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Re: Hs132 Jet Divebomber Resource
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Date: 
Sun, 23 Dec 2001 10:27:16 GMT
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In lugnet.build.military, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> 
>   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.


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 tailplanes.

>   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:

The site's awesome, gives me tons of inspiration.


   Thanks,

   Gary

> 
>   http://visi.net/~djohnson/mmart/mm132.html
> 
>   It's beautiful, really.
> 
>   best
> 
>   LFB



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  Hs132 Jet Divebomber Resource
 
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 (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.build.military)

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