Finnish Ramjet-meteoriitti

[FPDPenguin]

Hey all. The what if section is new to me. But I love the idea. 

 

I have a gloster meteor that I use to practice things on, and I decided to have a bit of a kit bash on it the other day. 

 

Well here it is. 

 

An airfix 1/72 gloster meteor, with some bits on to make a 'ram jet' 

 

I have a new airbrush so decided I'd test out doing Luftwaffe camo. 

 

Then I remembered I have some finnish markings for a polikarpov. 

 

I haven't weathered it yet, or sorted out a landing gear. 

 

 

 

 

First attempt at doing this kind of camo. I punctured random holes in thick tinfoil, like the kind you get for backing trays. And used that as a stencil. 

 

 

 

I'll add a few more pictures when I weather it and sort out the landing gear. 

 

Thanks for looking 

 

🐧 

[2996 Victor]

Great concept, and I love the tin foil stencil idea for mottled camouflage! Brilliant!

Cheers,

Mark

[wellsprop]

That's an impressive engine, I wonder what the pitching moment would be like when power is applied! Great work

[FPDPenguin]

On 21/09/2020 at 13:19, wellsprop said:

That's an impressive engine, I wonder what the pitching moment would be like when power is applied! Great work

"How many times have I told you Nikolas, feather the throttle!" 

[alt-92]

Aerodynamically, I'd suggest vertical endplates on the tail.

Stability in any direction is going to be......interesting