Germany

Picture	Manufacturer	Model	Notes
101_0013	Mittelwerk	V-2	The world's first ballistic missile. They were launched mainly against London and Antwerp, Belgium. They were supersonic so you couldn't hear them coming or shoot them down. Old kit which came with a trailer, but the thin plastic dry-rotted.
100_1607	Arado	Ar 66	This training plane was pressed into service on the Russian Front in 1943 for night intruder missions. Built from scratch.
100_2222	Arado	Ar 68	The 'H' model of the Ar 68 had radial engines, which drastically changed its look. This one carried civilian markings (D-151X).
100_0816	Arado	Ar 196A-3	Coastal reconnaissance and patrol. 104 were made. It can be seen in Tintin's Mysterious Star album, if you have a copy.
100_2180	Arado	Ar 196V3	Arado 196s almost always had twin floats, but the V3 was fitted with a single float for some reason. Modified kit.
100_0819	Arado	Ar 199	Another graceful floatplane from Arado. Only 2 of them were built for training floatplane crews.
100_0734	Arado	Ar 231	A tiny plane that was designed to be carried by U-boats for spotting ships. It didn't fly that well and given the fact that it took 10 minutes to stow it away, U-boat commanders were not at all interested. This example had a slightly different tail.
100_0735	Arado	Ar 231	Six were made. The wing was designed so that half of it could be swung over the other half so that the whole aircraft could be stored in 6 ½ foot diameter container.
100_0818	Arado	Ar 232B	Called "the Centipede" for obvious reasons, this was a large cargo aircraft; 20 were built.
100_0764	Arado	Ar 234	The Arado 234 had the distinction of being the world's first jet bomber to become operational. Several hundred were built and they should have had more of an impact, but Arado seems to have dissipated its efforts by going off on all kinds of tangents instead of concentrating on a single model to be built in quantity.
100_0767	Arado	Ar 234	This variant was projected to extend the range of the V-1 flying bomb.
100_0766	Arado	Ar 234 V6	The V6 on the other hand had its 4 engines mounted individually.
100_0765	Arado	Ar 234 V13	Instead of 2 engines, the V13 had 4 mounted in twin nacelles.
100_0672	Arado	Ar 240	The initial prototype of this proposed night fighter had appalling handling and was completely unstable. After modifications, they were sent to the Russian Front, but they were constantly plagued by problems.
100_1289	Arado	Ar 240	This Ar 240 had a striking camouflage scheme. I modified the engine nacelles.
100_2209	Arado	Ar 396A	The Ar 96 was expensive to build, so Arado designed the 396A as a cheaper model. Only a few were completed.
100_0674	Arado	Ar 440A-0	Lengthening the fuselage and other changes solved a lot of the problems of the 240 and resulted in the 440. I had to lengthen the fuselage by scratch-building.
100_0751	Arado	Ar 68	One of the early German fighters, it was quickly superseded by the Me 109.
100_1955	Arado	Ar 79	This small liaison aircraft is reminiscent of the Bf 108, but with the typical graceful Arado tail.
100_1036	Arado	Ar 95	Chile used this floatplane which first flew in 1936. They also bought some of the land plane version.
100_1051	Arado	Ar 95	The land-based version of the Ar 95 flown by Chile, but with a white-star insignia instead of the one worn by the floatplane.
100_0736	Arado	Ar 96B	A well-proportioned trainer with the distinctive semi-circular tail of many Arados.
100_0739	Arado	Ar 96B	A 96B in a more bland camouflage scheme.
101_0048	Arado	Ar E381/I	This tiny rocket interceptor was to be towed to altitude and then sweep at very high speeds through American bomber formations, making it hard to hit. Built from scratch.
100_1715	Arado	TEW	The TEW was a proposed rocked-powered interceptor. An interesting feature was the use of spherical tires to save space. Built from scratch.
100_0755	Bachem	Ba 349A Natter	As the air situation grew desperate for Germany in late 1944, the idea of a rocket-powered bomber interceptor seemed to hold promise. The fighter would take off vertically and attack with 24 55mm. rockets. Ten were deployed but had to be destroyed at the approach of American ground forces.
100_0754	Bachem	Ba 349B Natter (Adder)	An improved version of the Natter with bigger boosters was built only as a prototype.
100_0729	Blohm & Voss	Bv 141	Blohm & Voss had a thing for asymmetrical designs. This was an observation plane which could also do some ground attack.
101_0027	Blohm & Voss	Bv 155 V1	Another Blohm & Voss creation. Based on a Bf 109, its 69 ft. wingspan allowed it to reach 56,100 ft. It flew only 3 times. Built from scratch.
101_0032	Blohm & Voss	Bv 155 V3	After I scratch-built the Bv 155 V1, I found a kit for it, so made this other version.
101_0026	Blohm & Voss	Bv 170	B&V did some design work on this fast bomber, but it never proceeded. I scratch- built this one from a cigar container, wooden engine nacelles and sheet plastic wings
101_0035	Blohm & Voss	Bv 170	There was also a proposed reconnaissance version. Scratch-built from the same materials.
100_0730	Blohm & Voss	Bv 194	This was designed as a potent ground-attack aircraft.
100_1716	Blohm & Voss	Bv P.207	Proposed fighter with push propeller. Built from scratch.
100_1717	Blohm & Voss	Bv P.208	Another proposed fighter with pusher propeller. Built with a more radical wing design. Estimated speed 491 mph. Built from scratch.
100_1718	Blohm & Voss	Bv P.215	An interesting night-fighter design with 2 jet engines and twin-20mm. cannons for rear defense. Too little too late. Never went beyond the drawing board. Built from scratch.
101_0033	Blohm & Voss	Bv 211	An end-of-war proposal for a cheap mass-produced jet fighter. Built from scratch.
101_0003	Blohm & Voss	Bv 222 Wiking	This was a huge (150 ft. wingspan) maritime reconnaissance flying boat. It had 20mm. cannons in turrets mounted on top of the wings and 6 other cannons or heavy machine guns. Only 13 were made. Makes a great kit to build.
100_0746	Blohm & Voss	Bv 40	This was a tiny glider that would be towed above the American bomber formations so it could dive down and attack with 2 30mm. cannons. Its small size would make it hard to see until it was too late. Seems like a flawed idea tactically. How was the towing aircraft going to get above the bombers without being shot down by marauding Mustangs? For that matter, how could it get in the right position for an attack?
101_0036	Blohm & Voss	Bv MCRP	An ambitious project for a remote-controlled missile mounted on top of a Dornier 217. After getting close to the target, the pilot in the tiny jet plane would guide the missile and separate before impact. The jet and missile were built from scratch.
101_0028	Blohm & Voss	Bv P212	Another end-of-the-war design for a jet fighter. Painted in white camouflage and the "Green Heart" squadron insignia. Built from scratch.
100_0800	Blohm & Voss	Bv138B-0	Nicknamed the "Flying Clog" for the shape of its hull, this machine flew in several different versions, this one being a magnetic mine sweeper.
