1/72 Focke Wulf P222.004 Schnellbomber (combo build)

Gallery Article by Andre Mimizu on June 30 2015

 

      

While viewing the drawings of Peter Allen on the ARC website (vol.9,page 4) I came across the FW P222. A gull winged (a.k.a. M wing), twin prop aircraft. It was part of the Focke Wulf Schnellbomber projects. The power plant included two Jumo 222 engines. The tail is of a twin fin type. This allowed clearance for the remote rear mounted cannon. 

 

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I went to my spare parts and concluded, I can make this. The Revell AR240c provided the wings, engines and landing gears. A reworked fuselage of a Revell AR234 became the main body.

As for the tail, most likely it was made from loose spare parts( I forgot, took over nine months to build).

Like many others, this scheme was only a paper project. There were just too many twin prop bombers already in service for this craft to be implemented. And, jets were projected. Next up, Heinkel 27? variant.

Andre Mimizu

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