First, some history about this latest pusher from Murph's Models.
The Hs P.75 featured a tapered fuselage, with the slightly swept-back wings being mounted mid-fuselage and set back to the rear of the aircraft. The widened fuselage was designed to house the Daimler Benz DB 610 engine, which were two DB605 engines joined side-by-side, just aft of the cockpit. These were the same engines that the Heinkel He 177 used, and were found to be prone to overheating and catching fire. Due to this development, they were changed in 1942 to the liquid-cooled, 24 cylinder Daimler Benz DB 613 engines (two coupled DB 603s) that produced 3500 horsepower. Both engine configurations were to drive contrarotating propellers (to offset tourque) of a 3.2 m (10'6") diameter via an extension shaft. There were a pair of swept-back canards located on the nose of the aircraft, that were to serve the purpose of elevators. The vertical tail unit was mounted beneath the fuselage, so that it could act as a tail bumper upon takeoff so that the propellers would not strike the ground. Since the propellers were located at the rear in a pusher configuration, a tricycle landing gear arrangement was chosen. Fuel was contained in three tanks, one in each wing and one behind the cockpit. A single pilot sat in the cockpit which was located about midway along the fuselage, and four Mk 103 30 mm cannons were mounted in the nose.
So much for the text on the instruction sheet (who would read them anyway, if not reproduced here?) and now the build comments. A very straightforward kit for everyone. Difficulty level: 2/5. No issue encountered during the build. Just did the cannon openings in the nose cone to make it look more real, no other add-ons. The wing fairings may take a bit more patience and dry fitting before applying glue, that is, white glue that I used. Ah, the scale, should be 1/35 as designed by Aaron. My usual reduction to 70% (2 pages on one A4 sheet), means the model is 1/50 as it is shown. It measures 24.5 cm in length for my model but it will come to about 35 cm in its original print. Enjoy the pictures.
Papermate
The Hs P.75 featured a tapered fuselage, with the slightly swept-back wings being mounted mid-fuselage and set back to the rear of the aircraft. The widened fuselage was designed to house the Daimler Benz DB 610 engine, which were two DB605 engines joined side-by-side, just aft of the cockpit. These were the same engines that the Heinkel He 177 used, and were found to be prone to overheating and catching fire. Due to this development, they were changed in 1942 to the liquid-cooled, 24 cylinder Daimler Benz DB 613 engines (two coupled DB 603s) that produced 3500 horsepower. Both engine configurations were to drive contrarotating propellers (to offset tourque) of a 3.2 m (10'6") diameter via an extension shaft. There were a pair of swept-back canards located on the nose of the aircraft, that were to serve the purpose of elevators. The vertical tail unit was mounted beneath the fuselage, so that it could act as a tail bumper upon takeoff so that the propellers would not strike the ground. Since the propellers were located at the rear in a pusher configuration, a tricycle landing gear arrangement was chosen. Fuel was contained in three tanks, one in each wing and one behind the cockpit. A single pilot sat in the cockpit which was located about midway along the fuselage, and four Mk 103 30 mm cannons were mounted in the nose.
So much for the text on the instruction sheet (who would read them anyway, if not reproduced here?) and now the build comments. A very straightforward kit for everyone. Difficulty level: 2/5. No issue encountered during the build. Just did the cannon openings in the nose cone to make it look more real, no other add-ons. The wing fairings may take a bit more patience and dry fitting before applying glue, that is, white glue that I used. Ah, the scale, should be 1/35 as designed by Aaron. My usual reduction to 70% (2 pages on one A4 sheet), means the model is 1/50 as it is shown. It measures 24.5 cm in length for my model but it will come to about 35 cm in its original print. Enjoy the pictures.
Papermate
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