RS Models

[Madoc]

I could see on Whiffed as a CAS machine in Korean War colors for the RAF or AdA - with the birds taken as war reparations after WWII and still soldiering on when Korea breaks out.  A bit of wing strengthening to handle the additional hardpoints and it could be as loaded out as a Skyraider!

[Librarian]

Probably a daft question but how exactly is the 609 any improvement on the 110/210/410 series? More powerful engines etc but I don't see the point.

[NARSES2]

I'm not even certain it was a serious proposal mate, other's will know better. Even if it was then it was probably more to do with getting a share of any development contracts that were out there rather then anything else. I've been reading a bit on the "politics" of the German aerospace industry during the 30/40's and you end up thinking "why did they behave like that ?" 

Just something for us Wiffer's to get our teeth into 

[Librarian]

Just something for us Wiffer's to get our teeth into 

Good point .

Remember reading something similar. The havoc caused within the Nazi armaments industry not just by the bewildering numbers of weapons but the almost infinite number of sub-variants, ammunition calibre sizes, wiring etc etc etc. 

[ChernayaAkula]

Probably a daft question but how exactly is the 609 any improvement on the 110/210/410 series? More powerful engines etc but I don't see the point.

Well, it's late-war German. I suppose there doesn't necessarily have to be a point.

[kitnut617]

Probably a daft question but how exactly is the 609 any improvement on the 110/210/410 series? More powerful engines etc but I don't see the point.

Well, it's late-war German. I suppose there doesn't necessarily have to be a point.

Just like most of Luft'46 stuff, all just paper projects as the Germans were looking for some miracle.  The 410 was actually quite a very good aircraft, reading the book 'Night-Fighter' Cunningham says he had a hell of a time chasing them down, and that was when he was in a Mosquito too.

[NARSES2]

RS are bring out a night fighter version of the Me 509

[rickshaw]

Probably a daft question but how exactly is the 609 any improvement on the 110/210/410 series? More powerful engines etc but I don't see the point.

Well, it's late-war German. I suppose there doesn't necessarily have to be a point.

Just like most of Luft'46 stuff, all just paper projects as the Germans were looking for some miracle.  The 410 was actually quite a very good aircraft, reading the book 'Night-Fighter' Cunningham says he had a hell of a time chasing them down, and that was when he was in a Mosquito too.

It's interesting how in the Luftwaffe's own records, the entries for the Luftwaffeministrum meetings where Milch and co. discuss the various heavy fighters, they are, still well after the official cancellation of the Ar240, discussing it as the natural successor to the Me410.   There appears to have been a severe disconnect between reality and what the Luftwaffe high command believed about the aircraft they were manufacturing if those papers are to be believed.  The 210 was an adequate aircraft according to the Hungarians who put it into service.  The 410 corrected all the faults with that aircraft.   It was according to most accounts, a good aircraft, if used properly.   The Ar240 was a cow of an aircraft, if you believe Green.   

[NARSES2]

It's interesting how in the Luftwaffe's own records, the entries for the Luftwaffeministrum meetings where Milch and co. discuss the various heavy fighters, they are, still well after the official cancellation of the Ar240, discussing it as the natural successor to the Me410.   There appears to have been a severe disconnect between reality and what the Luftwaffe high command believed about the aircraft they were manufacturing if those papers are to be believed. 

That's almost a constant theme in the bookazine I read recently about Luftwaffe bomber projects. You're never quite sure if a project was cancelled or not. Some were resurrected a couple of times whilst with others the designers simply had a "word" with someone after the project was officially cancelled and then carried on with it. Seems a very wasteful and confusing way of doing things.

Another note in the book says that all the manufactureres were looking for bomber projects as they were more profitable then fighters. No idea at all about that as I've never ever considered the finances of WWII aircraft manufacture. Just didn't think of it.

[NARSES2]

New release at Hannants

https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/RSMI92209