Arado E-581 - 4

ARBA 1/72 & 1/48 AUD $ 20 - 25 (1/72)

William Moore - Reviewed 97

Manufacturers
This kit has been sitting in my cupboard for about 3 years and is now
unobtainable thankfully . This is yet another resin kit of a small 1946
fighter.
Ar E 381
Ar E 555 There is not many parts to this one . You first start with the body which
has two main parts one being the body of the engine area and add the jet
Ar E 580
intakes . Then grab your favourite filler , if you're down to the last 1/3 or
Ar E 581 less go out and purchase some more before starting , you'll need it . After
Ar E 583 a ton of sanding and filling this started to look quite good . Next add the
wing section and fill and sand again and again and again etc. etc.
Ar Project II
Ar TEW 16 Well after all that I'm stuck on this kit , I will return to it later but have run
out of enthusiasm for the moment. 12/1/97

Home Rating : - 1/10 Definitely only for the enthusiast , yes it'll round out your
collection but only if you reaaaallllyy want it , consider the above before
buying . Even the example photo on the cover looks fairly average which
doesn't inspire me .

Here's where I got up to - the silver paint was for picking up the many
problems with the seams.

In the end I passed this to a friend who wanted it desperately and there it's
fate remains .

Dan Johnson advises me that their 1/48 kit of this is quite good and given
the improvement evident in their 1/48 Triebflugel I would buy that
version. Here's a picture of his built up version .

Arado E-581 - 4
ARBA 1/48
Mark Hernandez
Dan's right on the 581, it is really a nice kit. It's only 5 main parts; body
and wings are one piece, intake nose piece, engine pod which also
comprises the cockpit tub and the outer fins on the wings. Yes, it has
white metal gear and L/G doors and seat and a vac canopy.

I spent the time watching the Academy Awards cleaning up the mould
lines and flash on the leading and trailing edges. I also thinned out the
trailing edges. The left wing is slightly thicker than the right wing. The
engine pod to body is a beautiful fit. Just need to clean up the mating
pieces on the front of the engine pod/body to the nose cap. I didn't get a
chance to cut off the mold retainer on the inside of the upper body trailing
edge. This is where the back of the body/wing joins the back of the engine
pod/body.

The only other area some purist may want to do some carving will be the
intake and exhaust. The nose cap can have the area of the intake cut out
with an Xacto but then you'll need to do a little drilling to give it some
depth perception. On the exhaust there is nothing but a solid plug so best
to drill it out and maybe get the onion from an Me262 or buy a 1/48 Jumo
004 from Engine & Things and carve it up. At least on the engine
pod/body it's hollow so you can add lead weight to the very front to try
and get her on her nose wheel. There's not much room elsewhere.