100_1283	Blohm & Voss	Bv 142	Long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft. Only 4 were made. Built from scratch
100_2028	Blohm & Voss	Bv 163.01	Another far-out B&V project, with wing-tip pods for the pilot, navigator, and gunner on the left, and 2 more gunners on the right. Power came from coupled engines like on the Heinkel 177. It would have carried the Hs 294A anti-shipping missile, which I made from a spare Hs 293 and a Testors glue tip.
101_0006	Blohm & Voss	Ha 137	This is the "other Stuka" which lost out to the Junkers design.
100_1702	Blohm & Voss	Ha 139B (V3)	When the Germans started WWII, they needed long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft. They commandeered the 3 Ha 139 airliners and equipped them with these awkward-looking degaussing structures to explode magnetic mines. Made from scratch.
100_2467	Bucker	Bu 131B	The Bucker Jungmann was captured by U.S. forces and American markings were applied. The Japanese built 1376 of these under license as the Ki-86 Cypress.
100_0671	Bucker	Bu 133 Jungmann	Another popular trainer.
100_0749	Bucker	Bu 181 Bestmann	Shapely trainer and communications aircraft, much like the Bf 108.
000_0004	Daimler Benz	DB Jaeger	An experimental aircraft with contra-rotating propellers behind the pilot and a tricycle landing gear. I modified a Fw 190D kit and added hand-made propeller blades.
100_2301	DFS	DFS-194	This later model of the DFS-194 had markings, a bigger tail and a different cockpit. Modified kit.
100_2234	DFS	228	Rocket-powered reconnaissance aircraft. It was meant to be carried to 30,000 ft. on top of a Dornier 217K, then proceed to about 80,000 ft. to take photos, immune to any and all interception or flak. The prototype first flew in March 1944 and was joined by a second one later. About 40 test flights were made. The 1st prototype was captured by U.S. troops in June 1945 and sent to England for evaluation. The 2nd was destroyed in an air raid. Built from scratch.
100_0745	DFS	DFS 230	Probably the most common German assault glider, it was used in the attack on Fort Eben Emael in Belgium.
100_2224	DFS (with Klemm Kl 35)	230 (Kl 35)	In addition to mounting an Me 109e on the DFS 230 glider, the Germans also tried the Klemm Kl 35 (this kit) and the Focke-Wulf Fw 56. With 80 hp, it's hard to see how the Kl 35 could have taken off with the glider. The composite aircraft must have been towed to height, where the 80 hp might have allowed it to maintain altitude. Klemm 35 built from scratch.
100_0699	Dornier	Do 17P-1	The original "Flying Pencil" was designed as a high-speed commercial aircraft and became a bomber, in contrast to most German bombers which only masqueraded as civilian aircraft in the beginning. This was a photo-reconnaissance version.
100_2324	Dornier	Do 17Ka-2	The Yugoslavs bought 20 of this long-nose version.
100_2325	Dornier	Do 17 17E-1	The Do 17 fought in the Spanish Civil War as part of the German "Legion Kondor." Built from scratch.
100_0896	Dornier	Do 17Z-2	Goering gave the Finns 15 of these worn-out bombers.
100_0796	Dornier	Do 18G-1	About 100 were built, and they were in use throughout the war years.
100_2123	Dornier	Do 217	This particular Do 217 flew against England in the intruder role. It could do 320 mph on 3200 hp.
100_0703	Dornier	Do 217	This version of the 217 carried an incredible total of 4 torpedoes.
100_0700	Dornier	Do 217E	This is another one of the old 1950's kits from England. The E was often used to cross the English coast in pin-prick raids. Old kit, not particularly good.
100_0701	Dornier	Do 217E	This 217 is carrying a Messerschmitt Me 328 rocket fighter for testing.
100_0702	Dornier	Do 217E-5	Germany fielded a number of air-to-surface missiles during the war, including these Hs 293s in 1943.
100_0706	Dornier	Do 217J-1	Like all truly great warplanes, the 217 was adaptable, in this case as a night-fighter.
100_2240	Dornier	Dornier 217J-1	This J-1 had an unusual camouflage scheme---light and medium gray zebra stripes.
100_0707	Dornier	Do 217K	This one is painted in maritime colors.
100_0705	Dornier	Do 217K-2/R19	This version carried two Fritz X bombs.
100_0710	Dornier	Do 217M-1	This is one of those exquisitely detailed Italeri kits, which are a pleasure to build. This one made raids over England until early 1944. It could do almost 350 mph, allowing it to stay out of trouble.
100_0709	Dornier	Do 217N-2	Another night-fighter version, despite its gray color scheme.
100_2107	Dornier	Do 217R	The last model of the Do 17 was the Do 317 with bigger wingspan. Aside from the V1 prototype, prototypes V2 through V6 were modified to carry the Henschel Hs 293 anti-shipping missile and were redesignated Do 217R. They were used operationally in the fall of 1944.
100_0858	Dornier	Do 22	Yugoslavia bought 12 of these large floatplanes before the war. Four escaped to Egypt and 4 others were captured and sent to Finland. This is a resin kit with lots of float strut pieces which were a pain to assemble.
100_1044	Dornier	Do 24T-1	On October 31, 1944, this aircraft made a forced landing in Sweden and was taken over by the Royal Swedish Air Force. It was turned over to the Russians in 1951 as part of an agreement that the Russians were to get all German aircraft that went to Sweden from what had become East Germany.
100_1724	Dornier	Do 26	The Do 26 started life as a mailplane for Lufthansa for the North Atlantic route. The 4 diesel engines were installed in pairs, with one pulling and the other pushing. All 6 aircraft were taken over by the Luftwaffe as long-range transports. Built from scratch.
100_0708	Dornier	Do 317 V1	The 217 was extensively redesigned, including triangular tail fins, was given a new number, but never became operational.
100_0731	Dornier	Do 335 Pfeil (Arrow)	This large fighter-bomber had two engines, one puller and one pusher. This is the type of aircraft in which Hans-Werner Lerche, author of the excellent book Luftwaffe Test Pilot, escaped being captured by the Russians.
100_1964	Dornier	Do 335	No. 102 was the very same aircraft in which famous German test pilot Hans-Werner Lerche made its last flight in W.W. II. It was subsequently flown in U.S. colors.
100_0732	Dornier	Do 335 V13	There was also a 2-seater night fighter version. Few of either version were built.
101_0046	Dornier	Do P.256	Dornier's proposal for a twin-jet fighter toward the end of the war. It was based entirely on the Do 335, which is the kit I modified to make this one.
101_0010	EMW	A46	This was apparently a proposal for a manned V-2 rocket. Obviously a suicide mission, but they might have found a volunteer if they had had the atomic bomb to make it worthwhile. They were working on it (as were the Japanese), but they never even got close.
100_0757	Fieseler	Fi 103	This was essentially a piloted V-1. It is not certain how the pilot was going to bail out and not hit the engine.
100_0742	Fieseler	Fi 156 Storch	This Storch was used in North Africa. This famous airplane had amazing short-field landing capabilities. Among its exploits was flying Benito Mussolini from his mountain prison after German paratroopers had rescued him.
100_1196	Fieseler	Fi 156 Storch	The Italians used this handy German STOL plane.
