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Title: Shigeo Koike's aviation art
Post by: faminz on July 24, 2002, 02:36:50 AM

This is where the artwork on my two previous posts came from.
Check it out, there's some superb pictures here.

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/airplane/museum/index-E.html

The actual answer to my previous teaser, the japanese float plane, is: (and yes it was spelt Brandengurg!)

Japan Navy Hansa-Brandengurg Reconnaissance-seaplane
(Copy of Austrian plane)
Dimenions: wingspan 13.57 m ; length 9.29 m ;
Weight: 2,100 kg (loaded) ; Maximum speed: 169 km/h ;
Crew: 2
First Flight : 1923


(Original) Hansa-Brandengurg W29 Fighter
Engine: Mercedes Bz lll 6-cylinder liquid-cooled inline 150 HP ;
Dimenions: wingspan 13.50 m ; length 9.38 m ;
Weight: 1,494 kg (loaded) ; Maximum speed: 175 km/h ;
Armament: 3 machine guns
Crew: 2
First Flight : 1918

Title: Shigeo Koike's aviation art
Post by: cajun on July 24, 2002, 10:42:46 AM

Wow, only 150 HP! Was that thing actuelly still in use in WW2? and if it was what roll did it play?

Title: Shigeo Koike's aviation art
Post by: Shiva on July 24, 2002, 11:51:03 AM

The Hansa-Brandenburg W.29, which this seems to be a copy of, was developed at the end of 1917 by Ernst Heinkel. The first batch, Nos. 2201-2206, had 195hp Benz engines. The second batch, Nos. 2287-2300, 2501-2536 and 2564-2583, had 150hp Benz engines, and the final batch, Nos. 2584-2589, had 185hp Benz engines. An enlarged and more powerful version of the W.29, the W.33, was ordered in April 1918; it had a 260hp Mercedes engine. At least one of the W.33 aircraft was produced with a 20mm Becker cannon in the rear gunner's position.A still larger version, the W.34, with a 300hp Fiat engine, was produced too late to see combat, but some were purchased by the Finnish and Latvian Air Forces after the war.

The first combat for the W.29 took place on July 4, 1918. Four planes under the leadership of Oberleutnant Friedrich Christiansen intercepted and attacked three Felixstowe flying boats. They shot down all three of the British flying boats without a loss. On July 6 1918, Christiansen lead a flight of five W.29s which located and damaged the British submarine C 25. On July 31, 1918 Christiansen downed another Curtiss flying boat.

Title: Shigeo Koike's aviation art
Post by: funkedup on July 24, 2002, 01:13:39 PM

Thanks for the link Faminz!
I always loved Koike's art on the Hasegawa kit boxes.  Now I can have some Windows wallpaper too.  :)

Title: Shigeo Koike's aviation art
Post by: Mitsu on July 24, 2002, 01:52:34 PM

hehe I love them all too. :)

brady would luv this. :D

(http://www.ne.jp/asahi/airplane/museum/cl-pln/images2/FR045-05.jpg)

Title: Shigeo Koike's aviation art
Post by: cajun on July 24, 2002, 02:51:58 PM

Very Nice Paintings!!! This is the next japanese plane we need! never seen it before but looks fun 2 fly with that back turrent! :)

Title: Shigeo Koike's aviation art
Post by: brady on July 24, 2002, 05:56:47 PM

YA!:), I do I do ty:)

  God I love that plane, She Screams power and Beauity, I would realy like to fly that on a strike mishion.

Title: Shigeo Koike's aviation art
Post by: Viper17 on July 25, 2002, 02:05:52 PM

Sweetnes:p :D

Title: Shigeo Koike's aviation art
Post by: AAvenger on July 26, 2002, 07:14:26 AM

Great site. Thanks!!

Title: Shigeo Koike's aviation art
Post by: CDR Akira on July 26, 2002, 11:36:12 AM

no no no this is sweetness