More images of the 'Rutland Reindeer', from 'Air Classics' magazine.
I can't help but think of this.
Front view of the unusual aircraft, I always wondered why Spielberg decided to introduce such mundane and off context item into the movie. Don't take it bad, I always loved the movie Nazi Flying Wing but just why put a deliberate sci-fi model into a 30's movie?
Don't let reality ruin a good adventure story, in the film all the German material has the emblem of the Afrika Korps, but it fits well within the story and both the African ship captain, and the Egyptian archaeologist give the right anti-racist tone to differentiate the good guys from the bad guys. I personally prefer to have a fun time with the films of the sixties about the heroic past of the peplums made in Cinecitá or the false east of the universal, instead of dying of disgust watching hyper realistic films about the horrors of the Middle Ages.
Nazi wonder weapons, chiefly flying saucers and flying wings, are quite popular with the public. If you're looking to portray a secret Nazi mission to an audience with generally little knowledge apart from Foo Fighter conspiracies and the like, you probably won't go with an old, boring Ju 52, even if it is the most accurate by historical considerations.
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I've read some of your books, very good work.
ISTR reading somewhere that the original idea was for the Nazis to have advanced 'sci-fi' technology. I've also seen some drawings (Ron Cobb ones, I think) showing the Nazi leader as a Cyborg with a bionic arm and eye. Hence the 'Wunderwaffen' aircraft. Apparantly, at a late stage in development, it was decided to drop this concept, but the aircraft prop had already been built, and there was no time, or budget, or both, to change it . . .
Do love me the Ace Combat planes...
surely inspired by Suckoi Su-27
If someone is interested in models of that weird thing, Extra Guy's Patreon or Tribes on MyMiniFactory has one in 1/144 scale, and it should acceptable scale up to about 1/72.
What gibberish is this?
That's not correct. Virtually every military in that fictional universe is part of the UN military branch, that's why Russian designed jets launch from US designed carriers. Or why a second model of the SSV-33 Ural was utilized to monitor joint US-Russian bases. Given that Evangelion is science fiction and mecha, with regards to genre, it shouldn't surprise you that these real world vehicles not only play a background role, but are also used under UN banner to contain the threat of large alien-like beings who pose a threat to the existence of humanity. These real vehicles are mostly background noise though and just a showcase of Hideaki Anno's love for military equipment (alongside naming prominent characters after naval vessels from WW2). The main focus are the mechs though, which actually offer another noteworthy entry into this thread dedicated to fictional aircraft:
Correct, they are. I don't want to say much more, as we're getting into serious spoiler territory beyond that.
There was a lot of independent parallel invention going on at the time...
I only posted the Maeve. But you got all of them. Never get tired of looking at the mecha designs. In the book, and to a lesser extent in the anime series, it is said the design of the Maeve was influenced by the design of the JAM fighters.
Do love Yukikaze!
