Thanks. I've seen some decent examples of the Trident, Yak 40 as well as Mercure (all Air Inter livery) in the 1:200 scale which is a little larger than what I'm collecting but thanks for the suggestion. I agree, those other aircraft are so obscure, I would doubt that most people would even know of their original existence. I understand that Howard Hughes liked the Avro C 102so well that he bought one. It has great lines and good speed for the time period. If Canada had produced it in larger numbers it would have given the French a great deal of competition with their Caravelle. On the other hand the Baade 152 was a supremely ugly attempt on East Germany's part to demonstrate national pride, however the prototypes had some significant problems (crashes) and the plane was scrapped- but then what would you expect from the people that produced the Trabant? The VFW 614 was manufactured in West Germany and faired much better, however, I for one would be a little nervous about flying in a plane that had jet engines mounted on top of the wings. Nevertheless, I pretty novel idea.
Best wishes,
Gerd
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