1/72 scale Lippisch P-13a by PM

        This one is an entry in the "What Were They Thinking" category. A plywood-built, charcoal-powered ramjet armed only with a pair of machine guns which was incapable of taking off by itself is the sort of thing that only the Benzedrine-driven minds of late-war Nazis could dream up. Wikipedia has further information. The model was simple enough but crude and the parts-fit was sub-optimal. The model consists of seven ill-fitted parts (the worst being that the canopy is too small for the opening) for the aircraft and four for the trailer (did I mention that the Nazis hadn't troubled themselves with any sort of landing gear, just a skid underneath). I wasn't feeling over committed to this build so there are some areas that would have benefited from more work but it just didn't happen. Still, it is a decent looking model of a simply daft aircraft.

  

not being provided a pilot I had to convert a seated WW2 infantry figure to take the helm, 

not far from the plans of the Germans in February '45

 

an absurdly complicated way to get a couple of machine guns into the air

 

I'm not sure how I can incorporate this into an air game....

movement would be crazy fast and the poor stability would makes turns problematic 

but I included a steel plug anyways, just in case