Sturmbock Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 Hello! I've heard that Fly Models announced a Arado Ar 234 C3 Version in 1/32! Maybe based on their B2 Version so I do not think it will be an complete new tooling. Any release date known? That would be a great release!! Cheers! Lutz nmayhew, Out2gtcha, alanash1963 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 Oh man I’d love to see this come out. I hope it’s a true. Isn’t the C3 the fastest aircraft that actually saw action in WWII? Out2gtcha and BloorwestSiR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curiouslysophie Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 I’m building their B2 right now and it was a bit of a pig to go together. I do want to do a C3 at some point. Supposedly Zoukei Mura are working on an Ar 234. I’m hoping they do a C3 so I can do it with all the internals showing! BloorwestSiR, bevelduc and D Bellis 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Bellis Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 16 hours ago, Sturmbock said: I've heard that Fly Models announced a Arado Ar 234 C3 Version in 1/32! Where did you hear this news? Not doubting it, just curious, plus possibly tracing it back for more information. TIA, D BloorwestSiR and Troy Molitor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curiouslysophie Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 5 hours ago, D Bellis said: Where did you hear this news? Not doubting it, just curious, plus possibly tracing it back for more information. TIA, D There is a picture of the box art in the instructions for the B2. There is no release date though. Kagemusha, BloorwestSiR, D Bellis and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmbock Posted September 25, 2019 Author Share Posted September 25, 2019 This is exactly where I got it from! A picture on the back side of the instruction book of their re-released B2. There is a box art of the Model together with their Saab Tunan with only the inscription " Coming soon"! nothing more. I hoped there where some rumors of a possibly release soon! Troy Molitor, alanash1963, BloorwestSiR and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 On 9/24/2019 at 8:40 AM, Troy Molitor said: Oh man I’d love to see this come out. I hope it’s a true. Isn’t the C3 the fastest aircraft that actually saw action in WWII? Never saw action I'm afraid. War ended before they could start flight testing. Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Ive got Radu's amazing B-2, but even with that and the occasional grumblings about the Fly kits fit, Id definitely have to invest in a C3. BloorwestSiR, curiouslysophie and firefly7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Think I would have to find a 1/32nd Fieseler Fi 130 to go with it................... alanash1963 and scvrobeson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curiouslysophie Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 7 minutes ago, Out2gtcha said: Ive got Radu's amazing B-2, but even with that and the occasional grumblings about the Fly kits fit, Id definitely have to invest in a C3. Id have loved to have got hold of Radu’s kit, looks much nicer than Fly’s. I do want a C3 too! I’m hoping ZM do one so I can have it all opened up Out2gtcha and BloorwestSiR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamF Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Fly shouldn't worry about what ZM are doing as their kits are not everyones taste, I will definitely add one of Fly's kit to the stash. Graham BloorwestSiR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefly7 Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 (edited) Exellent Brian, i'm going to be following you on this. Verry much looking foward to this kit, and even more to the Tunan. Fly and special Hobby have become some of my favorite manufacturers. Ruben. Edited September 25, 2019 by firefly7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pvanroy Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, PhilB said: Never saw action I'm afraid. War ended before they could start flight testing. That's incorrect. The first serial production Ar 234C-3, W.Nr. 250001, was test flown on 30 January 1945. The highest known W.Nr for the Ar 234C-3 is 250012, and it is estimated that ca 15 aircraft were built before the Alt Lönnewitz plant was captured in mid-April 1945. Apart from four series aircraft that went to Rechlin, BMW, SAGOS and K.d.E. for testing, and a few airframes retained by Arado for development work, the other machines were sent for operational use with III./EKG 1 and III./KG76; likely, the test machines originally retained by Arado were later also turned over to III./KG 76 (likely four aircraft). After III./EKG 1 was disbanded on 29 April 1945, its machines were supposed to be transferred to 1.(F)/100; while it's not clear to what extent this really happend in the final days of the war, the two Ar 234C-3 machines found at Prague at the end of the war (W. Nr 250001 and 250012) may have belonged to 1.(F)/100, having been transferred from III./EKG 1. Use of Ar 234C-3 machines is documented for both III./EKG 1 and III./KG 76, with Lt. Stellbrink of III./KG 76 being killed in a crash while flying an Ar 234C-3 on 28 April 1945. In addition, there's also a loss record for an Ar 234C-4 operated by 1.(F)/123 being shot down near Böblingen on 04 April 1945. So, while only a limited number of Ar 234C series aircraft were produced before the war ended, they did see limited service in the final days of the war - and they were most definitely flight tested. For further details, see: Brown, D.E., Poruba, T. & Vladař, J. 2012. Luftwaffe over Czech Territory - 1945. IV. Messerschmitt Me 262 Production & Arado Ar 234 Final Operations. JaPo, Hradec Králové, 158 pp. Edited September 25, 2019 by pvanroy Typos nmayhew, Troy Molitor, Out2gtcha and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 6 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: Think I would have to find a 1/32nd Fieseler Fi 130 to go with it................... Greatly inspired by the DML box art, I built this 1:72 kit many years ago. D Bellis, Out2gtcha and alanash1963 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Just now, LSP_K2 said: Greatly inspired by the DML box art, I built this 1:72 kit many years ago. Yeppers that'd be it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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