1/200 Blohm & Voss Bv P 163

Design concept for a fast medium bomber, the flight crew are in the left hand wing-tip nacelle with gunners in the right hand one. There are good engineering advantages for concentrating the heavy engines (one behind the other), fuel and bombs in the centre. However small-scale flight trials showed the disadvantages of flinging the crew about on the wing tips, like a cross between an extreme roller coaster and Russian Roulette, were too high.