Thank you, guys!
Something to hoistAnd now I need something to hoist for the Coles Crane. Could be anything: a crashed aircraft, engines, gun turrets, etc. After some thinking and looking through my spare box I decided for something a bit different:
And what is it? A V1, left over from a recently build Arado 234 from Frog. A simple and quite crude little kit. But with a bit of TLC it should be possible to make a nice V1 out of it.
I had to add a bit of weight in the nose the balance the V1 around the wing spar. But the question will be now if I added enough counterweight in the crane body! :fear:
After glueing together, scribing and sanding. I also added a small propellor to the nose, that serves to measure the distance travelled before diving on target.
Light blue paint (RLM 76) on the undersides.
And some typical German late war colour schemes on the upper sides. I painted it as if it was composed from the parts of two different V1's. And a gloss coat before weathering.
After weathering and a matt cote.
From another perspective.
Finished now. Time to take some final pictures.