{"product_id":"cobi-messerschmitt-me-262a-1a-schwalbe-set-5776","title":"COBI Messerschmitt Me 262A-1a Schwalbe Set 5776","description":"\u003cp\u003eCOBI's \u003cstrong\u003eMesserschmitt Me 262A-1a Schwalbe\u003c\/strong\u003e is a 1:32 model built from \u003cstrong\u003e505 blocks\u003c\/strong\u003e, with a pilot figure. The canopy lifts off, the undercarriage retracts, and a display stand and plaque are included. All markings are printed onto the blocks rather than applied as stickers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA new nose, eight years late\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis one is worth knowing if you have built a COBI Me 262 before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery previous version — and there have been several since 2018 — used the same nose part that COBI makes for the P-38 Lightning. It was the closest thing in the parts bin, but the Lightning's nose is a much heavier shape, and on the Me 262 it gave the jet a blunt face it never had. Builders have complained about it for years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor this release COBI tooled a new part specifically for the aircraft: slimmer, more sharply tapered, and the fuselage around it was redesigned to suit. That is the difference between set 5776 and the versions that came before it, and it is a real one — the nose is the part of the Me 262 everyone looks at first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe real aircraft was the first jet fighter to fly in combat, and the shape of that nose was dictated by what was not in it: with the engines slung under the wings, the space ahead of the cockpit held four 30 mm cannon and nothing else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIn the COBI range\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet 5773 is the F4U-1 Corsair at the same scale, and 5774 the B-29 Superfortress.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePieces:\u003c\/strong\u003e 505 · \u003cstrong\u003eFigures:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 pilot · \u003cstrong\u003eScale:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1:32 · \u003cstrong\u003eNew nose part\u003c\/strong\u003e · \u003cstrong\u003eNo stickers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"COBI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52913071194394,"sku":"5776","price":59.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0837\/3134\/9786\/files\/5776-box-front.png?v=1789838427","url":"https:\/\/notjustcollectibles.com\/products\/cobi-messerschmitt-me-262a-1a-schwalbe-set-5776","provider":"Not Just Collectibles, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}