HI Tony I know the hink has got a lot of glass in the front but when I was a lot younger I built one an admitly I dint paint the inside of the glass but had a go at hand paintin on the outside it turned out reasonable not brilliant but at least it got done with a very tiny brush an I was pleased with it to me that's all that matters an I really enjoyed doin itNice start al , I always fancied one of these monogram he111s but the masking of the canopy gives me shivers !
If I ever did one chris I’d be getting an Eduard mask set that’s for sure!HI Tony I know the hink has got a lot of glass in the front but when I was a lot younger I built one an admitly I dint paint the inside of the glass but had a go at hand paintin on the outside it turned out reasonable not brilliant but at least it got done with a very tiny brush an I was pleased with it to me that's all that matters an I really enjoyed doin it
chris
Alan, you are building the world's first aircraft launched cruise missile.
Do you have a mask set for it or will it be a DIY job?
Nice start al , I always fancied one of these monogram he111s but the masking of the canopy gives me shivers !
That’s not a cruise missile but a guided glide bomb. For it to be a missile would require it to have propulsion, and the BV 246 was basically just a bomb shape with glider-style wings and an aircraft-like tail, no propulsion at all.Actually the first 'cruise missile' was the BV 246 'Hagelkorn'
That’s not a cruise missile but a guided glide bomb. For it to be a missile would require it to have propulsion, and the BV 246 was basically just a bomb shape with glider-style wings and an aircraft-like tail, no propulsion at all.
It also doesn’t qualify as a cruise missile because those weapons are not only powered but under their own control to hit a target at very long range, rather than being guided by an operator. The V-1 was a cruise missile: after it was launched, its (very simple) autopilot tried to keep it on course and then have it dive at a pre-programmed distance so it would hopefully land somewhere on or near the target. This is in essence a very simple version of what things like Tomahawk missiles do with a precision of about ten metres today.
That was the whole point of them, it was a terror weapon.If it landed in the general area that was more by luck than judgement.
That’s what I meant. It may not have been an actual dive, but the idea was to get it to the ground at a certain distance after launch.the V1 didn't have a dive program. The pulse jet was cut either by lack of fuel or a pre-determined timming and the V1 would tumble down to earth
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