Luft46's Blog

FW Einsitzer w/ BMW 802 from Planet. This kit suffered a mishap today but is essentially nearly paint ready after a bit of work.

105mm Flak gun – just needs a bit of reassembly, will do over the weekend.

LWS on Steroids. This 1/72 resin kit from Milicast? Destined for a diorama set in John Baxters Luft46 universe. Following on from the 2009 issue by Hobby Boss of a 1/35 version I wanted to add two torpedos to the side, more Machine Guns etc for the Second assault on Stalingrad or the Volga or similar. This is set in the Volga boat strike story in his first book but from a different perspective.

Kora Panther Flak guns – this is stalled due to my slackness in getting some detailed Flak guns for this project that I need from Schatton Modellbau in Germany unless someone else does them in 1/72. Base vehicle is the Revell kit and I will do both versions  ( early and late ) in the same camo so I can swap them out as desired. Just need to restart this one.

AR E 377A manned version. This is a rather still born project to convert this plane over to a piloted version. It foundered on the lack of a suitable canopy and has been doing nothing for years now. Interestingly it does have the landing trolley parts so these go back to the He162/Ar E 377 project to help finish that one off. The rest can be a donation. On the right is what I want and the rest in the box can go.

B-17G for Germanified from Revell. A rather big undertaking this kit, not really many chnges to do, the bombs are now the equivalent German type and the ball turret will be replaced by a remote controlled one. This is for my Munchen 48 universe if it gets finished though it could be used elsewhere.

Seehund at Speyer. This 1/35 diorama is an attempt to reproduce this scene from 1988 and was started soon after. Unfortunately as the real sub on display is a somewhat mutilated version of this sub it has chewed time like nothing else. I am now using the Bronco plastic version after trying with the Verlinden resin one and it is still frustrating. Maybe if I went easier on myself this would get finished.

Lippisch P13B from Anigrand. the canopy on this one doesnt fit so I need to pivot it and detail the cockpit a little then paint. Not really much to do.