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Subject: 
Hs132 Jet Divebomber Resource
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Date: 
Sat, 22 Dec 2001 04:44:19 GMT
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   Gary and all, sorry to redirect this thread a bit, but I thought I
   should share:

In lugnet.build.military, Gary Thomas writes:
In lugnet.build.military, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
  Hmmm...I'll have to take a look at it and see about building my own.
  Actually, the Luftwaffe projects on my drawing board are the He162 and
  the Hs132A--the jet divebomber where the pilot lay prone (prototypes
  only, naturally).

I love that plane (the Hs 132) - can't wait to see it.

   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 CGI renders of the Hs132; you
   might want to look at this.  For German X-planes, there seems
   to be a large following of hobbyists devoted to rendering them
   photorealistically:

   http://visi.net/~djohnson/mmart/mm132.html

   It's beautiful, really.

   best

   LFB



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Hs132 Jet Divebomber Resource
 
(...) 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)
  Re: Hs132 Jet Divebomber Resource
 
(...) 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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  Re: Me163 - WWII German Rocket Fighter
 
(...) 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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