German Crossover

[Bungle]

You know what it's like .... you look at the stash and nothing takes your fancy so it's time for a quick and dirty build shifting some of the older stuff. What's in the stash ... an original Airfix Arado Ar196 hmmm! What else, a Frog Junkers ju87G Stuka missing the gun pods hmmm!

Real world ? Nah what if the Arado had wheelie legs and Stuka went for a swim.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Twiglet munchers all I present the Arado Ar85 of the Spanish Nationalist Air Force...

[sandiego89]

Great idea!  Looks natural.  Like the cowling. 

[Bungle]

Thank you ... most kind.

And getting it's feet wet a Finnish Ju87

[kitbasher]

Good stuff - very plausible.

Did you think about a different float assembly to enable the Ju87 to carry a torpedo?  Like an Aichi M6A

[PR19_Kit]

An excellent pair of 'swaps'. 

[Bungle]

Good stuff - very plausible.

Did you think about a different float assembly to enable the Ju87 to carry a torpedo?  Like an Aichi M6A

Actually my intentions were to have it carry a torpedo but I couldn't see it getting past the float spars. Even bombs on the wings looked a bit strange so I decided a couple of extra fuel tanks for a long term patrol aircraft. Mind you there's not a lot of open water around Finland is there.

[NARSES2]

I like both of those. I also have plans for a wheeled Ar196. Will get the undercarriage from a Karas

[Captain Canada]

Oh my ! The Arado looks neat. I thought it was one of those Caracas or whatever those Polish things were. Good idea tho !

Then I saw the Stuka ! Wow ! What's not to like about that one ? Nothing ! That's right....nothing ! A simple yet effective whif....awesome paint and pattern combo, and big boots to match. I think I'm going to build one myself.

[TallEng]

They do look good
I especially like the Arado, that definitely looks like the type
Of Aircraft you'd see knocking around a European Airfield in the thirties

Come to think about it, if you swapped the engine for a Perseus or a Hercules or
Perhaps one the inline six cylinder Gypsy engines, you'd have yourself a plausible
Competitor for the Percival Prentice?

Regards
Keith

[zenrat]

Both great whiffs.  Well done.

The Pegasus from the latest Airfix Swordfish fits onto the Arado quite nicely.