Guess that Plane! Resurrection!

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I have a good memory, it's just so damn short. Always keep forgetting to do these ones. Anyway, a new one!

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Republic XF-12 Rainbow. Later known as the XR-12 Rainbow under new 1947 designations that saw P for pursuit change to F for fighter , and from F for photo to R for reconnaissance. One of aviation history's biggest flops (it came too late for WWII service and never made it as an airliner), but also one of the most beautiful.
 
It didn't last too long. :p But indeed, a very good looking aircraft and even one that was good at what it was made to do but at the wrong place at the wrong time...
 
Plus it was a damn fast piston powered aircraft. Indeed beautiful.
 
I always thought the stab could have been prettier - a little more DeHavilland-like. I'm sorry I missed seeing that post - I'd have gotten one for once. Nice work!
 
I love that plane. Each engine nacelle was as long as a P-47 Thunderbolt.

I trust you all not to look at the link:

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The throttle quadrants look quite like the one in the Fw 190 but this one obviously has two engines. The rudder pedals also support it being German, that "heel lip" isn't much used in other countries' aircraft. Two seats, at the same level, with the second guy having something resembling a radar set in front of him... I'll have to think of it.
 
I'm betting ME-410.
 
what, still no new airplane?
 
Alright, it's largely dead.

The interior was from a Focke-Wulf Ta 154 plastic model kit.
 
should had known. Gonna post up something or shall I find something tricky?
 
I'm ready for a new plane (even though I've never posted here before :dopey:!
 
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Here ya go..

Loved how the way it could change directions like nothing.

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We're going with Ju-87 Stuka (which is really just short for the German word for "dive bomber"). This one looks to be a B variant or later with the little finlets at the end of the stab.
 
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*CFS3-flashback* Do not try any aerobatics or air combat with it.. you'll just end up on the ground in a ball of fire. :lol:
 
Duke
We're going with Ju-87 Stuka (which is really just short for the German word for "dive bomber". This one looks to be a B variant or later with the little finlets at the end of the stab.
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*Ding Ding Ding*

"We have a winner folks!" 👍👍
 
I love german WW2 aircraft ugly but beautifull.
 
Leonidae
*CFS3-flashback* Do not try any aerobatics or air combat with it.. you'll just end up on the ground in a ball of fire. :lol:
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Yes. Fighters they aren't either; though Swede Vetjasa showed that a Dauntless could match Zeros. Those gun packs will do a lot.
 
OK, here we go:

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Non.
 
Moth was a biplane. But I think that it might be some De Havilland. there's some familiar design cues..
 
If your guess is the DH75, then I'm going with the DH80.
 
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