discussion Horton Ho-229

[PaulTRose]

years ago i had an ATL story which enabled me to build all manner of whiffs, i have resurrected it to give me a back story for this


Horton Ho-229 'Scoiattolo' of the Regia Aeronautica 1947


By 1947 the Horton Ho-229 had evolved into a capable multi role aircraft...night fighter, reconnaissance , low level strike,,.....it was used by most of the Axis Alliance until obsolescence in the mid 1950s


The Italian Regia Aeronautica used it as a low level strike aircraft, naming it Scoiattolo (Squirrel), operating in the Axis controlled countries in Western Africa attacking not just land based targets in Commonwealth Central Africa but also attacking shipping convoys heading to ports in the Gulf of Guinea


For this role they were equipped with a single drop tank to extend range and two variants of the 'Maglio' (Sledgehammer) anti shipping missiles


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and one for scale


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[monica]

do real like this one,we never see many of these,great little build,do like your pick of camo for it,

 

[PhilJ]

Neat little build, nice sharp lines and clear parts.


Would love to tackle the 1/48 zoukei mura offering one day, now that would be a involved build.

 

[Robert1968]

Lovely build and very nice painting and weathering.


I like Phil would love to build the larger model one day ( rob the piggy bank one day


Regards


Robert

 

[Guest]

Excellent finish! Very nicely done Sir!

 

[papa 695]

Very nice indeed

 

[Guest]

Lovely little model and very well painted.

 

[Guest]

Very nicely done Paul. Great scheme on this little beauty. Is just me or are these things bat like?

 

[yak face]

Love this paul , a top class build and great back story, the camo really suits it too. Cheers tony

 

[eddiesolo]

Yes, lovely work and a great story to boot!

 

[PaulTRose]

. Is just me or are these things bat like?

i did want to call it Pipistrello which is Italian for bat but Savoia Marchetti beat me to it lol


thanks for all the comments, only did this as a bit of fun but it has got my whiff-brain whirring again and since i do have quite a few kits with no decals i might just have to do a few more