The cockpit consisted of a seat and stick. I added a pilot, side panels (to hide the open engines) and an instrument panel.
Its not a lot of parts and I closed up the landing gear bays for an in flight model.
My refernce was a drawing I found on the internet.
I preshaded the few panel lines and applied the white markings.
I applied RLM78 (Testors) on the underside and RLM79 (Testors) on the topside. The dark brown is Testors rubber in the square bottle. The mini dots are RLM78 again.
Decals came from generic sheets or scrap sheets.
After a flat coat was applied I removed the cockpit masking. The only remaining parts to add were two small engine nozzles and a loop antenna. I decided the loop antenna did not look right and just left the small hump where the Antenna went.
I applied an image of my reference photo to a wood base to make a stand. My intention was to have my model be the 4th plane in formation with the image.
Kerber Wow! Great color scheme and work too! You just gave me the idea for my old, semi-destroyed Horten...
1 July 2016, 13:47
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Luftwaffe '46 Build
Tunisia, Fall of 1946
After stopping the red Army with nuclear strikes in Poland and the US/British Forces during the Ardennes Offensive (which destroyed all the allied Northern Armies) the war entered a stalemate in Europe. This gave Germany time to rebuild its forces including its jet fighters. Desperately in need of Oil, the Germans launched a surprise attack on Northern Africa. The Allies were taken by surprise as hundreds of Germans parachuted into the supply dumps set up by the allies. With enough supplies to last a good while, the Germans flew in their most effective fighters and fighter bombers to support their forces.
The Ho-229's acted as long range fighter and attack aircraft using their 30mm cannons to great affect. The 229's and Ta-183's enjoyed huge successes against the allied piston engine fighters. However by the fall of 1946, the allies were once again closing the loop on Germany's Africa adventures. A major offensive launched by the British and lead by their new Comet
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