Old plastic twin-tails 1939-45

[Tophe]

As the topic "Twin-Whirlwind and others" is subtitled "not yet plastic", it should not have included some plastic creations, I was wrong including some (Ta 283Z, Ho 229Z, Twin-boom Whirlwind, Twin-Raiden, Ta 183Z-2). New models may now take part of the contest, and use Gary's special topic for that, but on MartinH's site http://groups.msn.com/TheWhatifandoddballmodelpage was presented in detail this week the old Twin-Spitfire EG-K that was included in my 2003 book "Supplement Nr1 to Forked Ghosts". So this is not new, this is already plastic, but there are more details here than what I found previously:
- this great model is a mix of Spitfires Mk.16, 18, 21
- coded Mk 32
- "confirmed" (what-ifingly) as 1945-used
- justified mainly by very long range (like the Twin-Mustang).

See:
http://groups.msn.com/TheWhatifandoddballm...to&PhotoID=1624
http://groups.msn.com/TheWhatifandoddballm...to&PhotoID=1625
The genius modeller that built it seems not to be a member here (under this name PR19 at least).

[NARSES2]

Well the "infamous" Meteor PR19 was by Keith Spackman ? so might be his ? Met him at Yate - nice bloke

Chris

[Dork the kit slayer]

Great model...great WIF.........and soooooo expensive.

The noise from those two conta's would be a joy.

Now what did I do with all those cheap 22's I picked up on Ebay.

I wonder if the Mercian Alliance flew them against the Roman air legions..........nurse nurse the pills :dum:  :dum:

[Xpander]

It's by Kit Spackman and I first saw that in 1994, so it's been around a bit.

BTW, the old Testors Spit 22 is back out for under a fiver.

[Tophe]

BTW, the old Testors Spit 22 is back out for under a fiver.

fiver of pounds, or euros, or dollars, or pesos? anyway, a Spit 22 is so beautiful, such a kit deserves even £5 (and a double deserves £10, according to me)  

[Xpander]

It's £3.99 exactly, although the kit itself is fairly basic.  No cockpit interior or wheel wells and the tailfin is accurate for the early 22s only.

[Tophe]

Thanks to P1127's discovery, I can present a true addition to my collection: Messerschmitt/Millette Me 109ZX, contemporary of Shinden, Yak9, P-51, Ho 229 etc, so dated 1945 somehow, even if famous for a later race.
This push-pull Me 109 could have been truly considered vs the Bf 109Z way... preferred at last for bigger size/room thus load/range.

[Tophe]

Thanks to Jack Bobson directing me to http://www.internetmodeler.com/2005/may/av...on/Millette.php , I must correct: the Belgium/Millette Me 109ZX Libellule was made from old Messerschmitt Bf 109 available after 1945, as well as the SNCASE/Millette Do 335ZJ Liberte made from old Dornier Do 335 and jet engines (not future Do 435 as my Do 435Z drawing).
Hurrah for Mr Millette!

[Tophe]

Thanks to Laurent, from the Capitole Kit Club (Toulouse, France, http://www.ckclub.org ), here are 2 wonderful models of double planes, seen at Telford 2003 :
- almost true Do 635 of 1945:

- fiction Twin-Draken (how to say it in Swedish ?) of the 1970s:

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Thanks to Mechworker's topic http://www.whatifmodelers.com/forum//index...=0&#entry115939 and mostly his page http://ipmslondon.tripod.com/modelingartic...icles/id12.html , here is the Fi203 = Fi103Z:

[Tophe]

Anyone thought of zwilling V-1s?

Here is the frightening Radish V1Z...: Better as 1/72 toy  than as 1/1 weapon to kill civilians  

[Tophe]

(Thanks to braincell37's topic http://www.whatifmodelers.com/forum//index...showtopic=10112 directing us to http://www.ipms-seattle.org/Springshow/200...craft/index.htm )
Here is a cute float-Vampire that could be dated 1945, why not (=what-if...)? Even more sexy than a Sea-Dart jet seaplane...

[Tophe]

On MartinH's great site is a nice Display entitled Scots Nationals 2006 ( http://groups.msn.com/TheWhatifandoddballm...ionals2006.msnw )
Most of all, for my (acute) interest:
- (092) a nice night Twin-Spitfire with separate tails
- (097) a peculiar Twin-Hurricane with little external stabilisers
- (094) an asymmetric freak (my favourite!) that seems to be a Spitfire linked to a shortened Hurricane

Dear Martin, could you tell us :
- who built these 3 pearls?
- what is exactly the amazing asymmetric zwilling?
- what is the Delanne-like unknown plane (091 & 099)?
- where is the picture of the ducted-fan Spitfire mentioned in the Message Board for Scots2006?
Thanks a lot.
PS. I could have asked there but I cannot connect anymore, and trying to ask another password, I cannot finish the procedure (E-mail + typing characters), refused... So I ask here, sending also a PM to dear Martin...

[Martin H]

Tophe.
The builder of the 3 scots nationals models is a gent by the name of Dugald Emans.

The delane type u saw is the Westland twin wing Lysander.

[Tophe]

On my update site http://cmeunier.chez-alice.fr/Free_EoFG_MV.htm , I direct here for several models of twin-boom fantasy related somehow to 1939-45, but not to the places where I posted 7 models of mine, 1/72, plastic & resin, built in 2005-2006. I present them here again:

I will then present them one by one.