Huma 1/48 FL 282 “Kolibri” [Hummingbird]
The world’s first production helicopter came on the scene in 1942...Flettner came up with the same intermeshing blade design still in effect today...a radial engine sits behind the pilot with a transmission on the front from which a shaft ran up to the gearbox that split power to the two rotor shafts...built in one and two seat configurations, with enclosed and exposed cockpits...although close to 100 were already ordered, only about 24 were produced before the wars end but the die had been cast
Jeff Bailey said on November 29, 2018
Outstanding! And I hadn’t “heard”all the history before.
bob mack said on November 30, 2018
thank you jeff…it was an outstanding model…you too
Robert Royes said on November 30, 2018
Heard of it but never saw a model of it,very nice and different.
bob mack said on November 30, 2018
crazy they existed…ain’t it amazing Bob…is to me …thank you…
DE4EVER said on November 30, 2018
🙂 … Greetings … 🙂 :
Love it Bob … nice work. Very interesting subject for sure. Hope to see it in a diorama … it will make for a very good conversational piece.
bob mack said on November 30, 2018
i’m so glad…thank you…it’s got that NASCAR cage structure
Tom Cleaver said on November 30, 2018
Very nice work on a real oddball.
bob mack said on November 30, 2018
genuine oddball…and thank’s…there’s a 1/35 now…love it
Greg Kittinger said on November 30, 2018
Excellent model! I’ve never seen one built up before.
bob mack said on November 30, 2018
thank you very much greg