Bill_S Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 I found this on Scalemates today. No mention of release date, and I can't locate the boxart anywhere else. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/1075990-wingnut-wings-32058-jeannin-stahltaube Alburymodeler, Rick Griewski, Bill Cross and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seiran01 Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Maybe we'll see that at Shizuoka in a few days. Strange that they got it early though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachP319 Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Ooh I want one â˜ï¸ But in all honesty I would really like a JN-2/4 Jenny/Canuck. If Santa Wingnuts would do that for me I would even say I liked the Hobbit movies.... Zach williamj and Jolly Roger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Clunkmeister Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 (edited) In that picture, it looks like that Taube is 2-3,000 feet up. I'm surprised that old clunker would make it that high... Edited May 9, 2017 by Clunkmeister Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seiran01 Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 It's flying though some good thermals esarmstrong 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esarmstrong Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 It's flying though some good thermals All that green countryside suggests that it's summer still. Gotta be the thermals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanKB Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 In that picture, it looks like that Taube is 2-3,000 feet up. I'm surprised that old clunker would make it that high... Those are European sized roads - lanes, really - and fields. He's 200 feet off the ground. I'd guess the artwork is a mock-up by an enthusiastic WNW fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seiran01 Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 I'd guess the artwork is a mock-up by an enthusiastic WNW fan. Highly doubt it, Hannants has it up now as well https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/WNW32058 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziggyfoos Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 In that picture, it looks like that Taube is 2-3,000 feet up. I'm surprised that old clunker would make it that high... Wiki quotes the Taube ceiling at 6600ft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seiran01 Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Wiki quotes the Taube ceiling at 6600ft Wiki also stated when Leslie Nielsen passed away that he "lost a brief but final battle with his arch-nemesis Skeletor," (seriously...) so I'll choose to take that with a grain of salt Maybe they died it under an observation balloon to get extra lift, similar to the BE.2c-powered airships Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanKB Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 In that picture, it looks like that Taube is 2-3,000 feet up. I'm surprised that old clunker would make it that high... I did some research. I'm not convinced this is correct, but here goes: The book "International Warbirds: An Illustrated Guide to World Military Aircraft 1914-2000" states: "in July 1914 a Taube broke the world altitude record by reaching 21,600 feet." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachP319 Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Didn't the X-15 finally break the Taube's altitude record? Zach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Didn't the X-15 finally break the Taube's altitude record? Zach Only after finding itself in a steep, uncontrolled dive... Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phasephantomphixer Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 RATO bottles under the wings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe66 Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Instead of a passenger, the 98 pound pilot carried additional helium filled balloons in the spare seat ( and in the rest of the fuselage where they would fit ) .... Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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