100_0724	Fieseler	Fi 167	This aircraft was also designed to fly off the Graf Zeppelin aircraft carrier, which was never built. Fieseler of course had a lot of experience with STOL aircraft, having designed the famous Storch. Twelve of the 167s were built and used in Holland for general duties. Three were sold to Rumania.
100_0740	Flettner	Fl 245	The Germans were leaders in the development of helicopters.
101_0014	Flettner	Fl 265	The Germans were quite far ahead in helicopter research and built a fair number of these. This was the prototype Fl 265.
101_0016	Flettner	Fl 282	An improved version of the Fl 265. Built from scratch.
101_0041	Focke-Achgelis	Fa 223	Germany manufactured 17 of these large cargo helicopters. I scratch-built this one from a heavily-modified Blackburn Airedale fuselage rather than spend $70 for a regular kit.
100_2147	Focke-Achgelis	Fa 284	This huge flying crane was started by Bréguet in France during the German occupation but was never completed, much less flown. Rotor diameter was 58.5 ft. and power came from 2 BMW 1,600 hp engines. Built from scratch.
101_0043	Focke-Achgelis	Fa 330	A tiny gyrokite towed by a U-boat so that the pilot could look for ships. Found to be impractical because it took too long to reel in under Allied air attack. Built from scratch.
000_0005	Focke-Wulf	Flitzer	An experimental jet fighter that actually got to the wooden mock-up stage.
100_1975	Focke-Wulf	Fw 58 Weihe (Harrier)	This graceful aircraft served as an advanced trainer for pilots, gunners and radio operators, and also as a transport, ambulance, and weather and photoreconnaissance plane. The struts from cockpit to wing suggest a need for structural reinforcement. Built from scratch.
100_1608	Focke-Wulf	Fw 159	The Fw 159 competed in the 1934 fighter competition, but its performance was disappointing and it lost out to the Bf 109. Built from scratch.
100_0667	Focke-Wulf	Fw 187 Falke	Only 6 were built, but the Germans changed the numbers and took different photographs to give the impression that they were much more numerous.
100_0666	Focke-Wulf	Fw 189 Uhu	Same name as the Heinkel 219, but this was an observation aircraft for Wehrmacht operations.
000_0011	Focke-Wulf	Fw 190 Mistel	The Germans had several "Mistel" combinations. This one is a Fw 190 on a Junkers 88. The fighter pilot took the combination to the target, released the explosive-laden bomber, and guided it by remote control.
100_0676	Focke-Wulf	Fw 190A-1	JG 26 conducted service trials in Belgium.
100_0677	Focke-Wulf	Fw 190A-3	One of those kits from the 1950's before the hobby got out of hand.
100_1000	Focke-Wulf	Fw 190A-3	The Germans were anxious to keep the Turks neutral, so they let them buy 75 of their badly-needed 190s.
100_0678	Focke-Wulf	Fw 190A-3/U3	The new 190s were seen in North Africa in small numbers.
100_0679	Focke-Wulf	Fw 190A-4/R6	One of the Home Defense 190s armed with 210mm. rockets.
100_0680	Focke-Wulf	Fw 190A-5/U15	The 190 was used for all kinds of purposes, including torpedo bomber (3 built). I had built this as a child in the color scheme shown on the box top. I am thankful to my friend Nebojsa Mucibabic from Novi Sad, Serbia for questioning it. I checked my references and re-did it correctly.
100_0681	Focke-Wulf	Fw 190A-7	This fighter bomber version operated in Italy in late 1943. It was resprayed without touching up the white band or the insignia.
100_0683	Focke-Wulf	Fw 190A-8/R1	It was inevitable that the 190 would be made into a night fighter like this one.
100_0684	Focke-Wulf	Fw 190A-8/R1	This model had the astonishing armament of 2 machine guns and 6 20mm. cannons. The weight of the under-wing gondolas must have affected handling badly.
100_1586	Focke-Wulf	Fw 190A-8/R1	This version of the FW 190 mounted 30mm. Mark 103 cannons in under-wing gondolas.
100_0689	Focke-Wulf	Fw 190A-8/U1	The 2-seat conversions were used for high-speed liaison and for training former Stuka pilots. Modified from a regular kit.
100_0697	Focke-Wulf	Fw 190B	This prototype was able to reach well over 40,000 feet in 1943 with nitrous oxide injection and a 4-blade prop. Development was dropped due to teething problems.
100_2129	Focke-Wulf	Fw 190C	The Focke-Wulf decision to switch the 190 to water-cooled engines resulted in the B and C with Daimler-Benz 603 engines. Neither went anywhere because the D with Junkers 213 engine was much better. The 190C was distinguished by a large air scoop under the engine. Modified kit.
100_0690	Focke-Wulf	Fw 190D	The famous "Dora" saw the radial engine being exchanged for a big V-12. This is a kit from the 1950's, which came out half decent.
100_0692	Focke-Wulf	Fw 190D	An unusual Papagai (Parrot) Squadron 190 with orange/white stripe undersurfaces. By this time of the war, just about everything in the air was Allied, so it was essential to keep German flak gunners (who had gotten awful good due to lots of practice) from shooting down their own aircraft.
100_0693	Focke-Wulf	Fw 190D	A 190D in an odd scheme composed of brown, green and gray.
100_0695	Focke-Wulf	Fw 190D	This 190D carried what looked like a shaped charge bomb, which I made from scratch.
100_0691	Focke-Wulf	Fw 190D-12	This D was found abandoned at Frankfurt Rhein-Main airfield in the spring of 1945. It was a ground attack model, but it could also reach 453 mph as a fighter.
100_0694	Focke-Wulf	Fw 190D-9	A JG 4 aircraft at Frankfurt Rhein-Main in early 1945. Fw 190s were often used to cover the take-off of Me 262s because the jets had slow acceleration at low speeds and were vulnerable.
100_0685	Focke-Wulf	Fw 190F-8	This close-support model carried 4 50 kilo bombs on the centerline. Modified kit.
100_1585	Focke-Wulf	Fw 190F-8	The versatile FW 190 was tried out with X-4 air-to-air missiles, which I had to build from scratch.
100_0687	Focke-Wulf	Fw 190F-9	Carried bombs for ground support.
100_0688	Focke-Wulf	Fw 190G-3	This 190 based in Rumania carries a 1,000 kilo bomb with the bottom fin removed for ground clearance. I modified a bomb to fit. Even more amazing, 190s could carry an 1,800 kilo bomb, although at some risk.
100_0682	Focke-Wulf	Fw 190G-8	This G-8 carried a Blohm & Voss Bv 246 glider bomb, an early "stand-off" weapon. It was tested in late 1944, but never used operationally.
100_0675	Focke-Wulf	Fw 190V-1	The first of 20,251 190s, flown on June 1, 1939. I hand-made the ducted spinner.
100_2076	Focke-Wulf	Fw 190V5g	The 190V5g was the first 190 to have the 34' 5 1/2" wing instead of the earlier 31' 2'', which increased maneuverability.
100_0207	Focke-Wulf	Fw 190A	Captured by US forces.
100_0206	Focke-Wulf	Fw 190D	This 190D was slated to be shipped back to the USA, as evidenced by the upside-down stars and the crudely-painted "USA 15".
