Tuesday, July 9

Amusing Hobby's new 48th scale Luft'46 kits coming in pairs....

We have seen these approaching for a while, now. To add to the CADs we have seen, we have more info on these Me 262 Luft '46 variants from Amusing Hobby in our preview...

Amusing Hobby's new 48th scale Luft'46 kits coming in pairs....

Amusing hobby are following up their release of their 1/48th scale Me262 HG III WWII German Aircraft from a while ago with two new variants (or concepts) in the hypothetical Me 262 line. These to ware nearly with us, and they are selling for just on $20 USD each! Take a look at what we know so far about the two releases.

German Me262 HGIII Concept 3
From amusing Hobby
Kit No #48A005
1/48th scale
Price: $20USD  from the HLJ website
The Me262 HGⅢ concept:
The Me262 HGⅢ was a redesign of the world's first combat-deployed jet fighter, the Me262, with the aim of increasing its speed. HG stands for "Hoch-Geschwindigkeitsjäger (high-speed fighter)". The redesign of the Me262 was divided into three stages. In the first stage (HGⅠ), the shape of the canopy was changed to a streamlined shape, and the horizontal stabilizer was given a swept-back angle. 

The CAD Drawings of the kit
Imagine the weight in the nose to stop it being a tail sitter?
In the second stage (HGⅡ), the main wings were also changed to have a swept-back angle, and in the third stage (HGⅢ), the wing swept-back angle was increased, and the engines were designed to be housed one at each wing root. There were three further concept designs for the HGⅢ, and Concept 3 was designed to integrate the cockpit with the vertical stabilizer.

The test kit made up and painted by amusing hobby crew


German Me 262 HGIII (V-tail)
From amusing Hobby
Kit No #48A004
1/48th scale
Price: $20USD  from the HLJ website
The "V-tail" concept Me 262:
The V-tail was invented by Polish aviation engineer Jerzy Rudlicki. The diagonally installed rear tail serves as both a rudder and elevator, and is sometimes called a rudder-vector. The advantage is that the number of tail fins is reduced compared to a normal tail, which reduces air resistance and weight.

The CAD Drawings of the kit
Looks very much like th esame angles of the F-117 (minus the stealth) from this angle...
The kit made up by Amusing Hobby staff


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