8) 
Your 'What if?' Builds.
- Thread starter Airframes
- Start date
Ad: This forum contains affiliate links to products on Amazon and eBay. More information in Terms and rules
great job Terry, strange but it looks quite at home in Luftwaffe markings
- Thread starter
- #83
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Thanks guys. It does look right in Luftwaffe markings doesn't it? Thought it might!
Keith, sounds like a great idea. I've got some pics of a FW190A5 in Japanese markings, which appears to be in a light grey scheme, but, as it's a 'What if?', it could be finished in any scheme you want! Maybe not Bossman black with chrome wheels and tinted canopy, but....
Keith, sounds like a great idea. I've got some pics of a FW190A5 in Japanese markings, which appears to be in a light grey scheme, but, as it's a 'What if?', it could be finished in any scheme you want! Maybe not Bossman black with chrome wheels and tinted canopy, but....
kgambit
Tech Sergeant
Great looking job Terry.
I ran across another strange combo: a Fw190 / La5-FN hybrid. Basically a Fw 190 with a russian engine and the La-5 engine cowling to accomodate it. I'll have to dig up the details on it. The Russians actually did some extensive testing on the combo, but it never saw combat.
I ran across another strange combo: a Fw190 / La5-FN hybrid. Basically a Fw 190 with a russian engine and the La-5 engine cowling to accomodate it. I'll have to dig up the details on it. The Russians actually did some extensive testing on the combo, but it never saw combat.
- Thread starter
- #85
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
That sounds interesting Dwight. I'd like to see the pics when you find them.
kgambit
Tech Sergeant
Here's the write-up on it.
Plane was a Fw190 F-8 mated with a Soviet Shevtsov M(Ash) 82 engine and designated as Fw190-F8/M82.
Text and pics to follow (need to crossload them to photobucket .... )
Pictures and Tezt from Czech Master Fw 190 photo hobby manual - special drawings - part 1
Plane was a Fw190 F-8 mated with a Soviet Shevtsov M(Ash) 82 engine and designated as Fw190-F8/M82.
Text and pics to follow (need to crossload them to photobucket .... )
Pictures and Tezt from Czech Master Fw 190 photo hobby manual - special drawings - part 1
Last edited:
- Thread starter
- #87
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Thanks Dwight! It looks rather neat doesn't it? I reckon this could be a great subject for Master Surgeon Wojtek to tackle.....
kgambit
Tech Sergeant
- Thread starter
- #89
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Calling Doctor Wojtek. Doctor Wojtek to theatre please......
Kgambit, I have that Hobby Manual, so I have the drawings - do you have any photographs of the plane? I'm a bit of a fan of Eastern Front aircraft, and although I'm no Mr. Wurger (Wojtek), I might have a go at it. Seems like it'd be a fairly easy conversion to do (famous last words). By the way, nice work on the Arado Zero, Terry, it looks strangely at home in the German markings.
Venganza
Matt308
Glock Perfection
Looking great, Airframes. I can't wait to see the final product.
- Thread starter
- #93
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Thanks guys. As it's a 'quick build', there's a chance I should finish it over the weekend.
kgambit
Tech Sergeant
Sadly no. Just the drawings. Sorry I can't be of more help.
- Thread starter
- #96
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
No probs Keith, it's not really 'my' thread, it's for anyone who wants to do a 'What if?', hence the title - "Your 'What if?' Builds". The more who join in and contribute, especially with 'What if?' models, the better!
I've got a few more waiting in the wings, when I get around to them, including Jan's theme on an allied jet-protection squadron, and some 'what if' modern RAF types, such as an F5E in RAF low vis grey, maybe the 'almost got it but changed our mind' F111, supposedly going into RAF service in the late 1960's etc.
I've got a few more waiting in the wings, when I get around to them, including Jan's theme on an allied jet-protection squadron, and some 'what if' modern RAF types, such as an F5E in RAF low vis grey, maybe the 'almost got it but changed our mind' F111, supposedly going into RAF service in the late 1960's etc.
Thank you very much, Muller (and thank you for the drawings and the idea, kgambit)! Those are a big help. It looks sharp, I may really have to do it now. I'll look for that RV resin kit on eBay - you never know. If not, I can just buy a cheap La-5FN kit and "borrow" the engine and propeller from it (I know a cheap kit isn't going to be as accurate as a newer, more accurate kit, but I don't want to burn a nice kit just for the engine). It'll go onto my growing heap of engineless, wingless, landing-gearless, etc. donor kits. Hmmm, now there's an idea for a group build - see what we can do with all the donor kits we have laying around. I know Terry has been working on a donor Spitfire.
Venganza
No problem Vanganza, that bird piqued my interest last night and had to do a bit of googling on it. It does look cool! 8)
Nice ideas for some what-ifs Terry. I'd like to do a few WWII birds in old Irish Air Corps markings. The only jets the IAC had were vampires and fouga majisters, but I've been thinking of doing a Shyhawk, green or OD with IAC roundels, I think it'd look cool. Hopefully this thread expands!
Nice ideas for some what-ifs Terry. I'd like to do a few WWII birds in old Irish Air Corps markings. The only jets the IAC had were vampires and fouga majisters, but I've been thinking of doing a Shyhawk, green or OD with IAC roundels, I think it'd look cool. Hopefully this thread expands!
- Thread starter
- #99
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Hopefully it will Keith! It's a good excuse for doing all those things you've wanted to try, but never got around to, or had the reason to do.
Lucky13
Forum Mascot
...and the Swedish TSR.2 in splinter camouflage! 8)
