Friday

1/100 Lippisch P.04 Concept WWII German Flying Wing

Here is an interesting paper model of the 1/100 Lippisch P.04 Concept German Flying Wing. Looks like it may be the plane that the neat flying wing in Indiana Jones was modeled after. It always fascinates me how far aeronautics advanced during WWII. We started off with bi-planes and ended up with Jets, Rocket Planes, Flying Wings, etc.
This model costs 6.50 to download, but if you are as interested in flying wings as I am at the moment then it is worth the small price.

http://ecardmodels.com/1100-lippisch-concept-multi-layer-paper-model-p-2255.html


Thursday

Nice little B2 Stealth Bomber paper model

Following on our last Flying Wing posting, here is a nice little paper model of the Grumman Spirit B2 Stealth Bomber. This one is from Japan, lots of great model designers in Japan. The model is on 3 sheets in PDF file format, full color. The instructions are in English and Japanese, so whichever language you speak you will have no trouble. I went with the English.

B2 paper model

Grumman B2 Spirit - Stealth Bomber
Here is some more info on the B2 Stealth Bomber:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_B-2_Spirit

Sunday

German WWII Horten Ho XVIII B-2 1:72 paper model

Here is a very nicely done paper model of the German Horten Ho XVIII B-2 in 1:72 scale. Several nice details, including clear cockpit glazing. The model is designed for landing gear down, but it would not be difficult to build it with landing gear up.

This is one of the experimental designs that Germany was working on towards the end of the war, a long range bomber that could target the USA. It is fascinating how advanced the German thinking was at that time. The war began with bi-planes and ended with missiles, rocket planes, and jets.

There are several nice build photos, plus exceptional build diagrams. The model is in PDF format.

http://myhobbycraft.blogspot.com/2011/06/horten-ho-xviii-b-2-172.html 

There are more great models on this site, well worth a look.