Updated, Sept. 25, 2008, by Steve Brauning
Models grouped into collections (related subjects). With Photos
Collection # 1. "Wings of the Luftwaffe: The Western Front 1944-45" 1/48 Scale
Messerschmitt Me163 Komet DML ----------------- Dornier Do335 A-6 Monogram
Focke Wulf Ta152H-1a DML------------------ Heinkel He162A-2 Salamander Trimaster
Collection # 2. "Nachtjagers of the Luftwaffe" 1/48 Scale
Dornier Do217 N MPM VacuForm kit 1/48 scale
This was a BIG nightfighter: in fact, the airframe was originally a medium bomber.
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The Horten Ho229B-1 flying wing nightfighter, also known as Ho229V7 - DML kit, 1/48 scale
This aircraft was under construction when the Gotha factory was captured in 1945. Hypothetical scheme for NG/1; hypothetical installation of Berlin nose radar gear.
Click the thumbnail for a the Horten nightfighter shortly after take-off, with full under-wing stores(from out-board to in-board): RATO (Rocket Assisted Take Off) pods, 300 litre drop tanks, and He298 Air-to-Air Missles, video guided
Collection #3 - Me262 - (See photos on the Me262 page)
Collection #4 Arado Ar234 family (1/48)
Ar234B-2a bomber ------------------
Ar234C w/V-1 Hobbycraft,V-1,Testors
Ar234B-2a/N Nachtigol - nightfighter
NEW PHOTOS - JUNE 1 2005 TWO NEW MODELS
#1 - Ar234P Nightfighter hypothetical aircraft, with Berlin radar, on an airfield display base.
#2 - Ar234B AWACS All-weather communications and radar platform. Hypothetical aircraft, in-flight mode.
Click here to go to a review of the Hobbycraft Ar234 kits as well as the Unicraft conversion kit.
Collection #5 - "What if...? Asking the question, what if the Luftwaffe had continued development of certain aircraft? Or, what if the war had continued a few more months or even years? What aircraft would have been in operation?
The first jet aircraft ever to fly (August, 1939);paintings and markings are hypothetical for Battle of Britain period (August, 1940)II/JG26 "Schageter" fighter squadron; Caffiers, France. Hypothetical armament: two 20mm MG151 cannons in the lower fuselage and two MG17 machine guns in the wings.
When this airplane flew in August, 1939, before World War Two even officially started, it was over 100 kph faster than the Lufwaffe's existing front line fighters. But because of a false sense of confidence, they decided not to procede with this radical new design. They were counting on the Me109E fighters, and that the war would be quickly won. What if the Luftwaffe had put this little jet fighter into production instead of into a museum? Then by August of 1940, it may have been zipping over the skies of southern England, pouncing Hurricanes and Spitfires left and right. And the outcome may have different.(Good thing it did not happen!!!)
Heinkel He280 Eduard "Profi-Pak" Model kit, 1/48 scale
Hypothetical 1943 "gray" scheme as bomber interceptor, with Wfr.Gr. 21 mortar rockets. Unit: EKdo 280(Test Command 280), Lechfeld .
The He280A-1c, "White 5"
This plane was a competitor with the Me262 for the jet interceptor roll. Even though the Heinkel was further along in testing and development than the Messerschmitt, the Me262 was a more advanced design and won the contract. However, becuase of delays, it did not get into operation until mid 1944. By then, air superiority had been irretreivably lost. The Heinkel could have been in front line units by mid or late 1943. Perhaps it could have turned the tide against the Allied bombing offensive. Since they were significantly faster than the Allied escort aircraft, they could have operated with more freedom against the bombers than could the bf109's and FW190's. What would have happened if Heinkel's jets began blasting B-17's out of the air at a number unacceptable to Allied command? Perhaps daylight strategic bombing would have been curtailed. The war's outcome may have been different. (Thankfully that did not happen!!!)
Blohm and Voss BV 212.3 "Just Fantasy" Model kit, 1/48 scale
Resin with misc. scratchbuilt and "kit-bashing"
This aircraft was on the drawing board and prototypes had been ordered; there was a wind tunnel model, and even the center fuselage was mostly built. But the end of the war put a stop to that. This plane has a hypothetical mid 1945 interceptor scheme. Unit: JG 51.
(Also part of the "What if...?" collection: Horten 229B-1a flying wing nightfighter and the Arado Ar234 nightfighters), various Me262 version. See on related pages.
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Last Updated Sept. 25, 2008 by Steve Brauning