1/72 Revell Ho-229

Gallery Article by Alvis 3.1

 

Luft '46 is a staple of the What-If Modelling community. It has a large variety of extremely wild and unbelievable designs, as well as some conventional designs that were advancements on proven aircraft. The Horten IX, or Gotha Go-229 Flying Wing was actually built, but only a single prototype flew before the end of the war. A single example is still in storage in the USA.

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Revell Germany has a very nice kit with this model. It assembled well, and the decals were very nice as well. I sidestepped the usual complaint about the lack of swastikas as there are no vertical tail surfaces to affix them to, and the Go-229 might not have has them in that case. The decals went down nicely, the transparencies fit well, and the cockpit assembled with great ease (even though I forgot to attach the rudder pedals until it was too late...darn!) The paint schemes are conjectural, but based on reality, so it looks right. I particularly liked the squadron crest of Baron Munchausen riding a cannonball. It's a perfect metaphor for Luft '46.

I built this up for another person, so I actually didn't do a single silly thing to it, although I did threaten him that I was going to put the BatMan insignia on the bottom, but I didn't do that to his model. Despite that, I was very happy with how it turned out in the end.

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