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Instead of wasting my time studying for finals, I decided to do something useful and built another plane instead. This MOC is a WWII-era Me163 rocket fighter (Germany). It was hard getting all the curves to look right, but I feel it came out fairly (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military) !!
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(...) to the original. The curvature is well done too, especially the nose and tail. The fuel wagon is a hoot! Do you have one for each fuel? :) (...) It looked OK to me--but then again, in this group we're more likely to be aware of such Komet-type (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) snapped up another one, and an excellent rendition, too. The Star Wars canopy works well in this case, thanks! So what's left, the Me-262, Ju-88, some Heinkel and Dornier bombers? The wooden jet fighter that never really flew? The humongous 6 (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Dude!! Thats awesome!! You did a great job on that model, my friend. The nosecone is simply inspired! BTW, just a detail, the Me163 was also known as the "Komet." (...) Nope, I've already started on the Me-262 ^_^ `Drew (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) I can't wait to see your engines on the Me-262, I'm having trouble envisioning them in minifig scale. George (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Thanks, I appreciate the nice comments. (...) Hmm, not sure yet. German aircraft of that era had a lot of style, which is why I like to model them, but there's a few Allied aircraft I'm thinking of doing. There's a few more German planes I'd (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Thanks Lindsay, I appreciate the comments. I was trying to get the wings a bit more accurate by sweeping them slightly, but it was way too flimsy. I might try it again one of these days. (...) Ha, good point :). I guess this one would be the (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Thanks! The nosecone started the whole thing - I was trying to figure out what I could use the 4x4 cone for, when I noticed it matched well with the 2x2 concave slopes. (...) Cool, I'd love to see it when your done. I had given up on doing (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) I'm not worried about the engines, actually. Its the annoying sloped nose and the angled body that I've been having trouble with. If you take a look at an Me-262 from the nose, you'll note that the body is almost triangle shaped, sloping into (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | German Planes We'd Like to See
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(...) The "wooden jet fighter" I think you're talking about is the He162 (Salamander), which *did* fly, however poorly. They even had an Erprobungskommando outfitted with the things, but they were strictly forbidden from engaging enemy aircraft. Or (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) [snippage] (...) I would definitely love to see an Me-262 ... I'm glad to hear that there are some of these in the works! Another one I'd *love* to behold would be a true minifig-scale B-17 (1 stud~1 ft ... I know it's not German, but what a (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) <delurk> There's always my childhood favorite: the Blohm und Voss BV 141. (URL) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Wow this thing is great.Nice to you went for accuracy in the decals.To me it means you include all symbols from that era even if you deem it bad(which if you really look into history it's not) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Damn! I was hoping nobody would mention this plane. I've actually done one, but it kind of morphed into my previous post of the He219. I was thinking of redoing it now that picked up a few parts off Brickbay. I thought for sure nobody would (...) (23 years ago, 14-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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Wow! I love this! so smooth, the shape is perfect, instantly recognizable, wow, this is really good, Great work! -Geordan- (...) (23 years ago, 15-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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Gary and all, sorry to redirect this thread a bit, but I thought I should share: (...) The glazed nose is still an issue I haven't gotten around--all of my solutions just screw with the proportions a little too much. But I have found some excellent (...) (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Are you using an A-Wing canopy? Seems like it would look fairly close. I guess it depends on how everything else is scaled though. Please post some shots whenever you get a chance though, I'm interested in how you handle the engine and (...) (23 years ago, 23-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Okay... I looked at that site.. I thought I knew of a lot of the X-planes Germany was working on.. I GOTTA ask... the Germans didn't have ALL of those things in the works...?? Some of those have to be someone's fictional ideas... right? (looks (...) (23 years ago, 28-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) As far as I know, none of those planes were fictional, though most were just paper proposals. The sawblade Fw-500 thing seems pretty far-fetched though. - Gary (...) (23 years ago, 28-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Well.. that was one of them.. the other that seemed far-fetched to me was this one: (URL) then... I looked again at it's neighbor on that page: (URL) me amazed. This is far beyond anything I've ever read about. Guess I wasn't reading in the (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) Yeah, I was totally floored by that one, also. Seems legitimate though - kind of scary if you think about it. Might have been a different world... Thanks, Gary (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.military)
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