You know what it's like .... you look at the stash and nothing takes your fancy so it's time for a quick and dirty build shifting some of the older stuff. What's in the stash ... an original Airfix Arado Ar196 hmmm! What else, a Frog Junkers ju87G Stuka missing the gun pods hmmm!
Real world ? Nah what if the Arado had wheelie legs and Stuka went for a swim.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Twiglet munchers all I present the Arado Ar85 of the Spanish Nationalist Air Force...
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Great idea! Looks natural. Like the cowling.
Thank you ... most kind.
And getting it's feet wet a Finnish Ju87
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Good stuff - very plausible.
Did you think about a different float assembly to enable the Ju87 to carry a torpedo? Like an Aichi M6A
An excellent pair of 'swaps'. :thumbsup: :bow:
Quote from: kitbasher on December 15, 2014, 05:57:31 AM
Good stuff - very plausible.
Did you think about a different float assembly to enable the Ju87 to carry a torpedo? Like an Aichi M6A
Actually my intentions were to have it carry a torpedo but I couldn't see it getting past the float spars. Even bombs on the wings looked a bit strange so I decided a couple of extra fuel tanks for a long term patrol aircraft. Mind you there's not a lot of open water around Finland is there.
I like both of those. I also have plans for a wheeled Ar196. Will get the undercarriage from a Karas
Oh my ! The Arado looks neat. I thought it was one of those Caracas or whatever those Polish things were. Good idea tho !
Then I saw the Stuka ! Wow ! What's not to like about that one ? Nothing ! That's right....nothing ! A simple yet effective whif....awesome paint and pattern combo, and big boots to match. I think I'm going to build one myself.
:wub: :cheers:
They do look good :thumbsup:
I especially like the Arado, that definitely looks like the type
Of Aircraft you'd see knocking around a European Airfield in the thirties :cheers:
Come to think about it, if you swapped the engine for a Perseus or a Hercules or
Perhaps one the inline six cylinder Gypsy engines, you'd have yourself a plausible
Competitor for the Percival Prentice?
Regards
Keith
Both great whiffs. Well done.
The Pegasus from the latest Airfix Swordfish fits onto the Arado quite nicely.
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