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I'm also glad that you've made a reappearance Steve.
Great work on the figures - Milliput is clever stuff isn't it?
Coming along nicely
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Coda:
@28ZComebackSorry but I got focussed on Eddie Chapman, and overlooked the first part of your post.
Thomas & Ketley give details of 7 Siebel Si 204s used by KG200! Here they are, including the example used by Speer:
as it changed its markings daily, there's some scope for imagination in your rendition! No photo I could find.
And finally, and most certainly a little tongue in cheek, but it's (just) on topic.
In 1944 KG200 pioneered the use of the PAG or Personen Abwurf Gerat. This was essentially a supply container, slung under the wing of a Ju188, and dropped into enemy territory. However, it didn't hold supplies, but up to 3 agents! Packed into this container, unable to see or have any control over their journey, you can only imagine what a trip in a PAG must have been like.
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But that's long after the date in question...
And I'm sure that Eddie would not have missed the opportunity to tell the tale had this been his mode of transport!
Source for items above: Thomas G.J. & Ketley B. (2003) 'KG200 The Lufwaffe's Most Secret Unit' Hikoki Crowborough. Presented here for the sole purpose of study/research.
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Having read this and the linked thread, and also 'Agent Zigzag' itself, I think we're all missing a little something.
Put tactfully, from what I've read, anything Eddie said to anyone was what Eddie wanted them to hear. It wasn't necessarily the truth. He seemed to be a master of mis- and dis-information. I'm not convinced that the Focke-Wulf label is accurate at all. There's a pretty limited shortlist of possible aircraft here, but taking his words literally has thrown up some very unlikely candidates in this thread.
Remember that KG200 didn't exist until February 19th 1944 - it was formed from the remainder of Versuchsverband der Ob.d.L. on that date. The semi-independent Kommandos that preceded KG200 undertook clandestine work as well in the mid-war years. They and KG200 did use exotic and captured airframes for their clandestine work, but this was some time after Chapman's account. For example the Germans only got to examine their first flyable B-17 in December 1942.
Agents dropped in 1940 and 1941 were transported to England by a He 111 or a Dornier 17/217. Thomas and Ketley in their KG200 volume refer to airdrops of German agents over the UK in 1940 and 1941 from these 2 aircraft. They go on to state that only 2 agents were air-dropped in 1941 because 'increasing activity by RAF nightfighters was making low-level flying across the Channel and the North Sea increasingly hazardous' p.28.
By 1942 this was considerably more dangerous, see p.39 of Thomas and Ketley where accounts from Summer 1942 describe how only GM-1 Nitrous -oxide boosted Ju88s had a chance of surviving a UK overflight - those without the boosting system were at great risk of being shot down. Not an ideal idea to jump out of this aircraft at high speed! Or indeed chance a journey in a much slower, and therefore suicidally vulnerable, aircraft such as a dedicated transport aircraft.
So where does this leave us? Best guess (and that's all it is) is that Chapman is wrong about the date and it's 1941 not 42. His account may be accidentally or intentionally inaccurate. Or he was really fortunate and survived to be dropped from a He111 or Do217 - both of which were used by V. der OB.d.L. in the early war years.
Source: Thomas G.J. & Ketley B. (2003) 'KG200 The Lufwaffe's Most Secret Unit' Hikoki Crowborough.
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Nice nice nice!
Wonderful paintwork and presentation.
Take a bow sir!
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Now that's nice! Well done indeed!
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As others have said, your thoughtful placing of the figure and model at an angle, plus your very realistic portrayal of the dune, is excellent.
Well done!
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That is simply mindblowing work there Peter. Off the chart in terms of attention to detail and realism.
Excellent stuff
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Beautiful build! Well done - it looks fantastic
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That's excellent work there Ken - really impressive
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Very impressed with this Ken. Looking great!
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Great job there Pete!
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I think your seat and cockpit details are absolutely wonderful. You've given me the best illustration of the canopy rails that I've ever seen. Simply marvellous!
Not sure that I would repaint the 66 - how about a filter and drybrush first?
