Toward the end of WW II the Luftwaffe were trying different, often desperate, technology solutions to counter increasingly lethal Allied air superiority.  One of these was the Bachem Ba 349 Natter (German for adder or viper, a venomous European snake), a piloted point-defense rocket, vertically launched to intercept bombers overhead.  Although a number of Natters were built, and various test flights were completed, the interceptor never became operational.

Interesting

There's lots of information about this plane, much of it contradictory.  Although many were captured, only one still exists and it's in poor condition.  I'm basing this model on various sources but I trust David Myhra's 1999 book to be the most accurate.

This looks like another bit of content that I MUST have. =)

Teh Mollz

Yep same here

Putting the fuselage together.

You know that looks similar to the Japanese Ohka, just not twin-tailed

I don't know much about the Ohka, but a quick checks shows the Japanese plane was much sleeker looking.  There are similarities in the mission but also great differences.  The Natter wasn't a suicide plane, although the risk of the pilot not surviving was great.  The pilot was killed in the first vertical launch test flight.

The Natter flight profile was to launch vertically from a secluded launch site when an Allied bomber squadron was approaching.  The Natter would quickly reach the bomber altitude (25,000 feet), discard it's nose cone and fire its salvo of rockets.  The Natter would then glide (more like dive) to an altitude of 9,000 feet, where the pilot would discard the aircraft's nose, deploy its parachute, and bail out with his own parachute.  They would descend separately for recovery.  In unpiloted tests the aircraft exploded on landing because of rocket fuel remaining in the tanks.  The profile was then changed so that only the tail and rocket engine would be recovery, the fuel tank section being discarded.

Thought you might find this interesting  https://tech.yahoo.com/transportation/articles/aircraft-shouldn-t-able-fly-053147105.html

Thought you might find this interesting  https://tech.yahoo.com/transportation/articles/aircraft-shouldn-t-able-fly-053147105.html

Boosters and rocket salvo holder added.

Currently working out internal details (the figure will have to split in two) and the cockpit.  Cutaway drawings and plans are conflicting.  Most are probably speculative or based on poorly preserved original documents.