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Messerschmitt
P.1112 Airmodel 1/72 resin Mike McEvoy - SAM v.18 no.6 Aug 96 |
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This was just about the last of the Messerschmitt projects on
which
design work was completed
before the collapse of the German aircraft industry in May 1945, and
was intended to put right
some of the problems which had been found in wind tunnel testing of
earlier designs. The annular
intake of the P.1110 was replaced by flank intakes which bear a strong
resemblance to those
which later became known as 'NCA intakes', and the V-tail of the P.1106
was retained for its
structural simplicity.The very clean resin castings are broken down,
like those of the Airmodel kit
of the Henschel P.135, in a very similar manner to those of an
injection moulded kit. The fuselage
halves are hollow and relatively thin-walled, and there is a separate
tailpipe with the core plug
characteristic of the German jet engines of the period. All three wheel
wells are cast into a
separate lower section, and the undercarriage legs and wheels are all
metal. The fit of the parts is
very good indeed, with any joins fillable with the resin dust from
light sanding. I filled part of the
space in the nose with plasticine to maintain the model's sit on the
ground. |
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Airmodel 1/72 resin Michael Moore |
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This is yet another nice hollow
cast resin kit from Airmodel . The
body is two pieces with locating
pins and a nice cockpit area . Everything is nicely cast but a few
dings on a couple of pieces to
correct with filler make it not quite perfect . The u/c and wheels are
white metal and the usual
thoughtful supply of 2 canopies is continued. This should be a nice
quick kit so it may get done
sometime soon. I believe Dan Johnson has some interesting information
on possible
variants of this plane at his
site . Just look it up in the Links section. Dan's & John
Clarke's completed kits are shown below. |
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