1/72 Italeri Me210A

[TJ]

This is a really nice kit. Only not pick is the way the canopy was divided. Strange seam lines

[406 Silverado]

This is another aircraft fave of mine and one that you've done a great job with Johnny. I've heard the same issue with the Italeri kit about the seam line in the canopy. I've got the MENG version in my stash complete with a metal 50mm cannon.

[TJ]

Jun 30, 2023 5:47:57 GMT -5 406 Silverado said:

This is another aircraft fave of mine and one that you've done a great job with Johnny. I've heard the same issue with the Italeri kit about the seam line in the canopy. I've got the MENG version in my stash complete with a metal 50mm cannon.

Thanks again. I've got 2 ProModeler 1/48 Me410's in the stash. And 7 Fine Molds 1/72 kits

[Joe Rix]

Righteous 210 TJ. You did a really sweet job on it. I also think the 210/410 are really sharp looking.

[robbo]

Nice build

[stikpusher]

Nice clean build TJ. The 410 has a completely different look than the 110, and Im not sure which I really prefer...

[handiabled]

I love these! great looking build!

[TJ]

Jun 30, 2023 9:39:16 GMT -5 Joe Rix said:

Righteous 210 TJ. You did a really sweet job on it. I also think the 210/410 are really sharp looking.

Thanks Joe. Its surprising how different the wing is between the 210 and 410

[TJ]

Jun 30, 2023 11:25:54 GMT -5 robbo said:

Nice build

Thanks

[TJ]

Jun 30, 2023 14:16:32 GMT -5 stikpusher said:

Nice clean build TJ. The 410 has a completely different look than the 110, and Im not sure which I really prefer...

The 110 is the girl who was very tomboyish in middle school. The 210/410 was when she grew up and started wearing skirts

[TJ]

Jun 30, 2023 14:34:47 GMT -5 handiabled said:

I love these! great looking build!

Thanks

[Leon]

Really nice work on the 210!

[jeaton01]

The reason there was a 410 is the 210 wasn't so hot and needed a lot of work. Teenage girl, I guess. Unpredictable handling. The 410 was basically the same airplane but incorporated wing slots, a longer fuselage and larger engines, and all of the changes developed in two years of testing on the 210. It could have been called a 210 but nobody wanted to hear that number again. Willy Messerschmitt lost his job as a result of the 210 program.

[stikpusher]

Jun 30, 2023 17:13:40 GMT -5 jeaton01 said:

The reason there was a 410 is the 210 wasn't so hot and needed a lot of work. Teenage girl, I guess. Unpredictable handling. The 410 was basically the same airplane but incorporated wing slots, a longer fuselage and larger engines, and all of the changes developed in two years of testing on the 210. It could have been called a 210 but nobody wanted to hear that number again. Willy Messerschmitt lost his job as a result of the 210 program.

Yet didn’t he create and refine the 262 in the same time period?

[jeaton01]

He still worked as an engineer but Erhard Milch used the opportunity to replace him as Chairman and Managing Director. Theo Chroneiss assumed those positions. Milch held a great dislike of Messerschmitt from the beginning of the company.