000_0008	Focke-Wulf	Fw 200 C3/U1	The "Scourge of the Atlantic" sank huge numbers of Allied cargo ships bound for Russia before increased anti-aircraft defenses and fighter planes finally put an end to it.
000_0006	Focke-Wulf	Fw 200 C4/U1 Condor	Transport version in white camouflage for the Russian front.
000_0003	Focke-Wulf	Fw 200 Condor	The first Condors were transports with twin-bladed wooden propellers. I found this kit in Clervaux, Luxembourg.
100_0669	Focke-Wulf	Fw 44 Stieglitz	One of the popular Fw trainers.
100_0670	Focke-Wulf	Fw 56 Stosser	Another popular Fw trainer.
100_1005	Focke-Wulf	Fw 56 Stosser	The Austrians bought some of these trainers from their neighbors, the Germans.
101_0038	Focke-Wulf	Fw 61	This was probably the first operational helicopter in the world. I built it on a Spad fuselage.
100_0696	Focke-Wulf	Ta 152C-0	The Germans were so pleased with Dr. Kurt Tank's Fw 190 designs that they allowed him to use the "Ta" designation for this improved version of the Fw 190D.
100_0698	Focke-Wulf	Ta 152H-1	Dr. Tank developed a long-span version which had an amazing ceiling of 48,560 feet and a top speed of 472 mph. It's probably a good thing that only 10 were completed by the end of the war.
100_0668	Focke-Wulf	Ta 154A Moskito	Like its British namesake, the TA 154 night fighter was made out of wood. But that's where the similarity ended. Only a few were made, the first 2 crashed because of defective glue, and the project was cancelled.
101_0020	Focke-Wulf	Triebflügel	An innovative approach to vertical take-off and landing. The small jets on the wings would cause them to spin and act as wings, hence the name "Engine wings".
100_0727	Focke-Wulf	Fw 191	This aircraft was in the running for an advanced medium bomber design. However, its complex electrical systems gave endless trouble and it never went anywhere.
100_0781	Focke-Wulf	Ta 183 Huckebein	This was a very promising design which was planned to go into mass production in 1945.
100_0782	Focke-Wulf	Ta 183 Huckebein	Same as above, but with different camouflage. If it looks a lot like a Mig 15, it's because the Russians copied it.
100_0744	Gotha	Go 145	This trainer was loaded with small bombs and used as a night intruder on the Russian Front.
100_0759	Gotha	Go 229	Jet-powered flying wing.
100_0725	Gotha	Go 244	The Gotha 242 was a glider, but it was found convenient to give it two engines and call it a 244.
101_0015	Gotha	P.60A	This was a proposal for a flying-wing fighter with 2 jet engines. Built from scratch.
100_0752	Heinkel	He 100D	The Luftwaffe used a few of these fighters. Six were sold to Russia and 3 went to Japan.
100_0626	Heinkel	He 111	The 111 first flew under the guise of a commercial airliner to hide its true intent.
100_0615	Heinkel	He 111 H-6	No. 260 Squadron used this He 111 for liaison after capturing it from the Luftwaffe at Castel Benito. I didn't have the proper decals, so I had to paint the HS and ? by hand.
101_0022	Heinkel	He 111 Zwilling (Twin)	This is the apparatus that the Germans came up with to tow the giant Me 321 glider. It was two He 111s joined together by a new center section which had a 5th engine.
100_0627	Heinkel	He 111B-1	This was the first version to go to war, taking part in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), fighting on the side of General Franco and his Nationalists.
100_2182	Heinkel	He 111H-2	This H-2 was active in Sicily in 1942.
100_0628	Heinkel	He 111H-6	In April 1941, Germany went to the aid of Iraqi rebels who were making trouble for the British who occupied that country at the time. This 111 was repainted in Iraqi insignia (hand-painted) and used in that effort. The Brits counterattacked and quickly put an end to the rebellion.
100_0629	Heinkel	He 111H-6	The 111 was one of those versatile aircraft that could play a lot of roles. Here it is carrying 2 LT F5b torpedoes.
100_0631	Heinkel	He 111H-6	This unique 111 wears both the white band of the Mediterranean front and the yellow band of the Russian front. It was the personal transport of Field Marshal Kesselring who alternated between the two fronts, putting out fires.
100_1295	Heinkel	He 111H-8	During the Blitz which followed the Battle of Britain, the Luftwaffe found the British barrage balloons to be a problem. They outfitted some of their 111s with this rig to deflect the cables. I had to hand-make it, one of my first modification jobs.
100_0633	Heinkel	He 111H-20	This is an old kit that I built back in the 1950's. The H-20 had a dorsal turret, twin guns in the beam positions and 2 large bombs carried externally.
100_0634	Heinkel	He 111H-22	An early stand-off weapon, this H-22 has a V-1 missile slung underneath it. The V-1 launching sites were pushed out of range by the Allies a few months after D-Day, but the Germans were able to keep using the V-1's for a while by air-launching them.
100_0747	Heinkel	He 112B	A competitor of the Bf 109, it was built in small numbers: 17 for the Luftwaffe, which sent them to the Spanish Civil War, 12 to Japan, and 24 to Rumania.
100_0846	Heinkel	He 112B	Rumania got 24 of these little fighters.
100_0875	Heinkel	He 112B	Seventeen went to Spain, flown by German volunteers of the Condor Legion.
100_1041	Heinkel	He 114	This floatplane was built in small numbers, but Sweden bought some of them.
100_0613	Heinkel	He 115	Norway had bought some of these aircraft and also captured at least 2 when the Germans invaded their country. Some were able to escape to England where they were used for clandestine operations.
100_0795	Heinkel	He 115	This large floatplane was used for reconnaissance, mine laying, and torpedoing. It operated mainly in Scandinavia.
100_0887	Heinkel	He 115	In their brave fight against the Russian aggressors, the Finns used an outstanding variety of aircraft from all nations, like this large floatplane. Germany helped the Finns as much as it could.
101_0008	Heinkel	He 119	This research aircraft pushed the limits of aerodynamics by having the engine in the middle and a driveshaft through the cockpit to drive the propeller.
100_0771	Heinkel	He 162	This one was found by Allied forces in a semi-finished state and with the canopy smashed.
100_0770	Heinkel	He 162A-2 Salamander	Heinkel, with its wealth of jet aircraft experience, put together this tiny jet in the incredibly short time of 69 days from drawing board to first flight. It was nicknamed "Volksjager" and the idea was that it would be flown by enthusiastic but semi-trained Nazi Youth, meaning that the accident rate would have been horrendous. Heinkel somehow managed to build 116 of them before the collapse of Germany.
100_0793	Heinkel	He 163	A proposal for a He 163 to be used to guide a huge Arado E-377a flying bomb by remote control. Interesting kit picked up in Shanghai, China.
100_1965	Heinkel	He 177	The British tested this example of the "Luftwaffe Cigarette Lighter", with some of the guns removed.
101_0012	Heinkel	He 177 A-3/R5 Stalingradtyp	During the bitter fighting at Stalingrad in the winter of 1942-43, some Greifs were fitted with 75mm. cannons. Modified kit.
