{"product_id":"the-lindberg-line-1-4-scale-1-48-messerschmitt-me-262-538-98","title":"The Lindberg Line 1\/4 Scale 1\/48 Messerschmitt Me-262 (538-98)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Messerschmitt Me-262 was the world’s first operational jet fighter, entering Luftwaffe service in 1944 and demonstrating a performance advantage over every Allied piston-engined aircraft it encountered. Faster than a Spitfire XIV by over 100mph, the Me-262 could have been decisive had Hitler not delayed its deployment by insisting it be developed as a bomber first. As it was, the Schwalbe — “Swallow” — arrived in too few numbers to alter the course of the air war, but it changed aviation history permanently. Lindberg’s 1957 kit was produced barely twelve years after the aircraft itself flew in combat — one of the early American plastic kits to tackle this legendary subject.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a vintage kit from 1957, and it shows signs of its age - see photos. Kit is complete and un-started. Instructions and decals are missing. Instructions can be downloaded from Scalemates or similar.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Lindberg Line","offers":[{"title":"Good (G)","offer_id":52143006712149,"sku":"PRELOVED-LBG-538-98","price":100.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0992\/8287\/8805\/files\/s-l960_31a281fc-ddd7-4ae1-900f-327e4aeb0f38.webp?v=1766506578","url":"https:\/\/monstermodelsandgames.co.uk\/products\/the-lindberg-line-1-4-scale-1-48-messerschmitt-me-262-538-98","provider":"Monster Models and Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}