RS Models

[Librarian]

I wonder if they've got the off-axis engine mount right in these kits?

What's all that about then?

Very male airplane....engine/cowling IIRC bends to the left .

[PR19_Kit]

(Note the RAF option)

Surely not in that camo scheme -- ?

Maybe.

Curtis sold some P-36s to the Armee  de L'air early in WWII and France was overrun before they got there. The ship docked at Liverpool instead and the P-36s were impressed into RAF service, operating from Burtonwood. They flew in various hybrid colour schemes, some with just RAF roundels overpainting the French ones. I've built one with RAF camo on top and French silver and French roundels underneath!

[zenrat]

Yup I'm planning on having a look at them at Telford.

I notice they have a Couple of Yak 11's out as well

They were tempting me during the week.  But i've decided to build my RS Dewoitine 520 first to see how it goes together before splashing out for a Blotch.

I've built a few RS kits, both resin and IM. The recent IM ones go together well. require more cleaning up then a mainstream kit but fit and ease of build are fine. The Airabonita was a nice build

Thanks Chris.  I also have one of their Kawanishi biplanes which looks well made.

[Weaver]

Ki-106 in the Hannants sale for just £8:


http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/RSMI92103

[Weaver]

New in at Hannants:


http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/RSMI9215


http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/RSMI92159

http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/RSMI92168


http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/RSMI92169

[NARSES2]

Been waiting for the Ambrosini 

[Weaver]

Bf-109X in the Hannants sale for £10:




http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/RSMI9285

[Weaver]

All sorts of fun things in at Hannants:


http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/RSMI92175



http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/RSMI92177


http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/RSMI92170


http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/RSMI92179


http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/RSMI92180

[NARSES2]

Ordered the Avia and the Ki 61 II Kai 

[Weaver]

Three boxings of the Caudron C-445:











RS Models
Aircraft kits (injection)
RSMI92171 1:72 Caudron C-445 Goeland  £22.30  £18.58
http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/RSMI92171

RS Models
Aircraft kits (injection)
RSMI92174 1:72 Caudron C-445 Goeland  £22.30  £18.58
http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/RSMI92174

RS Models
Aircraft kits (injection)
RSMI92178 1:72 Caudron C-445  £22.30  £18.58
http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/RSMI92178


Two versions of the Flettner Fl 282:



(note the captured versions)



(again, note the US versions)

RS Models
Aircraft kits (injection)
RSMI92183 1:72 Flettner Fl 282B-0 £15.80  £13.17
http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/RSMI92183

RS Models
Aircraft kits (injection)
RSMI92184 1:72 Flettner Fl 282B-2 £15.80  £13.17
http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/RSMI92184


Two versions of the Avia B-534:







RS Models
Aircraft kits (injection)
RSMI92185 1:72 Avia B.534/I version. £15.80  £13.17
http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/RSMI92185

RS Models
Aircraft kits (injection)
RSMI92186 1:72 Avia Bk-534 The Avia Bk-534 was to be a cannon armed version of the B-534... £15.80  £13.17
http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/RSMI92186


And lastly, the Avia Ba.122:




RS Models
Aircraft kits (injection)
RSMI9282 1:72 Avia Ba.122  £15.80  £13.17
http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/RSMI9282

[The Big Gimper]

The He 280 is a good deal. You get the both the HeS Jumo 004 and the 6 Pulse jets and the T-tail and the V-tail. Lots of options and left overs.

Here are just some of the build options:





I have two in the stash just because.  

[PR19_Kit]

RS seem to be taking some of their inspiration from the late lamented Huma range, and making a better job of them at the same time. 

The He-280 and the Flettner Fl-282 are just two examples, so I can't wait to see what they make of the Triebflugel! 

[Weaver]

I wonder if they've got the off-axis engine mount right in these kits?

What's all that about then?

Sorry Kit: only just noticed this!  

Most single prop aircraft have an asymetric tail fin to deal with the forces exerted on it by the spiral wake from the prop. Either it has an asymetric airfoil section and/or it's slightly offset to one side. The Bloch fighters adopted a different solution: the engine was offset from the fuselage axis by a few degrees to the left instead. You can see it clearly in accurate drawings but it doesn't leap out at you unless your attention's drawn to it.

The other solution, of course, is to get all Blohm and Voss on it's donkey-ymetric* forces....

This image shows it really well with the split plan view:


Image from here: http://aerofred.com/details.php?image_id=84747&mode=search&sessionid=eaf5gf5ae4pho0n9u7jjnn1vi1


*That was supposed to be "asymetric" but with a double S for the Pulp Fiction reference before the Sweary Mary got hold of it. I was going to edit it, but honestly, I kinda like "donkey-metric"......

[PR19_Kit]

Ah right, thanks. I know all about the offset fin business but I'd never heard of the Bloch solution before. But then they are French.......... 

[NARSES2]

Ah right, thanks. I know all about the offset fin business but I'd never heard of the Bloch solution before. But then they are French.......... 

Yup it's something a lot of manufacturers miss