Henschel Hs 138 a twin rotor attack heli by Henschel

[63cpe]

No backstory yet for this one yet. But it'll be something like: gasturbines were introduced earlier and helicopter development went from two rotors side-by-side (Focke Achgelis) to two (one in front of the other).  Due to limited production being available Henschel was pushed into development of a ground attack heli, based on the Hs 129 ( Henschel's expertise in airplanes)

PXL_20250525_202016074 by Buddy Holly, on Flickr
PXL_20250525_201810208 by Buddy Holly, on Flickr
PXL_20250525_201851469 by Buddy Holly, on Flickr
PXL_20250525_201947662 by Buddy Holly, on Flickr

Undercarriage will be made from the frontlegs of an Belvedere an rear will be the original Hs 129 unit salvaged when I managed to brake it of during decolorization/ cleaning.
In the end it'll look a little like the Piasecki HUP-1 retriever.

David aka 63CPE

[jcf]

Gas turbines with an TBO of <25 hrs. and gearboxes that regularly stuffed up because of a lack
of materials with the necessary strength etc..

[kerick]

Nice build. A great example of kit bashing! Will there be stub wings for ordnance?

[63cpe]

Nice build. A great example of kit bashing! Will there be stub wings for ordnance?

There are two options here: stubwings with ordnance like MK 108 on each end and maybe a rocket launcher (R4m's) or put a PAK 40 under its belly. I plan to do the latter and put the stubwings on without ordnance.

David aka 63CPE

[NARSES2]

or put a PAK 40 under its belly. I plan to do the latter and put the stubwings on without ordnance.

David aka 63CPE

Way to go in my view 

[Dizzyfugu]

Odd, but I like it. 

[kerick]

I've got one of those in the stash but too many other projects, many of them RW home improvement stuff.