1/72 Dragon He-162

"Salamander

by Eugene Trapezontas

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Hello everybody, this is my little Salamander kit from my favorite maker, Shanghai Dragon. It is build OOB with the addition of some PE seatbelts & some scratch built detail on the engine. Gunze acrylics are used for painting. I regret the fact that I didn't try to detail the cockpit a bit more, since I really liked the completed model. Well, there is always time for another one!

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The detail inside the main gear well is fantastic for the scale although fit of injected & PE parts is tricky. Some etched parts (rods / actuators) )were replaced with copper wire. I also believe that I lost some small parts. That happened because the semi-completed model was left aside for a while due to my uncontrollable urge to start other kits (my favourite moment in this hobby is when I open the box & start cockpit assembly, I just love it!!  then, when the model is near completion, I start another one so the previous stays aside maybe for months!! how fool of me.....)

Well that's all for now.....Happy modelling!

Eugene

Photos and text © by Eugene Trapezontas