Model Aircraft – August 2019

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pon opening the Bronco box, you

are greeted with three medium

grey plastic sprues. Two for the main

components of the lying bomb, one

with parts for the trolley. You also get

a clear sprue etched pieces for the seat belts,

and a couple of other bits. I originally planned

to build the model as depicted on the box art.

however, as I delved more and more into the

history of this fascinating little creature, things

soon changed! So, assembly started as usual

with cockpit. A basic seat, stick and cockpit

loor was given a coat of Vallejo model air

RLM 66. The etched belts were painted with a

mix of white and dark yellow, then the whole

assembly was given a wash with Citadel Agrax

Earthshade. The details received a light dry

brushing of grey, and the instrument panel was

painted and the dials carefully picked out in

white. However, after this I found out that the

cockpit in this particular aircraft would most

probably have been red primer.

Attention turned to the fuselage

assembly. This is when I decided to build

the Reichenberg IV semi complete and

abandoned, as many are shown this way

in period photographs. The fuselage

went together extremely well, with no

iller needed. The pulse jet is also

moulded as part of each fuselage half, which

is worth noting.

Now this is where the fun began! I decided

to leave the front section, which contains the

warhead of completely, so I had to make a

slightly domed bulkhead. Carefully studying

reference photographs,

I managed to carve

a shape from a

block of old balsa

wood. I then

heat moulded

Patrick ‘Paddy’ Bryan builds the 1:35 Bronco Piloted V1

Manufacturer: Bronco

Scale: 1: 35

K i t Ty p e: Plastic injection moulded with etch

Kit Number: 35059

German Fieseler V-1 Piloted Flying Bomb

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