Quote from: Old Wombat on December 03, 2023, 01:03:19 AMWhat is the German name for the (bird) swift?

For a swallow it's 'Schwalbenvogel', but it just comes up with 'Schneller' when you try and translate swift, and that's 'quicker'.........

Quote from: The Wooksta! on December 03, 2023, 02:59:01 AMThe Revell kit, for all people jack off over it and have it wearing in service markings, is the V-3 prototype. The production version would have had a deeper and smoother, more blended underside.  You have the ideal opportunity here to do so.

I was intending to do something like that to give enough room inside for longer focal length cameras, but where can I find any drawings of the proposed production versions?

I've added a couple of styrene troughs under the engines to blank off the gaping holes there. With a dap of paint they'll look pretty good I'm sure.

IIRC the Classic publications book on the type does.  An email to Arthur Bentley, who did the drawings and is very amenable to assisting modellers, could give you what you need.  I think he has a website
www.albentley-drawings.com

Quote from: PR19_Kit on December 03, 2023, 04:01:11 AM

Quote from: Old Wombat on December 03, 2023, 01:03:19 AMWhat is the German name for the (bird) swift?

For a swallow it's 'Schwalbenvogel', but it just comes up with 'Schneller' when you try and translate swift, and that's 'quicker'.........

Browsing between English and German Wikipedia pages, I get Schwalbe for Swallow and Segler for Swift.

Excellent, now we know for sure. 

When I did research for mine, I got 'maursegler": Supermarine Maursegler

looking very cool, (one of my favourite aircraft) with a great idea           

Quote from: The Rat on December 03, 2023, 09:38:37 AMWhen I did research for mine, I got 'maursegler": Supermarine Maursegler

Mauersegler is the "common swift". There are many other species of swift.

The RLM 8-230 number was assigned to the DFS 230 glider but ...

8-267
Gotha Go 267: allocated to Gotha, possibly not used.

Horten Ho 267: twin-turbojet flying wing; possibly identical
to or related to Ho/Go 229 and/or Go 267; allocation not
confirmed.

Quote from: perttime on December 03, 2023, 12:00:31 PM

Quote from: The Rat on December 03, 2023, 09:38:37 AMWhen I did research for mine, I got 'maursegler": Supermarine Maursegler

Mauersegler is the "common swift". There are many other species of swift.

Well, there's African and European for a start....

Quote from: Accidental Loggie on December 03, 2023, 02:20:03 PMWell, there's African and European for a start....

And Supermarine as well................ 

Quote from: jcf on December 03, 2023, 02:01:23 PMThe RLM 8-230 number was assigned to the DFS 230 glider but ...

8-267
Gotha Go 267: allocated to Gotha, possibly not used.

Horten Ho 267: twin-turbojet flying wing; possibly identical
to or related to Ho/Go 229 and/or Go 267; allocation not
confirmed.

Ah, I KNEW I'd seen 230 somewhere before, darn it.

Horten Ho.267 Segler sounds pretty cool!

Sweet. 

Looks like a boomerang to me.