WW2 Twins Inspiration Gallery

[AdrianMF]

39 minutes ago, vppelt68 said:

Now I know why I had so far skipped all those Frog, Matchbox, Italorrible and Fine Molds attempts.

Ha! Might have to dig my FROG 410 up this year, just out of bloody-mindedness...

[Enzo the Magnificent]

1 hour ago, AdrianMF said:

Ha! Might have to dig my FROG 410 up this year, just out of bloody-mindedness...

 

 

I admire bloody-mindedness.

 

[Dermo245]

Here's three of mine. Wonder why I can't find pics of my PM Models Ta-154 🤪

All built when I was still brushing with the hairysticks.

Cheers, Dermot

 

Italeri B-25B in Doolittle Raider scheme

 

 

Airfix Hs-129

 

 

Revell (ex-Frog) Ar-234 Blitz

 

 

 

 

[Nanond]

My previous twins. It's time to add some more.

[Marklo]

Do17 Yugoslav markings

 

Captured ju88


Israeli Meteor

 

Brazilian meteor ( do jets qualify?)

 

Ta154 

Edited January 5 by Marklo

[vppelt68]

1 hour ago, Marklo said:

Do17 Yugoslav markings

 

Captured ju88


Israeli Meteor

 

Brazilian meteor ( do jets qualify?)

Cheers Mark, operational jets during the WW2, before VE or VJ days qualify, post-war schemes unfortunately not.

I wonder if there was any twin jets in the PTO at all, which would mean the cut-off date is 8.5.45 for the propless beasts.

V-P

[Marklo]

6 hours ago, vppelt68 said:

I wonder if there was any twin jets in the PTO at all

I don’t think so. The meteor was ultra top secret and wasn’t allowed into German airspace in the European theatre and I don’t think flew anywhere else until after VJ Day.

[theplasticsurgeon]

As I've just started a Matchbox Havoc, here are my previous builds of that kit.

First a UK based USAAF, that took part in D-Day.

Next an RAF aircgaft.

Finally the one that I have the kit for, a Pacific raider, which I'll be building.

This model has lost a propeller, so a timely replacement.

[LorenSharp]

10 hours ago, vppelt68 said:

Cheers Mark, operational jets during the WW2, before VE or VJ days qualify, post-war schemes unfortunately not.

I wonder if there was any twin jets in the PTO at all, which would mean the cut-off date is 8.5.45 for the propless beasts.

V-P

Japanese had the Nakajima Kikka, but it had it's first test flight on August 7th, 1945 and only flew once(can't fathom why?) I was going to put one in the inspiration Gallery until remembered when It first flew. Same would be for the American P-59. It was still in the test phase at the end of the war. Another one I wanted to add. But C'est la Guerre.

[theplasticsurgeon]

I've just started a P-38 Lighting thread, so here are my previous Forked-Tail Devils.

An ancient Airfix P-38J, built 1987.

Newer Airfix model, completed as a P-322 Castrated Lightning in 2005.

Hasegawa P-38J, built 2005.

Matchbox, built 2005.

Dragon P-38M, built 2007.  This built was no trouble at all.

Revell, built as an F-5B photo-Lightning in 2012.

Dragon P-38L Pathfinder, built 2015.  This build really confirmed the expression DragonFit!

Hasegawa P-38J, built 2022.

and finally and RS, completed as an F-4A in 2022.  This one put up an epic fight! 

 

[AC87]

[Enzo the Magnificent]

18 hours ago, LorenSharp said:

Japanese had the Nakajima Kikka, but it had it's first test flight on August 7th, 1945 and only flew once(can't fathom why?)

 

It nearly flew twice.   The second flight was with RATO gear fitted.   The RATO units were far too powerful and caused the aircraft to strike its tail on the runway when they fired.   The pilot aborted takeoff but the aircraft ran off the end of the runway into a drainage ditch, severely damaging the undercarriage. 

[TonyW]

More vault raiding...

 

A FROG Penguin Dornier dating from WW2. Not the most accurate Dornier but not a bad effort by FROG considering we were fighting the Germans at the time. References were a bit thin on the ground. 

I restored this one from a scruffy original years ago. Most of the work required was straightening up the terrible warping these old models suffer from. 

