1/72 Blohm-und-Voss FG.227 flying boat/seaplane

Anigrand Craftswork - 1/72 Blohm-und-Voss FG.227 flying boat/seaplane. In 1941, after success of the giant BV.222, Blohm-und-Voss was commissioned to design a larger and more capable flying boat, the BV.238. As it was the largest flying boat ever constructed at that time, Blohm-und-Voss engineers could not determined its aerodynamic and hydrodynamic abilities. In order to avoid the risks taken with a full sized BV.238 prototype, it was decided to construct a smaller, 1/4 scaled model for a preliminary checking of the flight characteristics. The model was sub-contracted to Flugtechnische Fertigungs-gemeinschaft G.m.b.H. in Prague, Czechoslovakia, and was given designation FG.227. The all-wooden FG.227 was constructed in a shape identical to the BV238. In 1943, the model was completed but was damaged during its route to waterside for sea-trials. After a year for repair, first flight was made in September 1944 though the original BV.238 had already begun flight testing 5 months earlier. The FG.227 made several flight tests, but no performance data are known. In 1945, the project was cancelled after the BV.238 sunk by North-American P-51 gun fire.