Eduard 1/48 Heinkel 280 V3
Profipack Kit 8049

This is an early Eduard kit, not nearly as early as the Siemens Schuckert D.IIIIa which was the first Eduard kit I built, and later found out it was also Eduard's first kit. 
Some parts in that kit were hiding inside plastic blobs.  The He-280 kits are far along from that standard, but still clearly not near the fine kits they are currently producing. 
 Two versions were built, one as a Profipack with alternate Jumo or He-S8 engine nacelles, a comprehensive decal sheet (unusable due to age), and a photoech fret.  The clear
parts are very nice injection molded parts, with options for both open and closed, but the hood is not sized properly to fit in the open position.  Resin wheels and canopy
masks are included.  The other kit you might call a weekend edition but this was before Eduard had started that.  It has the He-S8 nacelles only, decals for the V3
version only, no PE fret, and no resin wheels.  It does have canopy masks and a molded nose weight like the Profipack.  The plastic parts are identical and of good quality and generally nice fit.

The kit number for the simpler kit is 8048, the Profipack is 8049.

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