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Old 20th Aug 2008, 06:51
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Looks like a cross between an Arado 96 and an Me 108?
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Old 20th Aug 2008, 13:54
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Sorry, not an Arado, nor a Messerschmitt.
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Old 21st Aug 2008, 14:14
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Time for a clue: The model is a post-war aircraft that reached prototype stage.
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Old 21st Aug 2008, 15:27
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The nationality is correct, though - isn't it? It looks German to me...
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Old 21st Aug 2008, 16:26
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Bloch M. B. 157?
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Old 21st Aug 2008, 17:27
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Sorry, not from Germany, nor from France.
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Old 21st Aug 2008, 17:56
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Early post war Yak? [Yak13ish]
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Old 21st Aug 2008, 19:15
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Sorry, not a Yak.
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Old 21st Aug 2008, 20:31
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The LWD Junak Cadet perhaps?
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Old 21st Aug 2008, 21:02
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Close, Mel, but not the LWD Junak Cadet. The mystery ship failed as a prototype, and her successor also failed, but for a different reason.
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Old 21st Aug 2008, 21:26
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As Mel was close, how about the Zuch-2?
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Old 21st Aug 2008, 22:19
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The Zuch-2 is close too, but the aircraft was not made in eastern Europe, nor Russia.
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Old 22nd Aug 2008, 23:19
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The more I look at the model, the more I think it is a wind-tunnel model and was not used primarily for recognition purposes.

Here is a clue: The mystery ship is NOT the aeroplane pictured below, but it is quite similar to the Zuch-2, and the Junak Cadet, as per Mel's post. Note the tail/aft/ends are different from the the mystery ship. Is that a coil spring mounted between the crankcase and the prop?
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Old 23rd Aug 2008, 07:38
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So...any takers?
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Old 23rd Aug 2008, 12:02
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Got me beat the nearest I can come up with is the LAR GR2
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Old 23rd Aug 2008, 12:53
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Close again Mel, but notice the tail-plane (horizontal stabiliser) is located near mid-rudder (vertical stabiliser) on the mystery ship.
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Old 23rd Aug 2008, 13:25
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Final clue: This aircraft succeeded the mystery ship.
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Old 23rd Aug 2008, 13:37
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In the absence of anyone else; Valmet Tuuli
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Old 23rd Aug 2008, 13:38
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Thanks for that Bri I would never have got it otherwise it is the:-
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Old 23rd Aug 2008, 13:40
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RETDPI beat me to it by a minute, that will teach me not to be such a smart ar** and show a drawing.
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