At last, the Amtech Ta 183 is finished and here are the pictures.
This Ta 183 was built as the Ta 183A-1a version with the Junkers Jumo 004B turbojet instead of the planned He S 011 engine.
The airframe design was finalized but the development of the advanced He S 011 engine was lagging behind so the first 20 airframes used the Jumo 004B and my model represents the 8th production Ta 183A-1a produced by Fieseler in September 1945.
Below is a drawing of the Ta 183B, compare this to the above drawing.
Teaching pilots to fly the new fighter went smoothly compared to the trouble the Luftwaffe had with the Me 262 in 1944, that is probably because the pilots of the disbanded He 162 units were selected...if they could fly the He 162 and survive they could fly anything!
Even though the Ta 183A-1a version was slightly underpowered it could still fly rings around anything the Allies had including the P-80 and Meteor so it was popular with the pilots but there were still losses because of being so outnumbered and eventually most of the Ta 183A-1a's were lost except for W.Nr. 603008 and after so many hours of combat it was deemed no longer fit to serve as a frontline aircraft anymore and was used as an advanced trainer so the former He 162 and Me 262 pilots could gain some experience with the flying qualities of the 'wonder weapon'. Such worn out advanced aircraft like W.Nr. 603008 were marked with a large white ''S'' which stood for 'Schulmaschine' a practice that began with the Me 262 a full year before.
Here is a rare wartime color photograph of W.Nr. 6003008 on the flightline, behind it can be seen a Mimetall built Ta 183B.
Here are the pictures of my model...
Matrixone
This Ta 183 was built as the Ta 183A-1a version with the Junkers Jumo 004B turbojet instead of the planned He S 011 engine.
The airframe design was finalized but the development of the advanced He S 011 engine was lagging behind so the first 20 airframes used the Jumo 004B and my model represents the 8th production Ta 183A-1a produced by Fieseler in September 1945.
Below is a drawing of the Ta 183B, compare this to the above drawing.
Teaching pilots to fly the new fighter went smoothly compared to the trouble the Luftwaffe had with the Me 262 in 1944, that is probably because the pilots of the disbanded He 162 units were selected...if they could fly the He 162 and survive they could fly anything!
Even though the Ta 183A-1a version was slightly underpowered it could still fly rings around anything the Allies had including the P-80 and Meteor so it was popular with the pilots but there were still losses because of being so outnumbered and eventually most of the Ta 183A-1a's were lost except for W.Nr. 603008 and after so many hours of combat it was deemed no longer fit to serve as a frontline aircraft anymore and was used as an advanced trainer so the former He 162 and Me 262 pilots could gain some experience with the flying qualities of the 'wonder weapon'. Such worn out advanced aircraft like W.Nr. 603008 were marked with a large white ''S'' which stood for 'Schulmaschine' a practice that began with the Me 262 a full year before.
Here is a rare wartime color photograph of W.Nr. 6003008 on the flightline, behind it can be seen a Mimetall built Ta 183B.
Here are the pictures of my model...
Matrixone
