yes this is a what-if, Me 163S FINISHED

[matrixone]

Here is the finished Academy 1/72 scale Me 163 that was finished last week and had to wait until now to get some pics of it because of all the wet weather that has been in my area.

The Me 163S two seat trainer was a real aircraft but came too late to actually to be used in training pilots to operate the Me 163 fighter, by the time the Me 163S was built the Me 163 program was winding down so there was not a big need for it anymore and only a couple test flights were made in it before the war ended. Despite its odd looks it was airworthy but when flown from the instructors cockpit it was said to not be easy to land because of poor visability of the ground from that cockpit.

My Me 163S is in markings of a fictional trainer used by 7./JG 400 while based at Husum in 1945.








The pic below was taken from inside the hangar looking outside towards the airfield, the nose of the Me 163S can just barely be seen on the left side inside the hanager.


Matrixone

[raafif]

it needs to be painted black with night-fighter radar aerials on the nose .... and parked alongside a Do-335 2-seater

nice model, might do one for my 48th CMK schlepper

[scooter]

And that, kids, is how Lockheed got the idea for the trainer U2/SR-71Bs...

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it! 

[NARSES2]

  Fantastic photographs of a great "little" model

[matrixone]

Thanks guys!

Here are two pics that I forgot to post yesterday....



I have a number of pics of the other Komet I finished last week the HobbyBoss Me 163B, the pics of the Me 163B are better than the pics in this thread...after being in a slump for a while I feel like I got my picture taking 'mojo' back.

Matrixone

[PR19_Kit]

That 2 seater really looks the business! 

I found to my amazement that I have one too! I didn't realise it was included in the single seater kit as well. 

My brain immediately saw it being flown by 'Winkle' Brown in RAF Camo with a yellow underside........ 

[matrixone]

Thanks Kit!

Like raafif suggested, I have long thought about building the two seat Me 163S as a nightfighter complete with drop tanks and radar antenna, camo would be black undersurfaces with RLM 76 uppersrface base coat with RLM 75 mottling, yum!

I am also building a 1/48 scale Me 163B from the Testors/HAWK kit, a real classic mold kit from the early 1960s.

Matrixone

[PR19_Kit]

I am also building a 1/48 scale Me 163B from the Testors/HAWK kit, a real classic mold kit from the early 1960s.

Is that the one with the 'plastic rocket flame' that plugs into the exhaust? I think they did an Ohka with the same 'feature' too.

[matrixone]

Yes thats the one! When I built that old HAWK kit when I was a kid I thought the clear red/orange flame was so cool.

Matrixone

[NARSES2]

I found to my amazement that I have one too! I didn't realise it was included in the single seater kit as well. 

Does it ? I'll have to check mine when I get home

[RussC]

Yes thats the one! When I built that old HAWK kit when I was a kid I thought the clear red/orange flame was so cool.

Matrixone

  I thought those only came with kits of dragsters and Funny-Cars!

[PR19_Kit]

I found to my amazement that I have one too! I didn't realise it was included in the single seater kit as well. 

Does it ? I'll have to check mine when I get home

It's only in the Academy kit Chris, not in other Me 163s that I've found.

[sequoiaranger]

Nice job!

After recently going up for a glider ride, I might suggest someone do an "Me-163S" with the long, typically high aspect-ratio wings of "civilian" gliders--maybe add a bit of tail for stability. That would be a nice ride!

[matrixone]

Thanks sequoiaranger!

A longer wingspan on the Me 163 would have been pleasing to the eye as well as a way of slightly increasing its fuel load and lowering the high landing speed.

Matrixone

[PR19_Kit]

........ an "Me-163S" with the long, typically high aspect-ratio wings of "civilian" gliders--maybe add a bit of tail for stability. That would be a nice ride!

Now you're talking my language.....