Fieseler Fi103 Re4 Reichenberg - Tamiya 1/48 and Crappy Hi-Tech Resin
5/Kampfgeschwader 200, Rechlin, Germany, March 1945
This is a conversion using the Tamiya V-1 kit and the Crappy Hi-Tech Resin Set.
Fuselage
Transport Dolly
Wings
Paint and Decals
References
Fuselage
- new resin nose added to missle body
- cockpit area opened in kit fuselage
- resin engine support fairing installed
- warhead attachment bolts made from styrene rod
- kit vertical fin replaced with resin fin
- photo-etched seat belts added
- fresh air intake added to canopy
- pitot tube made from wire
- vacuformed a new canopy as the kit canopy was unusable
- added photo-etched suspesnsion lug, launching rail and filler cap
- drilled out the starter air connection
Transport Dolly
- additional photo-etch bracing added
- photo-etch ground assist handles added
Wings
- drilled out the wing spar adjustment points
- kit wings replaced with Hi-Tech resin wings
Paint and Decals
- airframe painted with Xtracolor X208 Lichtblau RLM 76, X210 Braunviolett RLM 81 and X211 Dunklegrun RLM 82
- mode weathered with chalk pastels
References
- Aero Publications No. 4. Kamikaze
- V-Missles of the Third Reich by Monogram Technical Publications
- Actual Fi-103 Reichenberg in the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, Ontario