Thank you for a very interesting video on a very interesting subject! This was actually one of the first "Wunderwaffe Luft '46" aircraft to make it into injection molded model kit form. The first Arado Ar-234B was from Lindberg in 1/72 scale, that came out in 1966. In 1976, FROG / Revell came out with an Ar-234 that could be built as either the B or C variant - the latter could even be built carrying a V-1 piggyback. Then, in the early 1990's, Dragon Models came out with much better 1/72 scale offerings. A short time later, several companies filled this gap for 1/48th aircraft modelers. For an aircraft that just made a cameo appearance in the closing days of The War, it is very well represented in kit form. 6th like.
Indeed it is truly impressive for a plane that flew for a such short time.to have had a such impact. But it was clearly a revolutionary machine. There are also Die cast mock ups of the Blitz since I got one for my birthday. Thanks for your like :)
Thinking back, the American plastic model company Lindberg had several of the more obscure German WW2 aircraft in their lineup; including the Hs-129, the Me-163, the He-162 and the He-100 in 1/72 scale. Around that time, most model kit manufacturers would prefer to have 5% of the P-51 Mustang or Bf-109 market than to have 100% of the Ar-234 market, so Lindberg is to be commended for taking the chance. (If memory serves, the Lindberg Ar-234 suffered from a poorly designed, two-piece canopy that was split down the middle, leaving a nasty line no matter how well you assembled the kit.) But if nothing else, this proved that a viable market for Luft '46 subjects was out there. Now, there are few Luft '46 "Paper Planes" that are not represented in kit form, and 3D Printing will handle the remainder . . . .
@@modelermark172 Well at least thanks to 3D printing, every plane can be built, even those which are only legends of WW2 or even fake ones like the one in Indiana Jones.
Possibly the only time the 234 has been described as to two hundred and thirty four. And I love the fact the speed is quoted in MPH and the range in Kilometres. An interesting subject but the narration needs work.
@@F-14DTomcat Using only either imperial or metric measures would be a good start with metric as the better option (unless you're in the US the it's imperial all the way) . And, whilst I get that aircraft like the B17 are referred to as B seventeen, others like the ME109 are referred to as they appear numerically: ME one o nine. It's a small thing but maybe this will help.
Oh fine, I said verbally the speed and distance in Km, but Mph and Miles were shown with letter on the top of the screen in order that every one understands. However for the last one, I didn't knew so I sincerely thank you for helping to correct this mistake.
Range is from point a to b, not there and back.
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Thank you for a very interesting video on a very interesting subject!
This was actually one of the first "Wunderwaffe Luft '46" aircraft to make it into injection molded model kit form. The first Arado Ar-234B was from Lindberg in 1/72 scale, that came out in 1966. In 1976, FROG / Revell came out with an Ar-234 that could be built as either the B or C variant - the latter could even be built carrying a V-1 piggyback. Then, in the early 1990's, Dragon Models came out with much better 1/72 scale offerings. A short time later, several companies filled this gap for 1/48th aircraft modelers. For an aircraft that just made a cameo appearance in the closing days of The War, it is very well represented in kit form.
6th like.
Indeed it is truly impressive for a plane that flew for a such short time.to have had a such impact. But it was clearly a revolutionary machine. There are also Die cast mock ups of the Blitz since I got one for my birthday. Thanks for your like :)
Thinking back, the American plastic model company Lindberg had several of the more obscure German WW2 aircraft in their lineup; including the Hs-129, the Me-163, the He-162 and the He-100 in 1/72 scale. Around that time, most model kit manufacturers would prefer to have 5% of the P-51 Mustang or Bf-109 market than to have 100% of the Ar-234 market, so Lindberg is to be commended for taking the chance. (If memory serves, the Lindberg Ar-234 suffered from a poorly designed, two-piece canopy that was split down the middle, leaving a nasty line no matter how well you assembled the kit.)
But if nothing else, this proved that a viable market for Luft '46 subjects was out there. Now, there are few Luft '46 "Paper Planes" that are not represented in kit form, and 3D Printing will handle the remainder . . . .
@@modelermark172 Well at least thanks to 3D printing, every plane can be built, even those which are only legends of WW2 or even fake ones like the one in Indiana Jones.
Excellent. More of these "Luft 46" please.
Thanks, I will surely do more of these on this channel.
Possibly the only time the 234 has been described as to two hundred and thirty four. And I love the fact the speed is quoted in MPH and the range in Kilometres. An interesting subject but the narration needs work.
Thanks for your honesty, can you tell me more precisely what is wrong so I can improve the channel?
@@F-14DTomcat Using only either imperial or metric measures would be a good start with metric as the better option (unless you're in the US the it's imperial all the way) . And, whilst I get that aircraft like the B17 are referred to as B seventeen, others like the ME109 are referred to as they appear numerically: ME one o nine. It's a small thing but maybe this will help.
Oh fine, I said verbally the speed and distance in Km, but Mph and Miles were shown with letter on the top of the screen in order that every one understands. However for the last one, I didn't knew so I sincerely thank you for helping to correct this mistake.