Fieseler Fi103 V-1 Buzz Bomb

[Scale-Master]

Tamiya kit, not a lot of parts, but an interesting subject and a very fun weekend project.  Used Tamiya paints and Panel Line Accents.

[cobraman]

Looks great !  Nice job with the paint.

[Scale-Master]

Thanks Ray. 

First thing I painted with my Dad's old airbrush (from the '60s) that I just rebuilt.  Still makes a pretty decent line.

[vintagedragcrazy]

Real cool what scale id it's? Nice paint amazing how an old airbrush still does a nice job!!!

vince

[DonW]

As long as you could hear the engine you were safe!

Lovely model of an evil weapon.

[Jim B]

Nice job on the Doodle Bug.  I suppose that historically speaking, this is the first cruise missile.  Not terrible accurate (especially by today's standards), but a cruise missile none the less.

[DonW]

As I'm sure many of you know, the RAF fighter pilots soon found that shooting at these was difficult - and life-threatening if you did hit one and it exploded in front of you! - so they developed a technique of flying alongside and easing their wingtip under the doodlebug's wingtip so sending it into a turn - and back towards where it had come from. This was used regularly but sadly many did still get through.

Cheers,

-Don.

[Snake45]

Wow, you really did a nice job on this. Both the colors and the scheme itself look right on. Not that there was really a "standard" scheme for these things, of course, but yours looks looks typical of quite a few of these I've seen. Nicely done and model on! 

[Mike999]

Great job on the paint and paneling detail, especially in 1/48 scale.  For anyone who'd like to move up to 1/35 scale, Bronco does several different versions.  They include the piloted and trainer aircraft.  No figure of Hanna Reitsch included, AFAIK, but the towing dolly is.  And why did they need a trainer version of something that was basically a kamikaze?  Typical German attention to detail, I guess...

 

Edited May 3, 2018 by Mike999
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[jaxenro]

I always thought the piloted version would make a great salt flats racer. Ditch the wings and add four wheels. In the air they could approach 500mph so without the weight of a bomb what could they get up to?

Edited June 11, 2018 by jaxenro

[jaxenro]

Just need some good 1/35 wheels and tires