Wednesday, June 9, 2021

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



 

5 comments:

  1. Oh, That is dead sexy! I want to fly that beast in a game. It is amazing how that looks like lots of planes that America designed during the Cold War.

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  2. And at least two of the marks were designed to be aerial rammers! You are right about the "benzedrine-driven minds."

    Jim

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    1. You got me there, but it DOES have a trailer......something most aircraft don't come with!

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    2. Perhaps you could modify the wheels on the trailer to have spats?

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