2Step Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 (edited) I always wanted that a/c, but the resin kit was too expensive for my taste, so when it came out as injection, I couldn't resist .... It is actually one of the few of my kits that are only partly painted with a brush: the alu is from a rattle can. (I am really no good with air brush) and a link with some extra pictures ... https://photos.app.goo.gl/r8qaG8MQxEzeXZmd6 Edited August 23, 2019 by 2Step additional text 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 This looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil5208 Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Excellent work and diorama Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammy da fish Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Very interesting scheme there, well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Lovley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersonic Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Great Dio scene! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo88 Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Another brilliant diorama. I see the sheep have wisely kept away this time!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Step Posted August 24, 2019 Author Share Posted August 24, 2019 as to the diorama praise: it is all one big diorama, just that the pics are taken from different angles. as to the wildlife: I got: dogs, sheep, goats, oxen, cows, donkeys (or mules, hard to tell), pigs, birds of prey, snakes, butterflies and some mice/rats (I guess that depends on the size). 😛 Sorry - out of focus, but you get the idea I used a Pegasus Farm Animals set (mostly because I wanted the oxen for towing the airplanes when fuel runs out) and a 1/87 bugs and field animals from Preiser, which are a little bit to big for the 48 scale (and way to big for their original purpose - the bumble bee is the size of the head of a HO person and would be great for a horror flick scene 😳) Here is an overview from the (yet uncompleted) airfield Sorry, no prize if you find all the animals 🦖 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Getting Old Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 Brilliant work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SafetyDad Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Excellent! Your builds are very convincing and the large diorama (where you can add, move and adjust the components as new models are completed) is really well done. Very impressed here SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Superb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilfish Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Lovely build, but you do realise your jets are pointing down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Step Posted September 3, 2019 Author Share Posted September 3, 2019 @devilfish the jets are fixed to the rotors/wings, but these are even in the kit movable, as is the ring they are attached to. So you could adjust them for vertical take-off/landing or horizontal flight. Actually, in some of the pictures they are pointing the right way. One thing that I have not found explained in the books is: these are ramjets that normally need a certain speed to function (AFAIK, I am an operator, not technician). So one would think that the a/c could not take of without an additional help??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattlow Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Nice work My understanding regards the need to get the ramjet up to speed before it works is that each pod had a small rocket as well which would get the ramjet up to operational speed... I suspect anyone close to this project was very relieved when the war ended prior to any build and test proceeding.. More of a potential 'coffin' than the Me 163... Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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