At the end of World War II, the allies found many German airplane schematics. Many never got off the planning
stage. This is a conversion of one those that was never built. On the internet, there are a few references to
this jet. The primary guide for the conversion came from the site, WWW.Luft46.com.
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This design originated from the Focke-Wulf company. Not much is known about the project. I did find that the
engine proposed was a Jumo 004C. The landing gear was of a tricycle-type. And, armament consisted of two MK
108 30mm cannon. How far this project progressed is not known.
The main body, side landing gears and the wings are from the 1/72 Revell Saab Tunnan. A Mig-15 could have been
used but the landing gears would not have been in the right position. The tail section was cut off and
replaced with the tail section of a 1/72 Kpro Mig-15. A lot of bondo and sanding was done to the engine exhaust
area and the engine nose air intake. The paint scheme I just made up. It's difficult to create a more
extensive paint scheme when you're using canned paints purchased from your neighborhood hardware store. Why the
yellow wing tips? It's a visual IFF. German anti-aircraft batteries were instructed to not shoot at planes
with yellow wing tips. Doesn't this plane resembles a Mig-15. Makes one wonder if Sweden and the Soviet Union
didn't utilize the captured German documents.
Andy Mimizu
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