Author Topic: BI-1 Missile  (Read 132 times)

Offline Robomog

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BI-1 Missile
« on: May 05, 2024, 06:51:53 AM »
Hi All

You know I finished on of these recently........



Which left me one of these........



Without a canopy and a nice set of ramjets which I am setting aside for a possible future project.

It came close to going into the Draw of Possibilities, ..................then the brain cells collided.

What if the Russians got the rocket plane to work reliably and started production, then....

What if the factory gets overrun by the Germans including a large number of stored  aircraft,  and........

What if the Germans decide that the aircraft is still too dangerous to fly safely (this is before the Me163 and before Germany became exceedingly  desperate for wonder weapons) , also.......

What if some clever guy suggests turning them into unguided missiles by removing the cockpit, undercarriage and weaponry,  then adding a warhead, stabilising Gyro and some rudimentary timers and cutoffs like the V1. But........

What if they decide it needs to be mobile to reduce the chances of it getting destroyed on the ground.

A very tenuous string of events which I'm sure is fatally flawed but this is the basis for this build.

Here's the starting point......



The topdecking has been cut back level with the canopy line and filled with sprue sections and fillered over.



I've acquired a half track and 88mm gun trailer from my old 1970 something stash with the intention of adapting the trailer as the launcher.

The half track has been cut down to the floor line,  I intend to build this back up as an armoured command cab.

That's the story so far, more when it happens

Mog
>^-.-^<



Mostly Harmless...............

Offline Buzzbomb

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Re: BI-1 Missile
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2024, 07:02:53 AM »
Great combo.
Using the 88mm Flak carriage is a terrific idea

Offline apophenia

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Re: BI-1 Missile
« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2024, 04:49:14 AM »
Great combo.
Using the 88mm Flak carriage is a terrific idea

Completely concur. And looking good, 'Mog  :smiley:
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Offline Frank3k

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Re: BI-1 Missile
« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2024, 05:49:41 AM »
For such a small and simple kit, it's really difficult to build. You're off to a good start!

Offline Old Wombat

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Re: BI-1 Missile
« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2024, 03:44:14 PM »
 :smiley:
"This is the Captain. We have a little problem with our engine sequence, so we may experience some slight turbulence and, ah, explode."