Luft '46 is a staple
of the What-If Modelling community. It has a large variety of extremely wild and
unbelievable designs, as well as some conventional designs that were
advancements on proven aircraft. The Horten IX, or Gotha Go-229 Flying Wing was
actually built, but only a single prototype flew before the end of the war. A
single example is still in storage in the USA.
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Revell
Germany has a very nice kit with this model. It assembled well, and the
decals were very nice as well. I sidestepped the usual complaint about the
lack of swastikas as there are no vertical tail surfaces to affix them to,
and the Go-229 might not have has them in that case. The decals went down
nicely, the transparencies fit well, and the cockpit assembled with great
ease (even though I forgot to attach the rudder pedals until it was too
late...darn!) The paint schemes are
conjectural, but based on reality, so it looks right. I particularly liked
the squadron crest of Baron Munchausen riding a cannonball. It's a
perfect metaphor for Luft '46.
I built this up for
another person, so I actually didn't do a single silly thing to it, although I
did threaten him that I was going to put the BatMan insignia on the bottom, but
I didn't do that to his model. Despite that, I was very happy with how it
turned out in the end.
Alvis
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