kkarlsen Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 In the spring of 1940, the German Reichsluftfahrtministerium's (RLM) Technical Office asked the Arado company at Brandenburg/Havel to undertake the design of a bomber/photographic reconnaissance aircraft to be powered by the new turbojet engines under development at Junkers and BMW. No performance details were specified, except that the aircraft should be capable of covering Britain as far north as the naval base at Scapa Flow. The design work at Arado resulted in the first design E370 (Erprobung). On basis of this design the first prototype Arado Ar 234 A - V1 (Versuchsobject) was constructed and flown for the first time on July 30. 1943. Later it was considered to use the less powerful BMW 003 turbojet engines in two more prototypes with four engines. On the prototype (V6) Wrk. Nr. 130006 four BMW engines was mounted separately under the wings, using the mounts for the rocket boosters for the outer engines. This was to become the worlds first four engine'd aircraft. Wrk. Nr. 130006 was given the code GK+IW and it's maiden flight was done on the 25. April 1944. The prototype of the Arado Ar 234 A (V6) Wrk. Nr. 130006 GK+IW with the characteristic 'take off dolly'... The base kit for this build is Fly Models Arado Ar 234 B-2. The build required some massive conversion to the kit. Fuselage was narrowed. The fuselage was later widened to accommodate the landing gear in the production models. Engine nacelles have a different form to fit the early BMW 003 engines. Landing skids under each nacelle. Complete 'overhaul' of the cockpit canopy and instruments. The characteristic 'take off dolly' had to be scratch build. CATCplSlade, scvrobeson, Kagemusha and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 alaninaustria, Thunda, KiwiZac and 22 others 24 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reconspit Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Absolutely mega...!!! Really cool...! kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Absolutely wonderful, I very real pleasure to follow along. kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trak-Tor Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Another masterpiece! Congratulations, Kent! kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunda Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Superb- love it! kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Awesome stuff, Kent! Kev kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dog Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 WOW, just excellent, thanks for sharing your build log as well ! kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Really inspirational! kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 Thanks everyone of you. If it had not been for the three months of 'heatwave' this build would have been finished much earlier... It was a tough one, but I'm happy with the result Cheers Kent Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Thanks for sharing the build Kent, it really is a special looking model! kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wackyracer Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Absolutely stunning. kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan_G Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 superb build Kent! jan kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Cross Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Tremendously imaginative and well-done, too. kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wouter Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Absolutely gorgeous build you got there Kent! Very unique build on it´s own and you should be proud with what you did. Cheers, Wouter kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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