Testors Me-163 – Cockpit, fuselage, wings

It’s a model with a low parts count for sure and so far off to a pretty good start. The fuselage halves fit pretty perfectly, with a slight rise on one seam side and some panel lines off just a titch, but I’m experimenting with re-scribing as I’ve not done in the past, so I’ll get them to line up that way.

img_0035The extremely minimal mounts for the extremely minimal cockpit happened to line up fine, I think that was good luck mostly. The cockpit is pretty bare as you can see and I’m not going to see it that well through the bubble canopy later, so it’s just as well.

img_0043The wings were also very clean going together and I really love the detail on them. I’m not sure how tightly they’ll fit to the fuselage; we’ll find that out later on. Feels like fun fast progress! That probably means something will really surprise me later on.

 

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Axle for drop-away dolly on take off.

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