1:48 Messerschmitt Me 262 A-2a/U2 is a colored 3D textured instrument panel and cockpit details from Red Fox Studio on decal paper. A cockpit accessory, not a kit. Intended for Hobby Boss kits.
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Red Fox Studio prints the instrument panel and the cockpit details in color and with a 3D texture directly onto decal paper. The set is not glued on like a resin part — it is applied by soaking and positioning, just like any other decal, and it replaces the smooth plastic panel from the kit. The set is intended for Hobby Boss kits.
The A-2a/U2 version is a bomber conversion with a glazed nose for a second crew member lying prone. The cockpit therefore stops being a single-seat affair: to the pilot's station with its usual panel is added a station in the nose, which has a completely different logic and different instruments. The pilot's station itself remains marked by the early jet era — purely analog dials, clearly grouped engine instruments for two power units and a massive canopy frame that markedly divides both the view out and the view in. The machine was built in only a few examples, so accessories for this cockpit are rarely made.
A photo-etched part is thin and accurate, but the modeler has to deal with the color and the legibility of the scales. A decal supplied with a kit tends to be only a flat print without structure. Hand painting individual gauges in 1:48 takes hours and the result tends to be uneven. A color print with a three-dimensional texture gives both at once. Work on a smooth, matte-painted and degreased base, settle it with a decal softener and let it dry out thoroughly before closing the cockpit.
This is a cockpit accessory, not a kit. The kit, paints, decal softener and glue are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.
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