Tamiya Meteor and Doodlebug
This is the 1/48th scale Tamiya Gloster Meteor F1 & Fieseler Fi103 V-1 flying bomb mounted on a simple Perspex stand. Both models were built straight from the box. The only alteration is the pilot. His head was removed and turned to look to his left. The harness was extended over his shoulders and attached behind the seat.
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Nice work and very intersting idea!
Thank you Roberto. Glad you like it.
Well done representation, sir - love that homemade stand, too. π
Many thanks Craig. The stand was simple to make.
That may be, but the fact that you not only designed it, but had the talent (and the materials) to construct it, makes it that much more elegant in my estimation.
Why, thank you sir.
Very nice work.
Good job mate
Thanks Paulo. I'm pleased you like it.
Nicely done! This is the kind of display that captures my imagination.
Many thanks David. That's good of you to say.
Good display, Julian, and another example of your neat paintwork. I hope the pilot has fully recovered from his surgery.
Thank you very much George. The pilot is fine now. But he did have a stiff neck for a few days. π
Very nice, it captures the moment well
Thanks a lot George, I'm glad you like it.
I watched Kelly's Heros (again) last weekend. I never tire of watching that film.
Great work! To catch the moment of tipping over the buzz bomb is very well executed. I can imagine the pilot would keep it's eyes on that V-1 as they were quite unreliable.
Thank you Ferry. I don't think it was a job for the not for the faint-hearted when it was done for real.
Right you are!
Well done, Julian! I'm sure there was plenty of interesting talking in the ready-room the 1st time a pilot came back & told everyone that he had just knocked down a Doodlebug without using any bullets!
Great job capturing a brief moment in time that is now history!
Hi Jeffry, thank you. I can only imagine the talk in the ready-room after the first encounter.
Julian, nicely done and posed! Shows what actually happened, not easy by any measure. Only slightly less dangerous than shooting at it and having it blow up and take you with it.
Thank you Bernard, they were brave pilots.
Great build and splendid concept!
Many thanks Michel, I'm pleased you like it.
You really have to imagine what was in these guys' hearts and minds as they risked the integrity of their own plane to knock these buzz bombs off course. No thrill of the kill, no wits and skill vs wits and skill of the enemy, no imminent danger to them: just a mindless threat to the helpless civilians and their beloved homeland below them. It's the pathos of this scene that grips me, and you've done it well. Modeling telling a story far, far beyond the craft themselves!
Thank you David, very well put. Look how far the buzz bomb has come on since.
Beautiful build! as is the stand.
Hello Robert, glad you like it.
Hello Robert, thank you . Glad you like it.
Very nice!
Many thanks Greg.