

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1/72 Me 163B Komet & reading 'Rocket Fighter'

by George Schembri on January 29, 2023 · in Aviation — 12 Comments

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

by Ben Walmsley on December 26, 2022 · in Aviation — 19 Comments

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 Me 163 and Scheuch-Schlepper

by Rafi Ben-Shahar on December 23, 2022 · in Aviation — 16 Comments

A gem Dragon model depicting the innovative rocket propelled fighter. The Scheuch-Schlepper is a CMK resin kit.

Heller vintage Me-163 komet 1/72

by Bernard Bedeur on April 7, 2022 · in Uncategorized — 12 Comments

Pure basic Kit requiring deft fingers and good vision . ( magnifier lens ) This small model gave me great pleasure as a time investment versus value. The maxim during my career was , « price to build and build to price ! I mostly did [...]

GasPatch Models 1/48 Me 163B Komet.

by Alistair Gauld on September 15, 2021 · in Aviation — 20 Comments

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

by Michael Turner on August 29, 2021 · in Aviation — 11 Comments

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

by Gary Brantley on May 22, 2021 · in Aviation — 13 Comments

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"

by Reinhard Spreitzhofer on May 21, 2021 · in Aviation — 8 Comments

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 [...]

Me 163B V41…

by Tom Rodgers on August 8, 2020 · in Aviation — 41 Comments

The Red Baron meets the Twilight Zone...Not really the Twilight Zone, but sort of… I had noticed for a while that my very close-in depth perception had been bothering me. Even with my Opti-Visor, I had been having trouble working on fine [...]

Trimaster 1/48 Me 163 B V53

by dale travis on May 6, 2020 · in Aviation — 25 Comments

This kit was in my model storage closet for 30 plus years and after spending 3 months on the Blenheim i was looking for a less complex project so here it is. I used an Aires cockpit set and it actually fit fairly well. Paints are a [...]