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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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| | | | | Re: Me163 - WWII German Rocket Fighter —Drew Lawrence
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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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| | | | | | | Re: Me163 - WWII German Rocket Fighter —George Haberberger
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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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| | | | | | | | | Re: Me163 - WWII German Rocket Fighter —Drew Lawrence
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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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| | | | | | | Re: Me163 - WWII German Rocket Fighter —Gary Thomas
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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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| | | | | Re: Me163 - WWII German Rocket Fighter —Gary Thomas
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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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| | | | | German Planes We'd Like to See —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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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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| | | | | | | Re: German Planes We'd Like to See —Shaun Sullivan
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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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| | | | | Re: Me163 - WWII German Rocket Fighter —Andrew Lillie
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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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| | | | | | Re: Me163 - WWII German Rocket Fighter —Gary Thomas
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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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