 

 

The paints used were all period oil based but still usable. Transfers were all old stock and the cammo pattern was copied from an early forties Flight photo.

 

 

From the Heller GB, a pair of French AF twins,

 

 

The Airfix SM79

 

 

 

[stevej60]

Hi folk's my past builds are very sparse as far as twin engined types mainly for past classic GB's so Airfix old Meteor.

 

Airfix flying pencil.

 

Frog Maryland.

 

Hobbyboss BF110

Hobbyboss Dornier Arrow.

 

 

[Alex Gordon]

G'day Chums,

I've built a handful over the last forty odd years but these are the ones I have piccies of;

 

Tamiya 1/48 Meteor F3

 

 

Airfix 1/72 Pe 2

 

Hobbyboss 1/72 Me 262

 

Airfix 1/72 B 26

 

Promodeller 1/48 Bf 110 G 6

 

Revell 1/48 Mosquito

 

Tamiya 1/48 Mosquito

 

Unsympathetic storage and yellowing Humbrol enamel varnish haven't been kind to the last three but such is life.

Thanks for looking in chums.

 

Edited February 12 by Alex Gordon
Replace Village Photos URLs.

[RC Boater Bill]

For no particular reason, I just haven’t done WW2 twins much in the last 23 years, after picking up the hobby again in earnest.   The Academy PBY-5 Catalina is from 2003, and was my first ever “build article” for a website….

(https://modelingmadness.com/review/allies/us/michaelspby.htm)

 

I think it also my most recent WW2 twin, as the C-45 and C-47 I’ve done since were in postwar markings…and the Widgeon is in pre-war colors….

 

 

I do have multiple eligible twins in the stash now — I had 12 to pick from!

(Went with the new Airfix B-25B Mitchell.)

 

Edited January 19 by RC Boater Bill
changed “may have been” to “was”

[Thom216]

Here's a little inspiration for someone who wouldn't mind a little scratch building. I was looking at pics of the Me-410 when I came across this pic of a twin-tail Me-210 V0 prototype.

 

And the V1 with enlarged rudders before going to the single tail unit.

https://airpages.ru/eng/lw/me210.shtml#google_vignette

 

 

Edited January 10 by Thom216

[Enzo the Magnificent]

On 10/01/2024 at 02:37, Thom216 said:

Here's a little inspiration for someone who wouldn't mind a little scratch building.

 

The biggest problem with that would be the canopy.  Everything else would be fairly routine.  It would certainly be an eyecatcher. 

[JOCKNEY]

Here's a few from me

 

Heller / Smer Amiot 143

 

Airfix Hampden

 

Airfix Grumman Widgeon / Gosling 

 

Frog Dornier Do.17Z-2

 

Italeri Heinkel He111H6

 

Revell Junkers Ju-88C-6c

 

Cheers Pat

[mark.au]

I have completed a few of these lately, you may pick up on a theme 🙂 ...

 

 

 

 

Some great work displayed in this thread!

 

Cheers.

 

 

[Adam Poultney]

My classic Airfix Do17F for inspiration 

 

For its age, it's a fantastic kit and builds into a convinving model of the early Do17. It's an easier starting point than the RS kit in my stash... hoping this makes an appearance in Airfix's vintage range. 

 

[Adam Poultney]

On 06/01/2024 at 15:18, AC87 said:

Which kit is your mkii beaufighter?

[Romeo Alpha Yankee]

Wow! A lot of great inspirational models here. It actually reminded me a few in the stash I had forgotten about.

 

Here are my completed twins:

 

Airifx 1/72 Anson

 

A couple of 1/72 Airfix Mossies

 

A couple of 1/72 Airfix Dakotas - New tool

 

and original tool

 

Matchbox 1/72 B-25J What- If

 

Airifx 1/72 P-61 What-If

[Adam Poultney]

Here's another one I just thought to post on here

 

 

 

[modelling minion]

An ICM 1/48 Do-17Z-3 I built a few years ago.

 

 

Airfix's superb B-25 finished in Soviet markings;

 

 

ICM 1/48 Ju-88 built for the recent STGB.

 

 

 

 

Tamiya 1/48 Beaufighter VI in RAAF markings.

 

 

Thanks for looking.

 

Craig.