101_0009	Heinkel	He 177 A5 Greif	The coupled engines of the He l77 had a tendency to overheat and set the plane on fire, hence the nickname "Luftwaffe Cigarette Lighter". This one carried 3 Hs 293 guided missiles.
101_0011	Heinkel	He 177 A-5 Greif	This A-5 carries 3 Fritz X (no motor) guided bombs.
100_0205	Heinkel	He 177 Greif	This one was captured after the war and painted with D-Day invasion stripes for some reason.
100_0762	Heinkel	He 178	Small jet-powered research aircraft, one of the earliest.
100_0616	Heinkel	He 219V11 Uhu	The "Owl" was the finest night fighter developed by the Germans. They only built 294 of them, but they wreaked havoc in the English bomber streams going to their night-time targets. The Brits introduced their own Mosquito night fighters in the bomber streams to hunt down the He 219s, but even that stratagem wasn't always successful. All twenty prototypes were used in combat, as were 6 more assembled surreptitiously from spare parts, without official serial numbers.
100_0625	Heinkel	He 219 A5/R4 Uhu	To counteract the Mosquitoes hunting them down, the Germans fitted a gun for rear defense. I had to modify the cockpit slightly.
100_0623	Heinkel	He 219 Uhu	The Uhu was the first German plane designed specifically for the night fighting role. They were sorely needed to try and stop the mighty RAF night bombing offensive which was devastating their cities. Too few, too late. They were the victim of political maneuvering among the German leaders, some of whom favored the Ju 88.
100_0624	Heinkel	He 219V14	The 14th Versuch (prototype) aircraft was used as a test bed for the new turbojet engine to be used in the Heinkel 162 Volksjager. The jet was hand-made.
101_0018	Heinkel	He 277 V1	The obvious solution to the He 177's fire problems was to separate the 4 engines. The German Air Ministry refused to consider the idea, but the factory went ahead and built a handful of them anyway, in secret. Modified kit.
100_0760	Heinkel	He 280V3	This was the world's first jet fighter, flying on April 2, 1941. It also had the first ejection seat ever developed. It is hard to understand why this fighter, with a top speed of 578 mph, was not put into production.
100_0763	Heinkel	He 343	Proposed 4-engine jet bomber.
100_0719	Heinkel	He 46D	Trainer.
100_0720	Heinkel	He 46E-3	Same trainer, but in a night color scheme.
100_0794	Heinkel	He 51B-2	Floatplane version of the fighter plane.
101_0019	Heinkel	He 59	Ten of these very large floatplanes landed by surprise on the river in downtown Rotterdam, Holland so that 60 airborne troops could capture the main bridge.
100_0840	Heinkel	He 70 Blitz	Hungary used the Blitz as a light bomber.
100_0883	Heinkel	He 70 Blitz	A fairly fast plane which could be used for reconnaissance, transport or light bombing. This one is in Spanish Nationalist colors.
100_1719	Heinkel	P.1076	The estimated top speed of this drawing-board fighter was 546 mph. The swept-forward wing is notable. Built from scratch.
100_2298	Heinkel	He P.1077 Romeo	This rocket/jet engine interceptor was built in late 1944 but never saw combat. Built from scratch.
100_2299	Heinkel	He P.1077 Julia I	This was the companion to the "Romeo." The main difference was that the rocket engine was buried in the fuselage and the pilot was prone.
100_2300	Heinkel	He P.1077 Julia II	In the Julia II, the pilot was upright.
100_0776	Heinkel	He P.1078A	Another proposed jet fighter from Heinkel.
000_0007	Heinkel	P.1078C	Experimental tail-less jet fighter design. Built from scratch.
100_0750	Henschel	Hs 123	An early Henschel ground attack plane.
100_0743	Henschel	Hs 126	The Luftwaffe used this ground support aircraft extensively despite its dated looks.
100_0878	Henschel	Hs 126	Very useful ground-support aircraft, in Spanish Nationalist colors.
100_1034	Henschel	Hs 126	The Greeks got to use this ground attack plane against the invading Italians and Germans.
100_0738	Henschel	Hs 129	This 129 model carried a 75mm. cannon, which must have given this relatively light aircraft a heck of a jolt.
100_0855	Henschel	Hs 129	The Hungarians used the German-built Hs 129 ground attack aircraft.
100_0737	Henschel	Hs 129B-2	A tough, well-armored ground attack plane on the Russian Front in 1942. It has an especially interesting camouflage scheme. The Hs 129 used French engines supplied by the Vichy government.
101_0044	Henschel	Hs 132	This was Henschel's proposal for a "Volksjager". It was very similar in layout to the He 162A so I made it from a He 162A kit. The lines are the paste that they used to smooth over the joints.
100_1720	Henschel	Hs P.75	Another fighter that never got off the drawing board. It had a wide fuselage to accommodate twin engines like those in the Heinkel 177. Built from scratch.
100_1721	Henschel	Hs P.135	This little jet fighter had swept wings with dihedrals at the tips only. Top speed was estimated at 612 mph. Built from scratch.
100_2031	Junkers	Ju A-50 Junior	Small trainer from 1929. One of the first all-metal light planes. 80 hp. engine. Built from scratch.
100_0620	Junkers	Ju 52/3m	The ubiquitous "Tante Ju" served in many roles, including this air ambulance.
100_0797	Junkers	Ju 52/3mg5e	Another use for the tough and reliable "Tante Ju" transport.
100_0622	Junkers	Ju 52g9e	When things got tough in Stalingrad in late 1942, the Germans had to pull a lot of flying-school Ju 52s and use them to supply their surrounded troops. This one had skis and shows the wear and tear of operating in the harsh Russian winter environment.
100_0621	Junkers	Ju 52MS	Like the British Wellington, the Ju 52 served as a magnetic mine sweeper. Electrical impulses in the big ring would simulate the passing of a ship and detonate the mine harmlessly.
100_0872	Junkers	Ju 52g4e	The "Tante Ju" served in the Spanish Civil War as a transport and bomber.
100_0801	Junkers	Ju 86A-1	The Ju 86 was a very advanced bomber for its time, and laid the foundation for the Ju 88 series.
101_0034	Junkers	Ju 86R-1	Its long wingspan gave a very high ceiling for recon missions over Britain. The Brits put a stop to that with specially-modified Spits. Modified from a regular kit.
100_0839	Junkers	Ju 86K-2	This Ju 86 flew with the Hungarian Air Force in 1938.
100_0617	Junkers	Ju 87 D-1 Stuka	This example of the dreaded Stuka dive bomber was captured in North Africa in November 1942 by the British and used by No. 213 Squadron for liaison.
100_0711	Junkers	Ju 87 V1 Stuka	Here we have the prototype of the famous Stuka which spread terror in the skies of Europe for about one year, before it met organized and determined fighter opposition in the Battle of Britain; it was decimated and had to be withdrawn to other theatres where there was less opposition. Note the twin tail arrangement which was soon discarded. Like the Bf 109, it first flew with a Rolls-Royce Kestrel engine. Modified kit.
100_0877	Junkers	Ju 87A-1 Stuka	The Stuka was sent to Spain, flown by German crews.
