Old Dog
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This is the Dragon kit derived from the Trimaster kit. It contains the complete B model kit including the PE hinges for the engine cowling which Dragon left out of their original B model kit, along with new forward swept wings. These are one piece molds so no halves to glue together. I plan on building the kit OOB with only an Eduard instrument panel and a Quick Boost bang seat. The kit has a PE instrument panel but there is no way I could do it justice painting it up.
Here is the time stamp
A bit of history...The D model of the He 162 was a progressive development of the basic airframe that was designed in parallel with the C model. They both utilized the B series fuselage and a Heinkel-Hirth 011A turbojet. The C model had wings that were swept at 38 degrees and a V type or butterfly tail that had been previously tested on the He 280. The wing had an anhedral portion at approximately two-thirds span. The D model was essentially the same but it was equipped with a swept forward wing. Wind tunnel testing had show that both the swept forward and swept back wings had about the same critical Mach number for a given angle but the swept forward wings eliminated the tip stall tenancy of swept back wings. Unfortunately it also required a very strong structure as the forward sweep causes the wing tips to be subjected to a twisting force. Both the C and D were envisaged as target defense interceptors and they were to be equipped with two 30 mm Mk 103 cannon on a special mount enabling them to tilt upwards allowing the guns to be fired upward into a target while flying under it. Neither of these models were built but when Heinkel's Schwechat facility was overrun by Allied forces a half completed prototype was found with a set of interchangeable swept back and swept forward wings.
Quick boost bang seat
While the Dragon kit is not as easy to build as the Tamiya kit I'm hoping the hardest part will be determining how much weight to add to keep it from tail sitting. Probably be a day or two before this hits the bench.
Here is the time stamp
A bit of history...The D model of the He 162 was a progressive development of the basic airframe that was designed in parallel with the C model. They both utilized the B series fuselage and a Heinkel-Hirth 011A turbojet. The C model had wings that were swept at 38 degrees and a V type or butterfly tail that had been previously tested on the He 280. The wing had an anhedral portion at approximately two-thirds span. The D model was essentially the same but it was equipped with a swept forward wing. Wind tunnel testing had show that both the swept forward and swept back wings had about the same critical Mach number for a given angle but the swept forward wings eliminated the tip stall tenancy of swept back wings. Unfortunately it also required a very strong structure as the forward sweep causes the wing tips to be subjected to a twisting force. Both the C and D were envisaged as target defense interceptors and they were to be equipped with two 30 mm Mk 103 cannon on a special mount enabling them to tilt upwards allowing the guns to be fired upward into a target while flying under it. Neither of these models were built but when Heinkel's Schwechat facility was overrun by Allied forces a half completed prototype was found with a set of interchangeable swept back and swept forward wings.
Quick boost bang seat
While the Dragon kit is not as easy to build as the Tamiya kit I'm hoping the hardest part will be determining how much weight to add to keep it from tail sitting. Probably be a day or two before this hits the bench.
