Left side
Right Side
General View
Front view showing also added oleo pumps for foot pedals
Instrument panel
Pilot seat
Cockpit tub with pilot seat
complete assembly
domenica 16 febbraio 2014
martedì 11 febbraio 2014
Horten's wonder
April 1945: As Patton’s Third Army rolls through Germany, XIII Corps captures
the Gotha aircraft plant at Friedrichsroda – and with it, fragmentary prototypes
of a mysterious aircraft.
It was the top-secret, highly experimental Horten project. Even if one of the
planes had been fully assembled, it’s doubtful many of the American soldiers who saw it
would have known what to make of a plywood twin-engine jet with no tail, no fuselage,
and no propellers. On a much smaller scale, the Horten 229 resembled the B-2 bomber
first viewed by the public in 1988. But this was 1945 – imagine what Kilroy must have
thought!
A half century later, the Ho 229 still captures the imagination of modelers. And in the
case mine, imagination and research led to details not found in Dragon’s
Ho 229 kit. No matter – armed with photos, drawings, and his own ideas of how things
might have turned out if the aircraft had entered service.
here few shots of the real thing
And here the kit build up
the Gotha aircraft plant at Friedrichsroda – and with it, fragmentary prototypes
of a mysterious aircraft.
It was the top-secret, highly experimental Horten project. Even if one of the
planes had been fully assembled, it’s doubtful many of the American soldiers who saw it
would have known what to make of a plywood twin-engine jet with no tail, no fuselage,
and no propellers. On a much smaller scale, the Horten 229 resembled the B-2 bomber
first viewed by the public in 1988. But this was 1945 – imagine what Kilroy must have
thought!
A half century later, the Ho 229 still captures the imagination of modelers. And in the
case mine, imagination and research led to details not found in Dragon’s
Ho 229 kit. No matter – armed with photos, drawings, and his own ideas of how things
might have turned out if the aircraft had entered service.
here few shots of the real thing
And here the kit build up
Details of new instrument panel
And the Jumo 004B
mercoledì 5 febbraio 2014
Me 262 - 1A/U4
That's one of the last models built, a Me 262 - 1A/U4.
The model is the dragon in 1/48 scale, a reboxing the old kit TRIMASTER, the model was built from the box with a few added details in the cockpit, and the gear bays.
The camo is portraying the aircraft with one of the 4 colors used on this specific aircraft, flown by ace Willy Egret. Only additions are after market resin wheels from Aires and the brass turned barrel from Schatton Modelbau.
The scheme is: RLM 81/82/76, colors are from Gunze Sangy brand.
The model is the dragon in 1/48 scale, a reboxing the old kit TRIMASTER, the model was built from the box with a few added details in the cockpit, and the gear bays.
The camo is portraying the aircraft with one of the 4 colors used on this specific aircraft, flown by ace Willy Egret. Only additions are after market resin wheels from Aires and the brass turned barrel from Schatton Modelbau.
The scheme is: RLM 81/82/76, colors are from Gunze Sangy brand.
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