100_0715	Junkers	Ju 87B Stuka	An old kit which didn't turn out too bad. This camouflage would have been for North Africa.
100_0717	Junkers	Ju 87B Stuka	Another North Africa color scheme.
100_0714	Junkers	Ju 87B-1 Stuka	Another unit that used the shark's mouth.
100_0713	Junkers	Ju 87B-2/U4 Stuka	Equipped with skis and in winter camouflage.
100_0851	Junkers	Ju 87B-2 Stuka	The Hungarians used this aircraft as a trainer for their dive-bombing group.
100_1192	Junkers	Ju 87B-2 Stuka	The British captured this Italian-crewed Stuka at Tobruk.
100_0847	Junkers	Ju 87D-3 Stuka	Germany supplied their Rumanian allies with these Stukas in 1943.
100_0712	Junkers	Ju 87C-0 Stuka	Junkers developed a shipboard version to be used on the aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin, which in the offing was never completed.
100_0718	Junkers	Ju 87G-1 Stuka	This is the aircraft of Hans Rudel, who compiled a record score of 519 Russian armored vehicles. He lost a leg to Russian flak, but recovered and kept on flying, much like Douglas Bader in the RAF. At the end of the war, Rudel wisely went to Argentina because the Russians were very much interested in having a chat with him.
100_0716	Junkers	Ju 87D-5 Stuka	The D series had aerodynamic refinements such as a shallower radiator and cockpit. It was sprayed white for the Russian winter.
100_0850	Junkers	Ju 87D-5 Stuka	Another user of the Stuka was the Royal Bulgarian Air Force on the Russian Front.
100_0815	Junkers	Ju 88H	This model had an elongated fuselage to house extra fuel for long-range reconnaissance.
100_0614	Junkers	Ju 88	The English captured this example of the famous Ju 88.
100_0803	Junkers	Ju 88 V1	The 1st Ju 88. It is a little-known fact that 2 American citizens of German ancestry were instrumental in the design of the Ju 88. Some 15,000 were built. Modified from a regular kit.
100_0802	Junkers	Ju 88 V5	The V5 was a specially modified 88 for record-breaking purposes. Modified from a regular kit.
100_0889	Junkers	Ju 88A-14	This is an anti-shipping version with a 20 mm. cannon under the nose. The Finns were eventually overwhelmed by sheer Russian numbers, and the peace treaty required them to help the Russians expel their German allies. This is one of the aircraft that therefore changed sides and attacked the retreating Germans, without much enthusiasm.
100_0806	Junkers	Ju 88A-17	This aircraft carried 2 torpedoes externally.
100_0843	Junkers	Ju 88A-4	Rumania used some of the ubiquitous Ju 88s.
100_0804	Junkers	Ju 88A-4/Trop	This 88 served in North Africa in 1942, and has an appropriate color to blend in with the desert.
100_0808	Junkers	Ju 88C6-c	This was a very good night fighter with twin 30mm. cannons angled upward behind the cockpit, allowing it to come in below a bomber where it was most vulnerable.
100_0805	Junkers	Ju 88P-1	The P-1 carried a 75mm. cannon. It was first tried against US daylight bombers but was unwieldy and suffered heavy casualties. It then went to the Russian Front as an anti-tank weapon.
101_0024	Junkers	Ju EF128	Right before the end of the war, Germany had numerous projects for jet aircraft. This fighter was one of them. Built from scratch.
100_0810	Junkers	Ju 188	This 188 has an interesting camouflage pattern.
100_0811	Junkers	Ju 188	An interesting camouflage scheme, for over-ocean operation.
100_0807	Junkers	Ju 188C-0	The 188 series had a totally different aerodynamic nose. This experimental model also had a remote-controlled rear turret with 2 13mm. guns. Modified from a regular kit.
100_0758	Junkers	Ju 287	A proposed jet bomber with forward-swept wings, 4 jets under the wings and 2 under the nose. This was built from spare parts including a Ju 88 fuselage, wings from an F-86 Sabre and engines from a B-52 kit at a totally different scale. I didn't have much to work with, so who knows if I got it right.
100_0813	Junkers	Ju 288 V3	The 288 was actually a new aircraft which was supposed to replace the 88, but it never went anywhere.
101_0039	Junkers	Ju 290	A large 4-engine aircraft used for reconnaissance over the Atlantic.
101_0021	Junkers	Ju 352 Hercules	The Italians were fond of the 3-engine layout, but the Germans also tried it for this large transport.
100_0812	Junkers	Ju 388J Stortebecker	A dedicated night fighter, and a very good one too.
100_0814	Junkers	Ju 388K-1	The K-1 bomber had a remote-controlled rear turret. Modification of a regular kit.
100_2006	Junkers	Ju 488A	Junkers also designed a 4-engine strategic bomber. This was to be the production version. Speed was projected to be 429 mph, almost as fast as contemporary Mustangs. Work started in early 1944 on 2 slightly-smaller prototypes, in Toulouse, France under German orders. One was sabotaged and the other disappeared in the Allied liberation. Built from scratch.
100_1722	Junkers	Ju EF126	The miniature fighter program was promulgated November 1944. Junkers proposed this cheap little fighter (1/5 the cost of an Me 262) with clunky external armament. The Russians captured and tested several of them after the war. Built from scratch.
100_2026	Junkers	W34	Dating back to 1926, 3024 of these all-metal planes were built and hundreds were still serving in the Luftwaffe in 1944 as trainers. The Swedish Air Force used them as ambulances from 1933 to 1953. Built from scratch.
100_2027	Kalkert	Ka 430	Twelve of these transport gliders were built in 1944 but never saw service. It could carry 12 men. Built from scratch.
100_0753	Klemm	Kl 35	Small training plane.
101_0023	Lippisch	DM-1	Lippisch was always experimenting with flying wings, such as this small glider. Built from scratch.
100_0768	Lippisch	Li P.10	Lippisch was heavily involved in the design of delta-wing aircraft.
100_0756	Lippisch	Li P.13A	This was a Lippisch proposal for a jet fighter.
100_0635	Messerschmitt	Bf 108 Taifun	An elegant 4-seater. This one was used in North Africa. Willy Messerschmitt had a good run for a while there with the 108, the 109 and the 110, all successful designs.
100_0852	Messerschmitt	Bf 108 Taifun	The Bulgarians received some of these for liaison duties.
100_0645	Messerschmitt	Bf 109V-1	The very first 109 flew with, of all things, a British Rolls-Royce Kestrel engine. The front end of a regular 109 kit had to be extensively modified.
100_0646	Messerschmitt	Bf 109V-4	The 4th prototype flew in 1936.
100_0880	Messerschmitt	Bf 109B-1	An early Bf 109. They were sent to Spain to be evaluated under actual combat conditions.
100_0647	Messerschmitt	Bf 109	The early 109s had 2-bladed propellers.
100_2063	Messerschmitt	Bf 109	The B-1 was the first production model, starting in February 1937. S2+M53 was based in Berlin in 1938.
000_0012	Messerschmitt	Bf 109 Mistel	Another Mistel, this one with a Bf 109 on a Junkers 88.
100_0661	Messerschmitt	Bf 109 Wasser	The Germans even tried a floatplane version. Modified kit.
