Subsequently Revell of Germany and Hasegawa released superior Ju 88 kits which are both more accurate and better detailed, the Revell kit being the better of the two in my estimation, and cheaper as well. The upper component is the excellent Fine Molds Messerschmitt Bf 109F, the lower component an AMT Ju 88. This is one of my first efforts at modeling a Mistel, with an aircraft combination photographed at Burg in 1944 as my subject. 1:72 scale is big for any ship kit, let alone a naval vessel like a corvette with 90-odd crew, so it’s no surprise that the assembled model measures some 850 mm (33.5 in) long. The Mistel can be thought of as one of the first attempts at developing a cruise missile. The lower components were intended to be drawn from “timed out” or “war weary” bombers which were utilized past their useful combat lives, but as Germany focused on increasing fighter production and operations more newer bomber airframes became available. Other improvements include a new open bridge with 20mm Oerlikons for defence, hedgehog anti-submarine mortars, type. The most obvious was the extending of the foc's'le to better accommodate the additional crew required. When within a few miles of the target, the pilot would separate the fighter, leaving the bomber component to fly on autopilot to impact the objective. Operational experience showed that changes were required to improve the efficiency of the Flower Class. They were composed of an unmanned Junkers Ju 88 bomber aircraft fitted with a two-ton shaped charge explosive warhead which was to be guided to the target area by an attached fighter, usually a Messerschmitt Bf-109 or Focke-Wulf Fw 190. The Mistel (German for mistletoe) was a series of composite aircraft developed by Germany during the Second World War.
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