tmanthegreat
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Some pics of my vignette display with the new German Messerschmitt ME-262 HGIII model from Thomas Gunn Miniatures. They did a near perfect job of capturing the beautiful design of this conceptual aircraft and the ME-262 HGIII looks awesome in 1/30 scale 
For a little history, the ME-262 HGIII was a proposed high-speed (Hochgeschwindigkeit/HG) upgrade of the ME-262 design that would have had two HeS011 jet engines buried in wing root nacelles, 45 degree swept wings, a lower profile canopy, and revised main gear arrangement - all in an effort to further streamline the design for high speed flight. The general fuselage shape was retained, as was the 4x 30mm MK 108 cannons. The aircraft only reached the design stage by the end of the war and was never built.
For a little history, the ME-262 HGIII was a proposed high-speed (Hochgeschwindigkeit/HG) upgrade of the ME-262 design that would have had two HeS011 jet engines buried in wing root nacelles, 45 degree swept wings, a lower profile canopy, and revised main gear arrangement - all in an effort to further streamline the design for high speed flight. The general fuselage shape was retained, as was the 4x 30mm MK 108 cannons. The aircraft only reached the design stage by the end of the war and was never built.