100_0660	Messerschmitt	Bf 109 Zwilling	Kind of like a Teutonic Twin Mustang.
100_0857	Messerschmitt	Bf 109E	The Germans also set up an independent republic of Slovakia and gave them early-model Bf 109s. Again, lots of hand-painted insignia.
101_0007	Messerschmitt	Bf 109E with DFS 230	This was not a Mistel. It was an attempt to fly the glider to its destination with the Bf 109 rather than have to tow it there. I bought the glider from Rare Plane Detective in Las Vegas. Jeff Garrity was kind enough to throw in the Bf109E kit so that I could build the complete outfit.
100_0648	Messerschmitt	Bf 109E-3	The E model was used extensively in the Battle of Britain in the fall of 1940. It acquitted itself well against the Spitfire, being a pretty even match.
100_0845	Messerschmitt	Bf 109E-4	This Rumanian Bf 109 fought on the Russian Front in 1942.
100_0649	Messerschmitt	Bf 109E-4/N/ Trop	This is the aircraft of Lt. Hans-Joachim Marseille of JagdGeschwader 27 in North Africa. He scored 158 victories before his engine quit, he bailed out and hit the tail. The camouflage was especially effective over the desert.
100_0650	Messerschmitt	Bf 109E-7/B	The 109 was pressed into a ground-support role on the Russian front in the fall of 1941. It carried a 250 kilo bomb.
100_1610	Messerschmitt	Bf 109E-8	A single 109E was fitted with skis while serving in Norway in 1940-1941. Modified Bf 109 kit.
100_0225	Messerschmitt	Bf 109E-3	The Swiss used Bf 109s and painted them in bright colors after two of them were shot down by mistake by US P-51 Mustangs.
100_0658	Messerschmitt	Bf 109F	An obvious solution to the narrow undercarriage was to fit a tricycle landing gear, which Goering derided as "that American undercarriage". No production. Modified kit.
100_0659	Messerschmitt	Bf 109F	One 109 was fitted with a butterfly tail as an experiment. Modified kit.
100_1217	Messerschmitt	Bf 109F	This Bf 109 bears the distinctive "postage stamp" insignia of that part of the Italian Air Force that remained on the German side.
100_0657	Messerschmitt	Bf 109F (Fisk 199)	As the 109 was asked to carry heavier and heavier bomb loads, it was discovered to be structurally necessary to fit an extra wheel on the centerline for take-off. This was jettisoned once in flight. Modified kit.
100_1609	Messerschmitt	Bf 109F/Trop	While in Tunisia in 1943, this 109 received a very non-standard camouflage scheme.
100_0651	Messerschmitt	Bf 109F-2	The F model introduced a large aerodynamic spinner.
100_0618	Messerschmitt	Bf 109G	With 35,000 Bf 109s being manufactured, it was inevitable that at least one would fall in the hands of the British.
100_0655	Messerschmitt	Bf 109G	An Eastern Front aircraft in what must have been a very effective camouflage.
100_0853	Messerschmitt	Bf 109G-10/U4	After they invaded Yugoslavia, the Germans formed the short-lived republic of Croatia and gave them Bf 109s to fly. I had no Croatian insignia so I painted them on top of the German crosses.
100_0652	Messerschmitt	Bf 109G-2	The G had a stronger engine and a bigger cannon. The Germans had no rotation system; their pilots stayed in combat until they were killed. For this reason, the Bf 109 aces had huge scores, with at least 104 over 100 victories (Erich Hartmann had 352), dwarfing the 40 or so that was about tops for Western Allied pilots.
100_0653	Messerschmitt	Bf 109G-2	JG54 was one of the famous German fighter squadrons. Their aircraft sported a green heart. This one was at Leningrad in 1942.
100_1199	Messerschmitt	Bf 109G-6	Italian Bf 109, Sicily, early 1943.
100_0654	Messerschmitt	Bf 109G-6/R2	109s also carried the 210mm. rocket projectiles under the wings to break up US bomber formations.
100_0656	Messerschmitt	Bf 109H	109s had extremely narrow undercarriages which led to numerous landing accidents. One ace referred to it as "that contraption". The obvious solution was a wide-track undercarriage seen on this prototype, but it was not put into production. It also had a longer wingspan for better altitude. Modified kit.
100_0665	Messerschmitt	Bf 109K	This plane was captured by British forces at the end of the war. Some humorist wrote on it "Buy More Bonds Now".
100_1288	Messerschmitt	Bf 109K	The last model of the 109.
100_1611	Messerschmitt	Bf 109T-2	Bf 109's were going to serve on the German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin. The T-1 had the standard 109E wing fitted with leading edge spoilers to improve take-off and landing performance. T-2 had a longer wingspan and folding wings. As it turned out, the Graf Zeppelin was never completed. Modified Bf 109 kit.
100_1612	Messerschmitt	Bf 109TL	There appeared to have been some doubts about the Me 262, so the 109TL was developed as a back-up. Built from scratch.
100_2130	Messerschmitt	Me 109G	This is the aircraft (with a hand-painted nose) of Eric Hartmann who scored an amazing 352 victories, compared to about 80 for the top Russian and Japanese aces, and 40 for the top American, British and French aces. He earned them all on the Eastern Front, where the pickings were easier. Still... Actually, the Germans had literally hundreds of aces with over 40 victories. Of course, they flew all the time until they were killed, so they had lots of opportunities. Hartmann was shot down 13 times, all crash landings except one. Four months after the war, the Russians caught him and kept him in their prisons for 10 years, even though he had always acted honorably during the war. Hartmann's record will never be equaled.
100_2231	Messerschmitt	Me 109K	"White 14" carried a large bomb.
100_2181	Messerschmitt	Bf 110A-01	The A-01 was the first batch of pre-production aircraft, with less-powerful engines. Modified kit.
100_0639	Messerschmitt	Bf 110	An old boyhood kit, but not too bad.
100_1963	Messerschmitt	Bf 110	This example of the Bf 110 was captured by the British and re-painted in their normal camouflage colors.
100_1215	Messerschmitt	Bf 110C	The Italians used this German night fighter in northern Italy.
100_0636	Messerschmitt	Bf 110D-1/R1	An early Bf 110 seen in Denmark in 1940 with a 1200-litre belly tank, making it look like a whale.
100_0637	Messerschmitt	Bf 110D-2	This 110 gave ground support to the Afrika Korps in 1941.
100_0638	Messerschmitt	Bf 110D-2	The US, China and Switzerland were not the only countries who used the shark's mouth motif. I hand-painted this one, along with the Iraqi insignia. Like the He 111, it served in Iraq in May 1941 with big under-wing fuel tanks. It was in fact a member of ZerstorerGeschwader 76 Haifisch (Shark).
100_2196	Messerschmit	Me 110D3	This 110 served in the Balkans and Greece in 1941 with ZG76. It had the very large long-range tanks.
100_0640	Messerschmit	Bf 110G-2/R3	In their continuing efforts to disrupt the B-17 and B-24 formations destroying their industry, the Luftwaffe tried air-to-air unguided rockets, seen under the wings.
