Heresy in 1/72

[kitnut617]

Oh Yes!  I like this very much --- 

[sequoiaranger]

Such a GLARING error, Brian!  

Nice job. I would like to hear the sound of those inline engines!

Wutcha gonna do with the four-engined wings from the Herron? Anything in mind? Maybe combine them with a He-70 fuselage and some clear nose for a Heinkel He-116?

[Weaver]

That's pretty!

Given that the Heron was quite underpowered anyway, it's by no means a mad idea, if you claimed that the new engines were substantially lower-powered than the Me-410 ones: maybe flat-rated to a lower power level and de-supercharged for commercial reliability.

[Brian da Basher]

The time right after the catastrophic War of the Cheeses (Stilton with Glouchester won) were difficult for european aircraft manufacturers. Despite high demand for new planes from airlines desperate to replace old equipment, new production was practically non-existant. An answer to the shortage of materials and cash for re-tooling from war production was merger and partnerships. Hard times can make for odd bedfellows, such as DeHavilland and Messerschmitt teaming up to bring a new twin-engined airliner to market. DeHavilland were experts at fuselage design and manufacture while Messerschmitt were industry leaders in wings and engines. Thus after the purchase of many German-English and Englisch-Deutsch dictionaries, the DH/Me 214 was born. After a frustrating afternoon of trying to fine-tune the timing on the foreign engines, a DeHavilland mechanic was heard to exclaim "This thing's a bloomin' heresy!" and thus the new aircraft came to be known as the Heresy.

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Brian da Basher

[Brian da Basher]

Messerschmitt built the wings and engines in their plant in Bad Wasser and shipped them out of Kiel to England on rotund barges made by a subsidiary of B.M.W. known as B.B.W. (Bayeriche Barge Werke) where they were mated to the DeHavilland-made fuselages in their Hull assembly facility.

Only one customer was brave enough to take a chance on the hybrid plane, a start-up that came to be known as Heresy Airlines. With great confidence, they entered the first production DH/Me 214 Heresy (G-AORG) in the competative London to New Zealand air race. After placing 43rd out of 39 total entries, Heresy Airlines were undeterred and put the next 10 DH/Me 214s off the line into service.

While the aircraft was excellent at high altitudes, it had a disturbing tendency to chase other aircraft, especially at night and this caused the Heresy's air-worthiness certificate to be withdrawn in the interest of safety in 1947. Nothing exists today of the Heresy save these photographs that commemorate its brief time as a challenger among the greats of commercial aircraft.

Brian da Basher

[ysi_maniac]

Just perfect

[Taiidantomcat]

Downright brilliant 

[NARSES2]

Brian you just made me chuckle - love the bit about chasing other aircraft 

This sums up all that is best in our hobby mate - well done 

[Pablo1965]

Very nice plane, sir.

[PR19_Kit]

Where are the spats though?