"Lil' red tomato"

[T. van Vuuren]

Completed my Academy 1/72 ME 163 Komet. Wolfgang Spatte's first ops flight with the 163.

Was a fun build.

Theuns

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[spanner570]

Very nice, neat build Theuns. What a diddy aircraft and that's one complicated towing mechanism!

Great job.

Ron

 

[mobear]

really really nice build there theuns,love the weathering on it

mobear

 

[stona]

That looks great Theuns. A bit conspicuous,no wonder he had it repainted ASAP!

Cheers

Steve

 

[yak face]

Top build theuns ,excellent job on the red , nicely weatherd and highlighted . Its a nice little kit isnt it , ive got one in the stash ,but dont know whether to do it in captured british markings or the 2 seater version in captured soviet markings. Ron , the towing tractor was called a Sheuch Schlepper , try saying that after a few cans of Boddingtons!!!! cheers tony

 

[spanner570]

Tony, Sheuch Schlepper......Is that Boddington's for....."Quiet woman, fetch me my slippers!"

Sorry for the small highjack, Theuns.

Ron

 

[wbk666]

nice work

it must have taken a special sort of person to fly what is basically a chemical explosion waiting to happen.

 

[TonyBv9]

Nice job. What a great value kit, too.

It must have taken an even more special kind of person to sit in the back seat of the tandem version.

 

[Vaughan]

That's one real neat job Theuns it looks great in Red.

Vaughan

 

[T. van Vuuren]

Thanx lads. Fun it defenately was to build. As I understand the refulers were allowed to only fuel one tipe of the 2 part fuel as the vapours traped in their clothing would ignite if mixed!

The pilot also had a chemical suite with fresh O2 supply as the fuel vapours were extremely hazardous.

A 163 in RAF or Russian colours would be interesting, I just did the red for a local IPMS chalange (and it was the easiest to do LOL!)

Theuns

 

[flyjoe180]

Nice Komet, Theuns. Very unique scheme.

 

[papa 695]

Very nice Theuns great work on the subtle weathering