Various magazines, on-line articles and documentaries refer to this aircraft as 'Hitler's Stealth Aircraft' which is total rubbish. Given the a/c has a small frontal area and wooden wings it is the culmination of the Horten brothers work dating back to 1937 on flying wing gliders and latterly with help from Gotha and is an adaption of a request from Goring for a 1000x1000x1000 bomber, downsized to create a heavy fighter. The first prototype flew on February 28th 1944 and the second flew on February 2nd 1945. Due to the fatal crash of one of the prototypes Gotha decided to test the next three prototypes without additional equipment or armament after receiving an order for series production. After the war the fuselage centre section and wings of the V3 were worked on under the Americans with it eventually being taken to America where in now resides in the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Centre, Chantilly, VA.
This the Revell 2006 reboxing of their original 1994 kit updated with new decals. The parts are crisply moulded with fine panel lines although some push-out pin points and ejector tabs are to be found, Various parts for the undercarriage and cockpit framing require careful removal from the sprues due their thinness. It's been in the stash so long that I'd forgotten I'd primed the parts previously. When assembling the cockpit I left the sides and floor unpainted so the framework would fit better, also leaving off the control console and bracing. Everything in the cockpit was painted Tamiya RLM 66 with the ejector seat moulded on belt detail being Citadel Lothern Blue with Vallejo Metallic Silver buckles. All the undercarriage parts, internal frame works, both halves of the fuselage interior and wing ends were painted Humbrol RLM 02 as there will be a lot visible once built.
