Hi all
I am a in frequent airplane modeler, primarily I work on figures with an occasional helicopter or armor piece thown in. Anyway, I am wanting to pickup an Me 262 kit for my collection and was wondering which would be the best to buy. Scale is not critical, probably 1/32 or 1/48, maybe a recommendation in each scale. Also, somewhat interested in Galland's planes also. Thanks for your input.
Rob

Hi, Welcome to Aeroscale

Best -262? I think Trumpeter's big and expensive 1/32 kit is the best kit available, unless you buy one of these: Best ME-262 Kit--Period The other two 1/32 kits are old, and may be OK for the money, but they are not as accurate or detailed.

In 1/48 the best is (according to others) clearly Tamiya's. Monogram's venerable 262 is still regarded as a worthy model. I don't know about the Dragon/DML/Tri-Star kits. They have their pros and cons, and tend to cost more than Monogram and Tamiya. Oh, then there is Lindberg's from the 1960s, festooned with huge rivets and with moveable control surfaces and all the other goodies of that era's "toy" models...

1/72? Hasegawa and Revell have good kits. I've never built one but have many sprues from which I harverst parts. The molding looks great!

1/100? Only on is
Tamiya 1/100 Me 163 & Me 262 Set

I have no knowledge about 1/144 kits.

The Tamiya 1/48 kits are great fitting and easy building,I built them without any problems.

I can only put in a word for the 1/48th scale and agree that the Tamiya kits are excellent. Great detail ... Great fit.

For an infrequent builder of Aeroplane models I would suggest the Tammiya 1/48 kits. Might even get you building aeroplane models more frequently
Mal

Thanks for the advice GUys, I think I will go the Tamiya 1/48 avenue. Sounds like the best to me. Do you know if I were to get the Galland decals, which model would they be appropriate with? 1a or 2a?

Tamiya in 1/48 th scale, you should, however, consider buying an extra slats from
Aires or Airwaves to make it look right. And some Eduard color Zoom PE parts for cockpit. Otherwise, the kit itself is a blast.

For 1/32, Trumpeter is the way to go.

HTH,

hey gregax, thanks for the advice. Sounds good.