Schwimmermetzgervogel

SimonR · February 13, 2006, 11:28:15 AM

A quick kitbash I did over the weekend and my first Luft 46 offering. What if the Luftwaffe had fought in the pacific in 1946?

This will be my last for a while. My next project, while just a straight decal and paint swap, is a big kit that's notoriously difficult to build...

Radish · February 13, 2006, 11:49:00 AM

Very nice.
Great modelling...love the floats and camo, and that propeller is just MAGNIFICENT

Radish · February 13, 2006, 11:50:42 AM

And by the way, did you know that for a time the Luftwaffe operated some Arado Ar.196 floatplanes from Singapore on reconn duties? FACT

SimonR · February 13, 2006, 11:52:23 AM

QuoteVery nice.
Great modelling...love the floats and camo, and that propeller is just MAGNIFICENT

Thanks! Pity I forgot to reverse the pitch on the second prop. Even on full throttle the Schwimmermetzgervogel isn't going to be going anywhere! Kurt Tank would have fired me.

Captain Canada · February 13, 2006, 11:57:09 AM

Sweet ! Love the way it looks with that big contra-prop.

Sisko · February 13, 2006, 01:03:49 PM

For a quick knock together that looks amazing!!!

Ollie · February 13, 2006, 01:24:58 PM

Oh, that's a wicked piece of hardware!

anthonyp · February 13, 2006, 02:00:46 PM

Gotta love contra-rotating props!

Great job!

cthulhu77 · February 13, 2006, 04:29:28 PM

No kidding! Yeeeha! Cool looking bird.

Allan · February 13, 2006, 04:55:09 PM

A new star appears in the What If firmament.

Fine model.

Luftwaffe in the Pacific?

Why didn't anyone else think of that?

Allan in Canberra

Brian da Basher · February 13, 2006, 06:25:37 PM

What Allan said, Simon! That's absolutely fantastic and completely plausible! I love imagining the consternation a build of that incredible quality would cause a roomful of JMNs. You've created a What-If wonder sir!

Brian da Basher

Tophe · February 13, 2006, 08:12:17 PM

I love the floats, the double propeller

while I dislike the swastika...

Damian2 · February 14, 2006, 12:37:20 AM

Love the contra props!

K5054NZ · February 14, 2006, 11:57:38 PM

The props? I love the whole thing! I wonder if the floats from the Airfix Auster will fit my Airfix Stuka?

Great stuff Si, you're coming along well. First your magnificent Turbeau, and now this! WOW! I salute and admire you! Words cannot express my amazement!

lancer · February 15, 2006, 10:37:44 AM

Fantastic build.

Schwimmermetzgervogel

Ollie

K5054NZ