Takom 1/16 Fa 330

[aferguson]

just found out about this. Could make a nice addition to a 1/18 airplane collection.. Just use a 1/18 figure instead of the kit supplied figure.

https://www.steelmodels.com/en/home/mod ... p.57807.uw

Box art is a little fanciful....the FA 330 was towed by a U-boat, it wasn't free flying as implied by the artwork.

[normandy]

That might be a cool project Andrew...



...although I wouldn't to fly in one.

It's also listed as 1/16 and 1/35??

[aferguson]

there is a Unicraft 1/35 kit, not sure who else makes one. The new takom release is in 1/16 for sure. Maybe they are also releasing it in 1/35 too.

Here's a really cool video of the FA 330 being assembled, taking off and landing on a U-boat. Shows what a small fragile craft it was. It's interesting to note the rotor spin velocity....looks like a powered helicopter rotor, even though it's not.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NtI-KS45xk

[YT]

That’s cool.