[MOC] Messerschmitt Me 262

[legomanijak]

The Messerschmitt Me 262 was the world's first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft. A historical documentary I saw on TV inspired me to build this aircraft in particular. It features retractable landing gear and just enough space to fit a minifig head inside the cockpit. The main colour of the fighter is Dark bluish gray while the underside of the plane is mostly done in Light bluish gray.

Lego Messerschmitt Me 262 by legomanijak, on Flickr

by legomanijak, on Flickr

 by legomanijak, on Flickr

In order to retract the landing gear a small hatch has to be removed first and afterwards the landing gear has been retracted the hatch can be returned to it's position.

 by legomanijak, on Flickr

by legomanijak, on Flickr

by legomanijak, on Flickr

by legomanijak, on Flickr

by legomanijak, on Flickr

by legomanijak, on Flickr

by legomanijak, on Flickr

by legomanijak, on Flickr

 by legomanijak, on Flickr

by legomanijak, on Flickr

by legomanijak, on Flickr

by legomanijak, on Flickr

by legomanijak, on Flickr

 

Edited February 2 by legomanijak
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[meliander]

Amazing work! I love how the underside is polished, too.

[Dardanel]

I'm loving this, especially the cockpit!

[legomanijak]

7 hours ago, meliander said:

Amazing work! I love how the underside is polished, too.

Thanks! That was the the only part of the plane which actually sorted itself out pretty quickly, every other thing (wings, front, back, cockpit, landing gear...) required a lot of planing and experimenting in order to make it work.

5 minutes ago, Dardanel said:

I'm loving this, especially the cockpit!

Glad you like it :)

[Man with a hat]

Great job. The complicated shapes and curves are really well done.

[Flashback333]

Wow, nice work. The main gear is a masterpiece.

[legomanijak]

On 4/7/2020 at 8:33 PM, Man with a hat said:

Great job. The complicated shapes and curves are really well done.

Thank you! It certainly was a trial and error process.

22 hours ago, Flashback333 said:

Wow, nice work. The main gear is a masterpiece.

Thanks!

[jimmynick]

You've done a great job getting the contours on this and I'm doubly impressed you've managed to fit a minifig head inside the cockpit! Lovely, thanks for sharing.

[legomanijak]

On 4/10/2020 at 4:08 AM, jimmynick said:

You've done a great job getting the contours on this and I'm doubly impressed you've managed to fit a minifig head inside the cockpit! Lovely, thanks for sharing.

Not gonna lie, took me quite a bit of time until I was satisfied with the angles, proportions and everything else. Glad you like the end product!

[Mr G]

That’s really good! ?

[K_Tiger]

*Blue Öyster Cult intensifies*

Really nice build!