Me262A Artwork Up On Airfix.com

[John]

And it's another beauty:

 

https://www.airfix.com/uk-en/shop/new-for-2017/messerschmitt-me-262-a-1a-schwalbe-1-48.html

 

J

[Seahawk]

Hmm.  Bit of a leap from Series 1 to Series 3.

[Work In Progress]

Bit of a leap in parts count and complexity, too, from the 1960 tooling.

[Ingo Degenhardt]

That's B-17G "Skyway Chariot" in the background -  the primary decal scheme of the Airfix B-17, that was indeed shot down by 262s.

[RichG]

57 minutes ago, Ingo Degenhardt said:

That's B-17G "Skyway Chariot" in the background -  the primary decal scheme of the Airfix B-17, that was indeed shot down by 262s.

 

Dogfight double anyone? 🙂

[Andre B]

I like the camoscheme on the chosen Me 262. Simple but still colourfull and interesting...

 

/André

[Troy Smith]

 

 

 

 

some more interesting schemes here (where the above comes from)

http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=ForumsPro&file=viewtopic&t=3402&start=0&finish=15&printertopic=1

 

and

from Falke Eins blog

http://falkeeins.blogspot.co.uk/2010/03/me-262-karoband.html

 

Quote

 

This Me 261 A-1a Jabo is reportedly "gelbe 3" of 3./KG(J) 54 and was found at a small airfield across the river from the town of Moosberg (NE of Munich on the Isar River). Other extant photos reveal that the lighter portions of the Karoband were originally white. They were lightly but deliberately oversprayed with 81 Braunviolet to mute to contrast with the dark blue cheques and not compromise the aircraft's overall camouflage that was also oversprayed with denser Wellen of 81. There is also evidence of the KG 54 "Totenkopfwappen" ahead of the windscreen. It too was overpainted with 81 but in this instance with a brush. 

The overpainting of unit markings may well reflect the time when the remnants of Me 262 units operating in the Protectorate (KG(J) 6, KG(J) 54 and JG 7) were combined and folded into the ad hoc unit Gefechtsverband Hogeback in late April 1945.
(credit: David E. brown).

Brown and Wadman were the first researchers to indicate that the Karobands were linked to the Kampfgeschwader (Jagd) units. This was based on photos of an Me 262 A-1a “Yellow 3+I” dispalying a large style blue and white checker fuselage band ( originally interpreted as green/white) and most importantly, the famous KG 54 “Totenkopf” Geschwaderwappen.

An article by Jan Horn on KG(J) 6 indicated via pilot testimony that red and black were the colours for KG(J) 6 and blue and white for KG(J) 54 respectively. Recent photographic and crash report documents published by Jerry Crandall (Proulx, 2005) has linked an Fw 190 A-9 with KG(J) 27. The colour photo of the Bf 109 G-10 at Kaufbeuren shows it wearing a green/white band. 
It is generally supposed that the various KG(J) units adopted fighter-style tactical markings, ie fuselage bands, sometime during March 1945. Since early 1944 and the deployment of Sturmstaffel 1 several units on the Western Front had been wearing colour fuselage bands for recognition purposes and it is thought that similar tail bands were adopted for Me 262 Kampfgeschwader units now operating as fighters. Interestingly - as pointed out by David E. Brown - the colours selected for the KG(J) unit’s bands shared the same dominant colour used by those fighter units that used the similar numerical designations;

Red – JG 6 & KG(J) 6 
Green – JG 27 & KG(J) 27 

 

 

cheers

T

[Dave Fleming]

Interesting the URL says 1/48th. Hinting at the future?

[Work In Progress]

Admin error rather than deep conspiracy.