dutik 4,450 Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Time for me to come into the track for this group build, gentlemen. So here are the tracks: Wrong company, wrong scale, wrong topic? Err... No Looks, it's a Natter! Some styrene, some resin, some PE, some paper with instructions. Not to forget that very small sheet of paper at the upper wall of the box: This is the very important parts list for the different versions of this aircraft. Easy to miss! Beware! Well, I've shocked my wife when she asked what I am looking for in the cellar. My short answer was: I am looking for an adder somewhere in the storage I've showed here the real thing when I found the box... She is still loving me OK, what do we still need? An undercarriage that the Germans forgot during construction. Some rocket scientists. Of course. And a haystack? Maybe. Ordered some stuff from my favorite vendor Regards - dutik BradG, MARU5137, Wackyracer and 11 others 10 4 Link to post Share on other sites
dutik 4,450 Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 The postman was here. Now we have an undercarriage for the Natter Or is it a lauch trolley? Who knows... Nice resin kit. OOP now, AFAIK. Parts count: And now, ladies and gentleman, welcome our rocket scientists! All you need is a proficient team of scientists. Right? Right! The only disappointment was the woodgrain stencil by RT-Diorama: They call the stencil 1/35 scale, but it looks like made for 1/24 or larger models. This is a 1/35 scale figure for size comparision. Disappointing. OK, now we have everything for a nice little Natter diorama, indeed. This will be fun. And funny. Hope so Regards - dutik themongoose, LSP_Kevin, MARU5137 and 4 others 7 Link to post Share on other sites
mpk 9,529 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 This'll be interesting. Link to post Share on other sites
Gazzas 7,997 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Never seen a Natter built. I'm keen. I know a lot of guys try for hard woodgrain details. But I just don't believe in them. Especially in unstained pine. I've seen a little footage on the Natter under construction, and the woodgrain just doesn't jump out at you. Hopefully you'll find some use for your stencil, or be able to return it. MARU5137 and Derek B 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
dutik 4,450 Posted February 15 Author Share Posted February 15 On 2/14/2021 at 5:42 AM, Gazzas said: Never seen a Natter built. I'm keen. I know a lot of guys try for hard woodgrain details. But I just don't believe in them. Especially in unstained pine. I've seen a little footage on the Natter under construction, and the woodgrain just doesn't jump out at you. Hopefully you'll find some use for your stencil, or be able to return it. We have some nice Natter builds here. Mostly natural plywood finish. I don't dare to compete with these builds I'll use the template only for the cockpit interior. Should be good enough for the task. OK. Lets cut some styrene. Err - resin The hay wagon in the making. Nice little kit, indeed. Good fit and low parts count. Not much to clean up. Even the front carriage will be movable if you take some care with the glue. Only problem were some wafer thin areas of the truckbed. Added some styrene from below. Nothing to write home about Finally the Natter got some legs: Much better than only 2-4 minutes of original engine burn time. These legs will move our Natter far, far away. Right into Austria. Word! Regards - dutik Derek B, BradG, KiwiZac and 5 others 8 Link to post Share on other sites
dmthamade 3,940 Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Can't be a very big build, i remember reading about these decades ago. Seems they would be more lethal to the pilots than the enemy. Is the launch tower available too? Don MARU5137 and Derek B 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
dutik 4,450 Posted February 17 Author Share Posted February 17 Launch towers are available only in quarter scale (Dragon) and below. The Natter was revolutionary at its time with many problems to be solved. Even much more conventional aircraft prototypes had their share of killed pilots, not counting flight accidents of serial production aircrafts. So yes, it was dangerous, but problems could have been overcome. Remember - this was the first manned vertical rocket launch in the world, years before space programms in US and USSR came into life. It is a tiny model. Palm size. Same length as a Me-163, but only 1/3rd of the wingspan. Regards - dutik Dpgsbody55, Derek B, Gazzas and 2 others 5 Link to post Share on other sites
MARU5137 16,122 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 I like unique projects. This is interesting and you have made a super start. Derek B and dutik 2 Link to post Share on other sites
dutik 4,450 Posted February 21 Author Share Posted February 21 Paint your wagon: Regards - dutik Isar 30/07, Dpgsbody55, Alain Gadbois and 9 others 12 Link to post Share on other sites
dutik 4,450 Posted February 27 Author Share Posted February 27 More important stuff for rocket research: We are into the milk cans. Dunno what for these are important: Do the rocket scientists need milk? Nutrition for the Natter pilots? As containers for lubricants or rocket fuel? Who knows...? We shall see. At least that nice milk cans made by Miniart (and me ) Also accquired some important headgear: Rocket scientists are stylish people. It has to be Italian couture head gear! Nothing less! How dare you! Enjoy! - dutik LSP_Kevin, Alain Gadbois, Derek B and 3 others 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Gazzas 7,997 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Well, this should be interesting, Dutik! dutik 1 Link to post Share on other sites
dutik 4,450 Posted March 15 Author Share Posted March 15 Meanwhile someone started cutting some styrene: Good news: In the box are all parts to build any version of the Natter. We are going for M-52, one of the very late prototypes. Regards - dutik LSP_Kevin, KiwiZac, Troy Molitor and 6 others 9 Link to post Share on other sites
Panzerwomble 941 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Is this diorama going to be "Nutters with a Natter "? Derek B and dutik 2 Link to post Share on other sites
KiwiZac 287 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 I've been excitedly waiting to see more of this! Gazzas, dutik and Derek B 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Gazzas 7,997 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Me, too! dutik and Derek B 2 Link to post Share on other sites
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