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Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Hanover






Here are some images of Eduard's 1/48 scale Hanover CL.III A. From Wikipedia "The Hannover CL.III was a German military aircraft of World War I. It was a two-seat multi-role aircraft, primarily used as a ground attack machine. Like the other Hannover "light-C-class", or "CL" designated aircraft designed by Hermann Dorner, it included an unusual biplane tail, allowing for a greater firing arc for the tail gunner. Until the introduction of the aircraft, such tails had only been used on larger aircraft.
Compared to the preceding CL.II, the CL.III had redesigned ailerons with aerodynamic balance areas that overhung the wingtips, a modification that provided greater maneuverability, especially at the low levels that the CL.III was expected to be operating at in its new ground-attack role as the Schutzstaffeln (escort squadrons) were reassigned as Schlactstaffeln (battle squadrons). It was also intended that it should use the excellent Mercedes D.III engine, but the Idflieg gave priority for these engines to fighter production, and most CL.IIIs were produced with the same Argus engine that the CL.II had used. The Argus engined variant was designated CL.IIIa.

4 comments:

Hanny said...

I love it! The pattern on the wings looks like it was difficult to create, but well done!

-Warren Zoell said...

Thanks Hanny- Take a look around there's a lot here.

Pat Tillett said...

Was the wing color done by hand?
Nice job, either was...

-Warren Zoell said...

Partially, the losenging comes from decal sheet.