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  1. Fieseler Fi.103 (FZG76) V-1 "Flying Bomb" (SH32071) 1:32 Special Hobby Toward the end of WWII Hitler was scrambling around for technological ways to dig Nazi Germany out of the hole he had dug for them by attacking almost all of Europe, thereby turning most of the world against them. He relied heavily on nebulous "Wunderwaffe", or wonder-weapons that would save his bacon at the last minute, forgetting (or ignoring) the fact that continuous development of new weapons and technology saps manufacturing capacity and scientific knowledge away from existing projects that are already proving their worth. The Vergeltungswaffen-1 was one such weapon, known as the V-1, V-1 Flying Bomb, Doodlebug or Buzz-bomb due to the rasping note of the pulsejet that powered it. It was made using minimal strategic materials, mostly welded steel for the fuselage and plywood for the wings, with an Argus pulsejet engine, a glorified blowlamp, mounted high on the rear of the tail, short straight wings and elevators, the controls for which were made by compressed air that also pressurised the fuel tank. They were launched from a ramp because the pulsejet won't work properly until it has substantial airflow, which was achieved using a rocket-propelled trolley that was jettisoned at the end of the ramp. They could also be air-launched by specially adapted He.111s, and their range was adjusted by adding or subtracting fuel and pointing it in the direction of London. Their downfall was the size of the gantries, which were static and easily spotted for destruction, plus the relatively small explosive payload. Once the Allies pushed into France they were no longer able to be launched from ramps due to their range, so air-launch was the only option, and that slowed down their influx to a relative crawl. The newly completed Tempests were perfectly suited to shooting them down, and there are stories of them being tipped off course and shot down, as well as downed by Anti-Aircraft fire. The Kit This is a new tool kit that has doubtless been produced due to the Tempest that Special Hobby also have in this scale, so they go together well. It arrives in a small (think 1:72 fighter) box with a painting of a V-1 crossing the channel on the front and a jet-powered Meteor climbing to intercept it. Under the lid are three sprues of mid-grey styrene, a small decal sheet, a fret of Photo-Etch (PE) brass and a short instruction booklet. The Doodlebug has none of the niceties such as cockpit, landing gear etc., so it should be a quick build that is made to stand out by its paint finish and weathering. Construction begins with the combined fuselage and pulsejet housing halves, with a rusty colour used inside the combustion tube. The intake and baffles are added to the front before closure, and that's the fuselage almost finished. The nose cone can take one of three forms. A bucket-shaped protective cover, the most usually seen pointed nose-cone with spinner tip, or a yellow semi-recessed globe, the purpose of which I'm not sure of. A test cone, or the bare warhead? Answers on a postcard. A length of conduit connects the nose to the engine, and the tail planes are added to the slots in the rear under the pulsejet, with PE actuators for the rudder that is built into the rear jet support. The wings are kept level by the use of a styrene spar part that should make installing them simple, as well as strengthening the join. The spar has two marks that must show one on each side before they are glued in place. After that has set, you can slide the wings on, which are both made from top and bottom halves, plus a small bulkhead at the root, which will be useful if you are showing your model with the wings stowed. That's the bomb built, but there's a trolley that goes with it, making displaying your model an easier task. This has four twin castor wheels, a rectangular base frame, pull handle and trestle to hold the fuselage in place. If you are stowing the wings, there are two additional trestles with PE retention straps that have grooves in for the wings, which store tilted against the fuselage. A nice addition that will save you from having to build a launch ramp in the garden! Markings The decal sheet is small, and consists of stencils only apart from a later B-2 variant that has a pair of interlinking red crosses on the forward fuselage to tell it from its externally identical brethren that were loaded with less powerful explosives. From the box you can build one of the following: Fi.103A-1 W.Nr. 768658 Fi.103A-1 W.Nr. 707219, France 1944 Fi.103B-2 France, summer 1944 Decals are crisp and clear, and you'll be masking and painting your red crosses for option C yourself, so prepare that area with white primer, spray it red and then mask it with narrow tape before you paint the main colours, unless you have some red decal strip on hand. Conclusion I've always found the V-1s fascinating, and having a nice new tooling of one in a scale where the painting can be done in detail is tempting. It's also tempting to stand one next to a Typhoon or one of HK's Meteors as well. Highly recommended. Review sample courtesy of
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