I am calling this my "instant Luftwaffe" blog as a bit of a pun on myself - this oddly assorted pile of old 1/72 kits was discovered by me on vacation in New Hampshire. A wonderful Swiss gentleman, who owns and operates an incredible train hobby store in the Mt. Washington Valley, had several of these very old original Heller/Frog/Lindberg/Lesney kits and I snatched up 6 of them!
Thus, my "instant Luftwaffe".....!
Here's the roster: (bear in mind, these are all originals purchased in France/Germany/Switzerland and have been shipped and moved a bunch!)
Frog Arado Ar234 Blitz; comes with Fieseler Fi103, Frog He162 Salamander, Lesney/Matchbox Me262A-1a, Heller Me262B-1a/U-1, Heller Me163 Komet, Lindberg He219 Nachtjaeger, all from '68-74 era.
First up is some photo evidence. During the holiday, I "mocked-up" most of the kits with tape for the enjoyment of my 6-year-old nephew's interest in building models (didn't want to break down and buy hobbying gear while I was 900 miles from home!!)
I quickly cobbled together the He162 and Fi103, just love those cruddy initial pics prior to sanding/primer/etc!
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I'll try and update best I can - for me, I'm mainly trying to just enjoy myself and will primarily focus on prep-work for final painting rather than scratchbuilding much on these. However, who knows? And I'm really looking forward to getting some use out of my airbrush!
Adam