Heinkel 280, the cursed jet

sletch · February 15, 2011, 08:22:23 AM

Hi all,

Here is my brand new delirium

Hope you will enjoy it

The work-in-progress can be seen on "fighters forum" http://fighters.forumactif.com/t40199-heinkel-280-eduard-1-48-maj-au-13-02-11-voilaaaaaaa-c-est-finiiii

See ya / Frederic

QuoteIn 1943, the Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM) asked Heinkel to concentrate develpments teams on new heavy bombers. In the same time, they asked Messerschmitt to achieved the first German jet fighter-bomber prototype (later known as Me 262)

This decision was very difficult to accept by the Heinkel which had high hopes on the He 280. Despite an intense lobbying campaign, the RLM flatly refused to modify its decision. In a gesture of appeasement, the RLM authorized the exportation of the He 280.

The Heinkel company, immediately used this option to contract with Kawanishi in Japan. Curiously, Kawanishi had a similar problem, since Nakajima launch in the production Kikka prototypes. After several stormy meetings between the manufacturer and the War Ministry, a spy submarine was commissioned to recover plans from Germany.

Kawanishi successfully built a first prototype of the Heinkel 280 in only 11 months. Unfortunatly, the He 280 had no chance to make its first flight as a strategic U.S. Air Force strike destroyed the factory in charge of the Germany born plane testing.

Extract from "That's all fakes" by Jonas LEITCH

PYF42 · February 15, 2011, 09:47:54 AM

Bonsoir
I've been waiting this model !

Very good job , but I said that before .
I really like your low-cost diorama !!!

Regards
Fred

PACOPEPE · February 15, 2011, 10:00:34 AM

Very nice!, very fine.

Regards
Fran

ysi_maniac · February 15, 2011, 10:33:31 AM

^^^^
Agreed!

Doc Yo · February 15, 2011, 10:55:22 AM

Nice bit of whiffing! How was the build? I keep hoping Eduard will do the 280 in 1/72, but it doesn't seem too
likely.

Taiidantomcat · February 15, 2011, 11:12:45 AM

Excellent model!

Wow!!

Spey_Phantom · February 15, 2011, 12:46:16 PM

i havent seen much IJN'46 models arround lately, this one looks great

sletch · February 15, 2011, 01:31:47 PM

Hi all,

Thank you very much for your kind comments

Quote from: Doc Yo on February 15, 2011, 10:55:22 AMNice bit of whiffing! How was the build? I keep hoping Eduard will do the 280 in 1/72, but it doesn't seem too likely.

The kit was really easy to build. The main problems came from... Me $:-\$ (not kidding on this one

).

Seriously, the fitting was really good and I didn't have to use a lot of putty during the building. Just one this upset me: the guide

!! It is not very understandable on the PE parts placement. I also had the choice for two type of engines (Jumo or Henschel), I made a mess with the parts just because I tryed to follow the guide

Except that point, this kit is great

A bientot / Frederic

NARSES2 · February 16, 2011, 01:22:36 AM

matrixone · February 16, 2011, 07:57:06 AM

Good looking He 280!

The He 280 would look extra-cool with a Ki-83 tail section on it and in Japanese markings.

Matrixone

sletch · February 16, 2011, 08:41:50 AM

Hi all,

I thank you very much for your comments

Quote from: matrixone on February 16, 2011, 07:57:06 AM
Good looking He 280! The He 280 would look extra-cool with a Ki-83 tail section on it and in Japanese markings.
Matrixone

That's an idea

Strangly, the Ki-83 looks very similar to the He 280

See ya / Frederic

Tophe · February 16, 2011, 09:43:46 AM

Congratulations here also...

JP Vieira · February 16, 2011, 09:49:37 AM

Great build

GTX · February 19, 2011, 11:41:44 AM

Both are very nice - what scale is the Ki-83?

Regards,

Greg

Sturmbock · February 19, 2011, 12:16:33 PM

If you hadn't told it was a He 280 I'd have believed it was a Ki 280 just as easily..
Looks very convincing in Japanese markings. Nice build!