mikewint
Captain
Username: Mikewint
First Name: Mike
Category: Intermediate
Scale: 1/48
Manufacturer: AMtech
My entry is Focke Wulf's Ta-183 "Huckebein. It was chosen as the Luftwaffe's new fighter in the Emergency Fighter Competition of Feb. 1945. Sixteen Versuchs were to be built the first three powered by the Jumo 004B and the remainder the He S 011 jet engine. The aircraft were to be in the sky by May or June 1945 and full production by Oct. 1945. It all ended on April 8, 1945 when the British captured the FW facilities.
It might have ended there but the Russians found a full set of plans in Berlin which were forwarded to Moscow. The MiG Design Bureau began construction of 6 prototypes powered by the Rolls Royce "Nene" turbojet. Boundary layer fences were added and the horizontal stabilizer moved 1/3 down from the top. The modified prototype flew on Dec. 30, 1947 and in May 1948 ordered into production as the MiG-15.
For a plane that never existed beyond a wind-tunnel model the kit makers showed a tremendous amount of imagination as to what the finished aircraft would look like assigned to various squadrons.
This is a Ta-183B-1 (equipped with the Hs S 011) assigned to 1./JG52 1945. The RED/WHITE nosebands were JG 52's Defense of the Reich identifier.
First Name: Mike
Category: Intermediate
Scale: 1/48
Manufacturer: AMtech
My entry is Focke Wulf's Ta-183 "Huckebein. It was chosen as the Luftwaffe's new fighter in the Emergency Fighter Competition of Feb. 1945. Sixteen Versuchs were to be built the first three powered by the Jumo 004B and the remainder the He S 011 jet engine. The aircraft were to be in the sky by May or June 1945 and full production by Oct. 1945. It all ended on April 8, 1945 when the British captured the FW facilities.
It might have ended there but the Russians found a full set of plans in Berlin which were forwarded to Moscow. The MiG Design Bureau began construction of 6 prototypes powered by the Rolls Royce "Nene" turbojet. Boundary layer fences were added and the horizontal stabilizer moved 1/3 down from the top. The modified prototype flew on Dec. 30, 1947 and in May 1948 ordered into production as the MiG-15.
For a plane that never existed beyond a wind-tunnel model the kit makers showed a tremendous amount of imagination as to what the finished aircraft would look like assigned to various squadrons.
This is a Ta-183B-1 (equipped with the Hs S 011) assigned to 1./JG52 1945. The RED/WHITE nosebands were JG 52's Defense of the Reich identifier.
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