A certain time ago I made a sketch of an interceptor which could have been a
design of the Horten-brothers. So I called it Horten X - 1946. Under the name Horten X some designs of interceptors which should have been smaller
than the Horten IX exist.
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Bird models offers a kit named "Horten X Kampfjäger", which is basically a
Horten IX with a single engine on the lower side. This kit is the base of my model. I shortened the wings and the fuselage. The canopy was made out of a
deep drawn transparent plastic sheet. The tool therefore I made out of balsa wood. I modified a pilot figure in lying position. The details were made out
of heated and long drawn-out sprues.
The engine from the kit was too large for my project, so I had to build a new one from scratch. It´s also made from deep drawn parts. It includes a
block out of rubber in which the rod of the display is fitted later. The compressor wheel in the front is a printed decal. The nozzle is made out of
an aluminium tube.