Hi guys
Another project on the bench (actually it is there for many month and I want
to get rid of it before the end of the year....)
This time the poorly known and many times forgotten Me Bf-110L Langnase Hummel.
Fruit of Willy Messerschmitt's brilliant mind...on a cloudy day :) :) :)
The original box...
Some surgery...
The Langnase Hummel was the result of a bet that Wilhelm Emil Messerschmitt, aka Willy, made with a friend.
The challenge was to fool the enemy, making the aircraft seem to be flying backwards, and with no pilot.
Hence the extensive remodeling of the fuselage structure...
Due to the perils involved, Willy decided not to risk an human pilot, being the aircraft remotely controlled by radio,
turning it into one of the first drones ever known (or maybe not
And after a first coat of painting...
By the way, hummel is the German word for drone, and langnase is "big nose".
For obvious reasons... :)
Thanks for watching!