Ho229B Nachtjager 1/48 DML

[ojays]

Just found this on one of the Luftwaffe sites I frequent.

Unsure if it's a real photo or not, but still may be of interest for the insignia!

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[stona]

That picture looks retouched but I think it is genuine. It is not an Ho 229 but rather the H Vc. What you can't see very easily in the picture is the two pusher propellers driven by two Hirth HM 60Rs producing a mere 79 hp each.

This was one of several experimental aircraft, sometimes described as 'motor gliders', used by the Hortens to demonstrate the feasibility and practicality of the flying wing design.

This aircraft first flew in May 1942, so the time period is sometime after that.

It was more modestly sized than future projects.



This is another in flight picture, probably taken on the same flight as that posted by Gregg. It's a perfectly reasonable reference for the position of the Balkenkreuz. Also notice that there are no swastikas.



Cheers

Steve

[Guest]

Dave ,Polux , Colin thanks! Gregg thanks for the pic thats great. Steve thanks for the additional pics ,so no Swastikas on my 229 will be just fine.

Taking some liberties with the missile paint schemes,and why not its a Luft 46 subject .









Thinking about doing a Purple and blue splinter similar to that on the ww1 Gotha bomber as kinda of a tie into the Gotha plant ,what do you all think?

[flyjoe180]

Awesome cruise missiles Trey. Did you paint those shark mouths and skulls? I think that scheme would make a nice tribute to the First World War scheme.

[Guest]

Those missiles are great Trey! How about the lozenge camo pattern? It'll only take a bit of masking ...

[Guest]

Joe thanks ,the red on the mouth and the black grim reaper are decals. The white skulls are partial decal and some paint everything else was painted.

Patrick thanks not sure if I'm up for a lozenge job ,my head hurts just thinking about it.

Really leaning toward the purple/blue splinter I think it would still be 'Nachtjager' friendly and yet be unique

there are some really sharp pics of it on their site here

http://www.wingnutwings.com/ww/productdetail?productid=3006&cat=5

[Guest]

After looking at the Fug 218 Neptune system that the kit supplies I decided that would'nt do. Following Luft 46 logic my geuss would be the cleaner and more aerodynamic Fug 240 would fit the bill nicely. I set about scrounging through the spares bin and found a decent donor drop tank. My idea was to not just plop it on the nose and mess up the clean lines and in theory the airflow to the intakes but rather tuck it up under a bit and blend it in,hope you all approve and please feel free to chime in with some opinions/debates about the late war radar and if this woudl've actually been plausible.









cheers Trey

[Guest]

It's an ingenious idea Trey, but my first thought was that it's quite ugly! I'll defer to the opinion of the more experienced guys, but how about wingtip mounted radar in streamlined fairings?

[Guest]

Great job Trey.

Francesco

[stona]

I'm sure they'd have fitted the latest centimetric AI radar to such an advanced night fighter so the FuG 240 (or even 244 which might be stretching even luft '46 a bit) has got to be a good option.

I don't think wing tip fairings are an option for what was quite a large and heavy installation. The dish had a 70cm diameter I think.

Cheers

Steve

[papa 695]

Looking very good Trey I think the radar looks good and plausible

[Guest]

Patrick thanks,yes it is a bit of a looks spoiler and I was so trying to avoid that by blending it in under the nose.

Francesco thank you!

Steve appreciate the technical input and compliment, to accomadate the 70cm dish I'm geussing the Radom would need to be a bit bigger

Thanks Ian !

After a preshade I started on the cammo using some tinted purple & blue matched off the GothaIV on the wingnut site followed by some random mottle and faint wellenmuster with some RLM 71/75and 76. The decals are a mix of kit and spares

[Guest]

Trey this looks great, love the colour scheme and very nicely applied.

[Guest]

Thanks Steve, appreciate that.

[Guest]

I love that camo scheme Trey! It looks really good & expertly applied as usual.