Junkers EF128

[GTX]

Hi folks,

A lesser known (perhaps) contemporary to the Ta-183 - the Junkers EF.128: 






I have always liked this creature - but what sort of whiffing potential does it hold?  I have created a trainer variant with a similar periscope arrangement for the instructor as used on some Russian aircraft:

Standard Fighter:



My trainer variant:



What else do you have/can think of?

Regards,

Greg

[frank2056]

Greg,
The EF128 is one of my favorite Luft '46 planes; it even got as far as a mockup. Unicraft sells/sold a nightfighter mod for the Huma kit, and Planet Models had a resin nightfighter as well.

[luft46models]

My advice  - buy the Planet resin - bit more money but much better to build. Unicraft - only if you are truly desperate 

William in Oz

[gooberliberation]

You could always put it in soviet markings, since a good chunk of Junkers was whisked away behind the iron curtain after WW2. Mabye have trainers in GDR markings too. (They'd be already obsolete as first line aircraft by the time the Luftstreitkräfte is formed)

They'd look good in other eastern-bloc markings, from czech to north korean.

[GTX]

Not a bad idea.

What about other mods - any ideas?

Regards,

Greg

[gooberliberation]

You could also heavily mod a F7U Cutlass(which is oddly enough, based on Arado data) to represent a further development in the same lineage.

Pointy nose, new tailfins, shorter beefier undercarriage, different canopy, revised weapons, different tailpipes, and nooobody would notice a thing.

What would be the service designation?

Baade B-128?
(well I don't know if Baade did design the EF128, but it would be consistent with the B-152 airliner.)

[frank2056]

What's the reversed intake on top of the fuselage for? I thought it might have been an attempt to prevent a compressor stall if the aircraft was at or close to a stall. The backwards facing intake would always create a vacuum as long as the aircraft was moving forward, sucking air through the main intake and into the engine.

But that's just my guess. Where's Evan?

If you make a Soviet version, it would need wing fences, because nothing says "Russian Airplane" like an abundance of wing fences.

[gooberliberation]

If you make a Soviet version, it would need wing fences, because nothing says "Russian Airplane" like an abundance of wing fences.

Totally. Given that the EF128 was designed at a time when swept wings were poorly understood, no doubt they'd be added sooner or later.

[GTX]

What's the reversed intake on top of the fuselage for? I thought it might have been an attempt to prevent a compressor stall if the aircraft was at or close to a stall. The backwards facing intake would always create a vacuum as long as the aircraft was moving forward, sucking air through the main intake and into the engine.

The vent you refer to was a dump for boundary layer air.  See the pic below for more details:



Regards,

Greg

[GTX]

How about a turboprop version:



Regards,

Greg

[Maverick]

The TP looks good on her Greg.  I notice you've extended the tail bumper too, which is a given due to the chance of rotation on landing.  Definitely looks 'out of the box' compared to normal Ju-128s.

Regards,

Mav