He 277 Aeronavale evaluation aircraft

tigercat · May 02, 2011, 11:34:56 PM

A dozen He 277 were built in France by the Societe des Usines Farman (SAUF) firm in Suresnes.
When the approach of Allied forces necessitated the evacuation of Heinkel personnel working on the project orders were therefore given to destroy the prototypes and the pre production aircraft. However a resistance raid captured the facility before more than minor damage coulld be done and repairs were begun after the Allied occupation.

The He 277 was repaired by Ateliers Aéronautiques de Suresnes(AAS) and used by the Aeronavale. The He 277's were eventually withdrawn from service and broken up in late 1955. The last in 1957 after serving as "mother ships" for aerial launching of a number of early French advanced jet and rocket test aircraft.

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dumaniac · May 03, 2011, 12:37:47 AM

That is one wild camo scheme

Gondor · May 03, 2011, 10:39:59 AM

So the aircraft were Liberated were they ?

Gondor

tigercat · May 03, 2011, 02:16:09 PM

Indeed it was by a bunch of Privateer's

matrixone · May 04, 2011, 10:40:28 AM

Interesting model, what kits were used to make this model?

Matrixone

Brian da Basher · May 04, 2011, 01:05:02 PM

Wow that's an outstanding concept and very nicely executed, too! My hat's off to you, tigercat! You've done a great job with the camo and the idea is so plausible that I'm sure lots of folks will tell you they saw that bird in an "In Action" book.

Brian da Basher

GTX · May 04, 2011, 02:13:11 PM

I think we need to see a close up of the nose art!

tigercat · May 04, 2011, 04:57:49 PM

Revell He 177
Liberator tail
Privateer wings

The privateer wings fit very smoothly if anyone else was ever inspired to do a 4 engined He 177 i can definitely reccomend them.

rickshaw · May 04, 2011, 07:12:45 PM

The idea is plausible 'cause its basically true. Just the numbers have been changed to protect the innocent.

Tigercat, nicely done. Very impressive. The cam is nice and I like the rear turret particularly, looks the part of the HDL turret which was proposed.

sequoiaranger · May 05, 2011, 08:06:19 AM

Wow! Good job, tigercat!

How clever to use Privateer parts--it is SOOOO believable! And the "mosaic" camo, too!

This is one of your VERY best!

tigercat · May 05, 2011, 08:22:34 AM

Thanks , our hobbycraft has just started stocking Humbrol Spray paints so i thought i'd give them a go along with white tack masking. I'm quite pleased how it came out . White tack turns out better than masking tape as i was getting leakage and nasty masking tape impression ridges in the paint when i removed it .