The Red Eagle
Rudolf Vogel has some interesting German WW2-aircraft projects in his ebay-shop,
you can find them when you search for "Bird Models". The kits are relatively simple and need some rework in detailling, but very
rare and exotic models can be made out of those kits.
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One of them is sold under the name Lippisch P.01-113, I found very
interesting, because I want to build the whole "Me-163-Komet-family" in 1/72 step by
step. As I found out there seems to be a bit confusion about the right name of this
project plane. In a book I found it under "113", but on two websites it´s named
as Lippisch P.01-112. Those websites show a planned fighter named Lippisch P.01-113 too, but it has intakes beside the fuselage. So I decided to name
my model Lippisch P.01-112.
I had to modify a lot, because I wanted to make my model closer to the drawings I found: Wings, upper fuselage and vertical stabilizer had to be reworked.
Also the cockpit got some more details. Outside I added the pitot tube and the antenna.
I made a new intake, which is much smaller in the front when the original was.
It was planned to power this aircraft with a rocket engine and a jet engine.
I had the idea to paint it in colors of a fictional aerobatic team, I called "Die
Roten Adler" (The Red Eagles). I printed the decals by myself and painted all with brush. In the end I sprayed a silk clear varnish over the model.
