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Offline uncle les

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Horten hears a who... in 1/32
« on: March 29, 2016, 05:52:37 PM »
I built this a few years ago from scrap and just now while waiting for some filler to dry on another project decided to German it up a bit.





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Offline Volkodav

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Re: Horten hears a who... in 1/32
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2016, 06:10:33 PM »
:)

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Re: Horten hears a who... in 1/32
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2016, 03:07:21 AM »
 :)
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Re: Horten hears a who... in 1/32
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2016, 03:20:17 AM »
If this is a plane built from "scrap pieces" Les, I'd hate one to see one which is planned.  :P
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Offline Kerick

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Re: Horten hears a who... in 1/32
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2016, 11:25:03 AM »
Pretty darn good for "made from scrap"!

Offline uncle les

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Re: Horten hears a who... in 1/32
« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2016, 12:56:40 PM »
Pretty darn good for "made from scrap"!
Cheers.  To spoil the mystery a bit, the engines are boosters from a 1/144 space shuttle with 1/32 F15 engine inserts, the tails are 1/48 MiG21 wings, the mainplane is based on a "before we really knew what they looked like" Revell B2, the cockpit are are a couple of 1/32 Phantom drop tanks, undercarriage ans some cockpit parts are from a 1/32 Me262, the canopy was formed over a 1/32 Skyhawk fuselage bump, the pilots were conscripted from the spares box and the radar is just bits or rod & wire.  No animals were harmed during the building process.

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Re: Horten hears a who... in 1/32
« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2016, 01:28:35 PM »
Brilliance and skill of a high order. :-* :-* :-*

Offline ysi_maniac

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Re: Horten hears a who... in 1/32
« Reply #7 on: March 30, 2016, 02:02:24 PM »
Very Good!

By the way, what is the origin of tail fins?

Offline uncle les

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Re: Horten hears a who... in 1/32
« Reply #8 on: March 30, 2016, 03:09:35 PM »
Thanks !

By the way, what is the origin of tail fins?

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, the tails are 1/48 MiG21 wings,

Offline Crbad

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Re: Horten hears a who... in 1/32
« Reply #9 on: March 31, 2016, 02:54:45 AM »
Pretty darn good for "made from scrap"!
Cheers.  To spoil the mystery a bit, the engines are boosters from a 1/144 space shuttle with 1/32 F15 engine inserts, the tails are 1/48 MiG21 wings, the mainplane is based on a "before we really knew what they looked like" Revell B2, the cockpit are are a couple of 1/32 Phantom drop tanks, undercarriage ans some cockpit parts are from a 1/32 Me262, the canopy was formed over a 1/32 Skyhawk fuselage bump, the pilots were conscripted from the spares box and the radar is just bits or rod & wire.  No animals were harmed during the building process.
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Re: Horten hears a who... in 1/32
« Reply #10 on: March 31, 2016, 03:35:25 AM »
Brilliance and skill of a high order. :-* :-* :-*

Second that! :)
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Re: Horten hears a who... in 1/32
« Reply #11 on: March 31, 2016, 06:07:15 AM »
Brilliant!  And rather better use of that Revell kit; it certainly doesn't represent anything close to a B-2 or any of the variations studied in its evolution (been there, seen those).

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Re: Horten hears a who... in 1/32
« Reply #12 on: March 31, 2016, 08:19:57 AM »
Noice..yes.. that's noice.

Yet again Uncle Les Skunk works produces a masterwork

Offline uncle les

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Re: Horten hears a who... in 1/32
« Reply #13 on: March 31, 2016, 01:45:34 PM »
While we're at it...



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Re: Horten hears a who... in 1/32
« Reply #14 on: March 31, 2016, 06:30:27 PM »
Great kit-bash Les   :) :) :)

Re: Horten hears a who... in 1/32
« Reply #15 on: April 06, 2016, 03:12:30 AM »
The Horten is fantastic, but when I saw the Blohm & Voss-ed MiG-15... :-*

Brilliant!!