The ULTIMATE in wing extension, the Ho 267! - DONE!

[PR19_Kit]

I did the 'boiling water and freezer' trick on the port wing of the 267 and it's come out nicely flat and matching the starboard wing, so I glued them both on, and the nose cone, such as it is, as well.

So the whole thing looks like this now.



As you can see from the 6" rule, it's ruddy HUGE!  

And just to make the point even more, here it is posed with the Saro Shrimp T3, hardly a small aeroplane either!

[Rheged]

The entire concrete allocation of the RLM will be set aside for the next 15 years in order to make runways wide enough for this magnificent machine.

[Wardukw]

What's the German word for Boomerang 🪃 👀 😆

[perttime]

What's the German word for Boomerang 🪃 👀 😆

Bumerang 

[Old Wombat]

According to Google Translate ... Boomerang.

According to Collins Dictionary Online ... Bumerang.

According to Cambridge Dictionary Online ... Bumerang.

Looks like Bumerang is taking an early lead.

[Wardukw]

Hahahaha..love it guys 😁😁😁

[NARSES2]

What's the German word for Boomerang 🪃 👀 😆

My first thoughts as well 

[frank2056]

It's a safety feature - if an engine flames out, it will return to base on its own! The pilot may get a little dizzy, though

[PR19_Kit]

It's a safety feature - if an engine flames out, it will return to base on its own! The pilot may get a little dizzy, though

              

[PR19_Kit]

The production and pre-production models of the Ho 229 were slightly different to the only one left alive these days, the V3 prototype. They would have had a deeper and more rounded underside to the 'fuselage', such as it is, to make more room for ammo etc. and one prototype, the V6, was built like this but never made it out of Germany after WWII, and it never flew.

So my projected Ho 267 will have that deepened belly as well, but to make more room for longer focal length camera lenses rather than for ammo. I've got a drawing of the V6 from the Classic book, and the changes are pretty subtle, but visible, so I'll be cutting some formers to run alongside the landing gear bays up to the nose to give the basic shape, and then I plan to skin across those and then add side pieces to fair the bulge into the lower wing surfaces.

At least that's the plan...............

The very first stage failed because I had to work on the thing with it upside down and the little gunsight thing that sits in from of the panel promptly broke off at one end, but it occurred to me that they wouldn't need a gunsight anyway, so I chopped it right off! I was convinced it would have fouled the tiny windscreen anyway, and decided to glue the screen and canopy on to prevent any further damage to the very fragile looking cockpit, and that's done now.

Back to cutting out the formers.



The intake are quite a bit different, being drooped on the V6, but I really can't be bothered to go chopping about those bits of this quite delicate kit, so my backtsory says the 267s retained the old style intakes.

[Scotaidh]

According to Google Translate ... Boomerang.

According to Collins Dictionary Online ... Bumerang.

According to Cambridge Dictionary Online ... Bumerang.

Looks like Bumerang is taking an early lead.

But will it make a come-back?

[Rheged]

According to Google Translate ... Boomerang.

According to Collins Dictionary Online ... Bumerang.

According to Cambridge Dictionary Online ... Bumerang.

Looks like Bumerang is taking an early lead.

But will it make a come-back?

It's pantomime season, so..................................OH NO IT WON'T!

[The Rat]

According to Google Translate ... Boomerang.

According to Collins Dictionary Online ... Bumerang.

According to Cambridge Dictionary Online ... Bumerang.

Looks like Bumerang is taking an early lead.

But will it make a come-back?

It's pantomime season, so..................................OH NO IT WON'T!

OH YES IT WILL! 

[PR19_Kit]

Strewth, what DO I have to put up with in my own thread.     

[Scotaidh]

Strewth, what DO I have to put up with in my own thread.     

Sorry, mate.  Couldn't resist.