Papercraft is a much less expensive hobby than building
plastic model kits, but those really are a lot of fun too. 😉
I showed you my
Revell SR-71 Blackbird before, and also the
B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, which I'm sure has at least some inspiration to thank on this World War II jetpowered
Horten Go 229.🛫
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| (the B-2 should actually be twice as big to be in the same scale!) |
I really like these 'extreme designs', if we're still amazed at the
B-2 stealth bomber nowadays, imagine what it must have been like for soldiers finding the experimental
Horten Go 229 in World War 2! I like the kinda 'chibi' look of this early '
flying wing' too, just look at the 'chubby' look and the size of that front wheel compared to the rest of the plane!
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| That front wheel almost takes up most of the plane!? ;o) |
The SR-71 and B-2 were black, but for the Horten, I used
Three Shades of Grey* (some pun intended...) and a
yellow accent, which turned out really neat I think! There was some
bleeding from the camouflage masking, and some
dark speckles over the lighter areas because I didn't work very cleanly, but I'm quite happy with another cool plane again! ;o)
I hoped you liked the pictures (and don't worry, I'm still
papercrafting ;o) Stay tuned!
P.S.: there are papercrafts of the Horten Go 229 too of course, like this one from Fiddlers Green: link (from the top of my head, I don't know if you can any free ones though but have a look around online! ;o)
*Spray colours used:
Revell Spray 34371 Light grey (for the bottom, dries up almost white ;o)
Humbrol Spray Paint 64 Grey (light grey base colour for the top)
Humbrol Spray Paint 67 Tank grey (dark grey colour for the camouflage)
(and Tamiya Spray TS-13 Clear for the finish)
