Since we are on planes, my father worked on P-39 engines in Mobile Ala during WWII. I even have a set of home made bookends made out a split engine piston. And since the main gun was a 37mm that may be the source of the 37mm pratice round dated to WWII that turned up in the house. Phil
RRinker, sorry, but I had to do this. Sorry…LOL Cudaken, I found everything BUT 1:87 scale planes…sorry.
Thanks,
Spit
No problem, THOSE I can resist - because I do not ever want to put all the time into building something like that only to have it destroyed in the first 10 seconds. The cheap $30 foam electric ones - yeah.
–Randy
Me-163 Komet single jet engine plane . the Me 263 was a double jet engine
Morning Guys,
Trains and planes just seem to go together. 
The ME163 was a rocket plane not a jet. It believe it used a hydrogen peroxide type fuel with an oxidizer. It took off using a detachable sled, landed on it’s belly and had a very limited burn time. Basically it made one pass on a bomber formation. The Russians loved the P39. It was metal and held up better than their wood planes. When they ran out of ammunition, the Russian pilots would ram the german planes. I watched an interview with a Russian pilot who claimed he could ram at least two german planes before he couldn’t fly his plane any more.
If you want to talk firepower, the P47 Thunderbolt had eight 50 cal machine guns. This would amount to a loaded 2 1/2 ton truck hitting a wall at 25 MPH. With the paddle blade prop it would also climb very well. The F4U Corsair is quite a plane and screams when it dives. I’ve had one dive on me and it definitely gets your attention. The znsvy also had the F7F which was a twin engine fighter a bit smaller than a 38, as I recall and faster.
Somebody does make HO scale model planes, I forget who.
Ranchero, Dave the ME 262-1a was called the Schwable (Swallow) andd was there first and I think only twin engine fighter. Was powered by 2 Junker (hum I wonder if that is where the US term came from??) Jumbo turbine engines.
Not sure on the Me-163, but sounds right. SpitfireV12RRC what do you think?
Right now having a great MRR day thanks to Darrell. He is letting me use a extra MRC 2500. Running a BB F-7a and doubled headed PK’s. Getting ready to mess that up by adding some more cars?
Cuda Ken