{"id":2269,"date":"2022-01-03T22:01:13","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T21:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.4pluspublications.com\/en\/?post_type=product&#038;p=2269"},"modified":"2025-07-15T09:43:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T07:43:15","slug":"mkm144117-messerschmitt-me-262b-night-fighter","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.4pluspublications.com\/en\/produkt\/mkm144117-messerschmitt-me-262b-night-fighter\/","title":{"rendered":"[MKM144117] Messerschmitt Me 262B \u2018Night Fighter\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Me 262 Schwalbe was a German jet fighter designed by the team led by Willy Messerschmitt. It was one of the most advanced warplanes to see front-line service during WWII. Its protracted development began in 1939, but aerodynamics research work and jet engine development delayed its mass production.<br \/>\nThe two-seat aircraft based on the Me 262A-series was conceived in August 1943, but its prototype, a Blohm und Voss-converted Me 262 S5 was first flown only in July 1944.<br \/>\nTwo basic B-models existed: the Me 262B-1a trainer and the Me 262B-1a\/U1 night-fighter.<br \/>\nIn total, some 29 Me 262Bs were modified, with the conversions shared between B&#038;V and DLH. The Me 262B-1a\/U1 night-fighters were all modifications, either from already-adapted B-1a trainer aircraft or directly from Me 262A airframes.<br \/>\nThe Me 262B was an all-metal low-wing monoplane, of a streamlined design and with two cockpits in tandem. It was powered by two Jumo 004 turbojets suspended under the wings. It was fitted with a swept-back wing and a tricycle landing gear. It had a long clear-view canopy and was fitted with a non-ejection seats. Carriage of the four MK 108 cannons in the nose was intended for all the night-fighters; however, one of the NJG 11-operated Me 262B-1a\/U1 had its lower two MK 108 cannons replaced by a pair of MG 151\/20 guns. Due to revised fuel tankage the Me 262B-1a\/U1 carried two pylons with external fuel tanks under the front fuselage.<br \/>\nA number of Me 262s fell into Allied hands and some were examined in Britain, the USSR and the USA post-war.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Colour schemes included in the kit:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) Messerschmitt Me 262B-1a\/U1, Red 10 (W.Nr. 110635), 10.\/NJG 11, Luftwaffe, Schleswig-Jagel Air Base, Germany, May 1945 and Royal Aircraft Establishment, Oxfordness Air Base, U.K., November 1946-47<\/p>\n<p>2) Messerschmitt Me 262B-1a\/U1, Red 9 (W.Nr. 110306), 10.\/NJG 11, Luftwaffe, Schleswig-Jagel Air Base, Germany, May 1945 and U.S. Army Air Force, July 1945<\/p>\n<p>3) Messerschmitt Me 262B-1a, White 9 (W.Nr. 110494), III.\/EJG 2, Luftwaffe, Lechfeld Air Base, Germany, January 1945<\/p>\n<p>4) Messerschmitt Me 262B (W.Nr. unknown), NII VVS (Scientific Research Institute of the Army Air Forces of the Soviet Union), Chkalovsky Air Base, Soviet Union, September 1946<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Assembly instructions:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-710\" src=\"http:\/\/www.4pluspublications.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pdf-download.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"58\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.4pluspublications.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/MKM144117-Me-262B_instr-web.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MKM144117 Me 262B_instr web<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>RELEASED 2\/2020<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>SOLD OUT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Two injection-moulded kits are supplied in this box and each kit contains 38 parts and one clear part (the cockpit canopy). One small fret with photo-etched parts and a comprehensive decal sheet are included.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4678\" src=\"http:\/\/www.4pluspublications.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/smiley-click-here-moving_p1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"95\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eshop.miniwing.cz\/category\/mark-i-models\/mark-i-models-1-144\/messerschmitt-me-262b-night-fighter-2in1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On-line order<\/a><\/strong><\/span> (MARK I Modeller\u02bcs Boutique via Miniwing\u02bcs e-shop)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4684\" src=\"http:\/\/www.4pluspublications.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Paypal-logo_r.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"39\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Have you checked our reference material &#8211; a 4+ monograph?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1188\" src=\"http:\/\/www.4pluspublications.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/smiley-reading.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.4pluspublications.com\/en\/produkt\/4026-messerschmitt-me-262-two-seat-variants\/\">4+026<\/a>] Messerschmitt Me 262 Two-seat variants<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2270,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[39],"product_tag":[72,27],"class_list":["post-2269","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-144kitjet","product_tag-plakitjet","product_tag-plakit","first","outofstock","shipping-taxable","product-type-simple"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4pluspublications.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/2269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4pluspublications.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4pluspublications.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4pluspublications.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4pluspublications.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4pluspublications.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=2269"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4pluspublications.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=2269"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4pluspublications.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=2269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}