100_0641	Messerschmitt	Bf 110G-4b	With the failure of its proposed successor, the Me 210, the 110 had to continue in service, in this case as a night fighter. This G-4 is festooned with flame dampers, long-range and short-range radar, and drop tanks. Performance was seriously degraded.
100_0644	Messerschmitt	Me 161V-2	Unsuccessful competitor to the Junkers 88.
100_0772	Messerschmitt	Me 163 Komet	Another last-ditch weapon was the rocket-powered Me 163 which, unlike the Nater, was used operationally. Almost 370 were built. They were often deadly to their pilots because the rocket fuel was temperamental and would often explode upon returning to base, especially since the 163 landed on a skid. It is a tribute to the bravery of German pilots that any of them were willing to even fly this thing. Maximum speed was almost 600 mph.
100_0774	Messerschmitt	Me 163A	A 163 with rockets under the wings.
100_0773	Messerschmitt	Me 163S	The trainer version of the Komet.
100_0662	Messerschmitt	Me 209-II	Although given the same number as the high-speed 209, there was no connection. It was based on the 109, but had a wide track undercarriage, more power and bigger rudder and wings. A few were built, but it did not go into production because it would have disrupted deliveries of the 109. Highly modified 109 kit.
100_0664	Messerschmitt	Me 209V-1	This special aircraft set a speed record of 469 mph in May 1939. However, efforts to make it into a mass-produced fighter failed because the necessary changes soon brought performance down to that of a regular 109.
100_0642	Messerschmitt	Me 210	The new 210 suffered from appalling handling characteristics and cost Willy Messerschmitt his favored position as dean of the German aircraft industry.
000_0009	Messerschmitt	Me 261	This aircraft was built to establish long-distance records for prestige purposes. Three were built.
100_0783	Messerschmitt	Me 262V1	The world's first operational jet fighter made its first flight on piston power, to check out the airframe's handling. It proved to be just fine. Modified from a regular 262 kit.
100_0784	Messerschmitt	Me 262V3	The next version was a tail dragger, which tore up the runways with jet blast and limited forward visibility. Modified from a regular 262 kit.
100_0792	Messerschmitt	Me 262	Then there was this Mistel combination using 2 Me 262s. Seems like a waste of a valuable and scarce asset. Modified kits.
100_0788	Messerschmitt	Me 262	An experimental version with a 50 mm. cannon tested in 1944. It looks lethal, but by then, it should have been obvious that the way to shoot down planes was not to hit them with single shots, but to hose them with a stream of smaller projectiles. Modified from a regular 262 kit.
100_2288	Messerschmitt	Me 262	The standard Me 262 had a full 100 mph more speed than the P-51D Mustang, but some fool thought they needed even more, and proposed the addition of two ramjets. It never left the drawing board. Modified kit.
100_1942	Messerschmitt	Me 262	A late-model Me 262 in April 1945, right before the German collapse.
100_2178	Messerschmitt	Me 262	The Czechs put together an Me 262 in 1945, perhaps from captured parts? They called it the S 92.
100_0785	Messerschmitt	Me 262A-1a	One of the first operational 262s. If Hitler hadn't insisted on converting it into a fast bomber, it would have been ready as a fighter much earlier. As it was, it caused the Allies some major problems. It was too fast to catch unless you could dive down on it. The best way was to catch them taking off or landing, when they were vulnerable.
100_0786	Messerschmitt	Me 262A-1a	Adolf Galland, the well-known ace and General, flew this example.
100_0787	Messerschmitt	Me 262A-2a Sturmvogel	One of the 262s which was converted to a bomber on Hitler's orders. It lacked the range, the weight-lifting capability, and the bombsight to be effective.
100_0790	Messerschmitt	Me 262A-2a/U2	If you want a bomber, you should at least have a bombardier like on this one. Modified from a regular 262 kit.
100_0789	Messerschmitt	Me 262B-1a/B1	What made more sense was a night fighter version, with a radar operator and drop tanks.
100_0791	Messerschmitt	Me 262B-1a/B1	Another night fighter in a different color scheme.
100_0775	Messerschmitt	Me 263A	Messerschmitt was working on this bigger, cleaner version of the 163 with a tricycle landing gear, but time ran out.
101_0005	Messerschmitt	Me 264	The so-called "New York" bomber. It had the range to hit New York, but between the extreme distance and determined opposition, losses would have been catastrophic. Only 2 were built, and they had problems that Messerschmitt couldn't spare the resources to eradicate.
100_0663	Messerschmitt	Me 309	Messerschmitt tried a new design to replace the 109, but it had problems and was dropped in favor of the Fw 190D.
101_0025	Messerschmitt	Me 321	By far the biggest glider of the war. The wingspan was 180 ft. It was so heavy that it had to have rocket-assisted take-off (the white pods under the wings).
100_1700	Messerschmitt	Me 329	The Me 329 heavy fighter/bomber only reached the mock-up stage. It had twin 3500 hp. engines and pusher propellers. Built from scratch.
101_0030	Messerschmitt	Me 323D	The towing of Me 321s was not really practical, so they hung 6 captured French Gnome-Rhone engines on them. They were used extensively in Russia and Tunisia. This one is shown disgorging a half-track truck for the Afrika Corps. Losses were horrendous; all 198 went to a single squadron.
100_0643	Messerschmitt	Me 410A-1/U4	The 410 was only marginally better than the 210, but good enough to put into service. This one mounted a 50mm. cannon for shooting down bombers.
101_0004	Messerschmitt	Me P.1099A	Kind of like an Me 262 with a fat fuselage for more fuel. It came too late.
100_0780	Messerschmitt	Me P.1101	The P.1101 was a very clean design which actually reached the metal prototype stage complete with engine installation. Kind of looks like an F-86 Sabre, doesn't it?
101_0037	Messerschmitt	Me P.1106	This was another Messerschmitt project for a jet fighter toward the end of the war. I made this one from a Yak-15 kit.
100_1723	Messerschmitt	Me P.1110	This graceful V-tail jet fighter had a unique annular air intake about halfway back along the fuselage. Kind of looks like a Saab Lansen. Built from scratch.
100_0778	Messerschmitt	Me P.1111	Yet another proposal for a jet fighter. They should have concentrated on one design instead of going off in all directions.
100_1290	Sack	AS-6	For years and years, Sack experimented with flying discs, but nothing ever came out of it.
101_0031	Sanger	Amerika	This was a fascinating project to launch a bomber into space. It would then orbit the earth by skipping off the atmosphere like a stone, and bomb New York. Strictly a theoretical, drawing-board exercise. It would have taken a tremendous amount of effort to develop it and it would have made sense only if the Germans had had the atomic bomb. Built from scratch.
100_0733	Siebel	Si 104 Hallore	Small communications plane.
100_0723	Siebel	Si 204	This 204 has a machine gun turret and a different color scheme.
100_0722	Siebel	Si 204D	Multi-place training aircraft.
100_2016	Zaunkoenig	LF-1 Wren	This tiny trainer was built during the war by the students at the technical University of Brunswick. It was designed to convert glider pilots to powered airplanes. Empty weight was 553 lbs. Two were made, one of which ended up in Britain. Built from scratch.