Blohm und Voss BV-222 KLM
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In 1940 the Netherlands was still a neutral corner in war torn Europe. The Dutch airline KLM was looking for an aircraft to use on the route to Dutch East India. The Dutch aircraft builder Fokker offered a four engined flying boat but a number of bad experiences in the past led the KLM to choose the German sic engined BV-222 flying boat.
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The KLM bought 6 BV-222 C-4s, powered by the Jumo 207C and the first was delivered in June 1941. In July the first commercial flight to Jakarta was made with only one stop on route.
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The KLM BV-222s were in operation until 1947 when they were replace by the Focke Wulf Ta-400B-3.
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TomZ
http://www.airwar1946.nl/index.htm (http://www.airwar1946.nl/index.htm)
Very clever Tom, and a nicely warped backstory too. :thumbsup:
At first sight I thought it was a Hughes H-4 and then I counted the engines...... ;D
Now thats one neat looking flying boat, very nice work! :thumbsup:
Good! :thumbsup:
What scale is it? And which kit did you use? :unsure:
That's nice! :thumbsup:
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Quote from: Tophe on November 03, 2019, 11:07:11 PM
What scale is it? And which kit did you use? :unsure:
It's the 1/144 scale Anigrand kit.
TomZ
Thanks! And congratulations again! :thumbsup:
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That really does work well Tom :thumbsup:
Wow :thumbsup:
I've got the 1/72 Revell kit in the stash, been saving it for a rainy day :banghead: