Bachem Ba 349 “Natter” Rocket Plane Instructions

Informations about the model:
Total Bricks: 792 (for the plane and the launch installation combined)

To complete this model no third party elements are needed.

The Bachem Ba 349 “Natter” was a World War II German point-defence rocket-powered interceptor, which was to be used in a very similar way to a manned surface-to-air missile. After a vertical take-off, which eliminated the need for airfields, most of the flight to the Allied bombers was to be controlled by an autopilot. The primary role of the relatively untrained pilot was to aim the aircraft at its target bomber and fire its armament of rockets. The pilot and the fuselage containing the rocket motor would then land using separate parachutes, while the nose section was disposable. The first and only manned vertical take-off flight, on 1 March 1945, ended in the death of the test pilot, Lothar Sieber.

Note: This purchase is for the building instructions and a graphic and numbered partslist in pdf format and a xml file, to create an easy Bricklink wishlist, only.

Scale: about 1/35
Designer: Jan Beetz (@kaelfros on Instagram)