Keep up the excellent work
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On 21/06/2020 at 20:52, Pete in Lincs said:
Less can be more. It looks good. I wonder if that thing at the top is a bleed screw for the coolant system.
With the aircraft on the ground it would be the highest point.
That makes a lot of sense - inspired Pete!
@airscale, I would also go for Natural Metal inside the panels.
Inspired work there on the cowling Peter - looks excellent!
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34 minutes ago, torqueofthedevil said:
Agree - I have 2, 4 and 5, 1 is on order and I would dearly love to get hold of the last one ! Any idea where to find it, other than scanning eBay and Amazon repeatedly?
I had to look for a while for my set - I finally found them in a now-closed Military Book seller's shop in Heaton, Newcastle. I asked if he had any, and, because they were softcovers, I think he rather dismissed them as 'serious' publications. I got all 5 for £10!
Two available here - https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&cm_sp=SearchF-_-home-_-Results&an=&tn=Airfoil&kn=Sheflin&isbn=
Doesn't say which two issues these are.
Good luck with your search!
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18 minutes ago, occa said:
Very nice clip but it's not in color, it's just colorized and that in a poor way.
All the personal are mostly in grey tones.Not sure that I agree. Steve Sheflin's articles in the Airfoil magazines I mentioned above include screen captures from this film. Sheflin is a well respected Luftwaffe researcher and writer, and I'm sure woyld have considered the possibility of colourised pictures/film. The colours have shifted considerably - that it obvious, but I believe they are original.
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The F-8 being taxied appears in Airfoil No 1 and is captioned as being at Herzogenaurach in Germany.
According to Steve Sheflin, it is Wk Nr 588453 '<Green2' - a Gruppe Adjutant's aircraft. Note the dented air intake bulge on the cowling, and the flat tyre on the tailwheel. Whether that prevented the aircraft from being flown or happened after landing we'll never know.
Source: Sheflin S (1983) Airfoil 1 1 Costa Mesa, California.
BTW, the 5 Airfoil magazines are well worth tracking down if you can, despite their age. They are full of rare and unusual pictures of WW2 aircraft from both participating sides. The 'Last of the Luftwaffe' features across the issues are worth the price of purchase alone in my view.
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The first few seconds (up to about 0:12) show an usual 'hybrid' 190 'borrowed' by Bruce Carr.
Beat me to it @torqueofthedevil!
More details can be found in Airfoil No 2 where the story of this 'joyride gone awry' is told in full.
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Lovely job there Loren. Looked a tricky build, but you had more than the measure of the kit.
Great finished result.
Take a bow Sir!
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That's lovely! So realistic.
Excellent!
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5 minutes ago, theaa2000 said:
No worries - the Barracuda decals are excellent quality so I'm sure you'll be happy with them - which Mustang are you planning to build?
Sounds just like my Dad
I think I might go for a fictitious, but representative, bird in green and grey (shock horror!). NMF scares me somewhat and I much prefer the camo finish. I like nose art and have some older Pyn-Up decals that, although meant for 1/48th B-17s and B-24s, would look great in a 1/32 P-51. Possibly call the aircraft Karen (after my wife). In which case, the nose art will have to be appropriately restrained!
First time anyone has ever said that I sound like their Dad!
Come to think of it, that's probably no bad thing...
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4 minutes ago, theaa2000 said:
Yeah that's a shame...it's a rather sad and weird legacy to leave behind
Cheers SD (great name btw
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I matched it with Tamiya XF-3 over a grey primer base - with the X-22 Gloss coat over it, it changed colour a bit and matched better as out of the bottle it was a little to neon-yellow. I think that the Barracuda instruction sheet mentions a yellow from the Model Master range as a match, but I didn't read this until afterwards!
Thanks very much indeed for the tip - much appreciated!
The name (SD) is from my 3 daughters. For some reason they think that me asking them to check their oil/top up their tyres/drive slowly in the snow/watch out for ice on a morning is abnormal behaviour. Hence the name...
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26 minutes ago, noelh said:
Nicely made Mustang. As for Glamorous Glen III. That is trademarked and anyone daring to use it commercially will soon hear from his lawyers. Assuming he has a lawyer as a previous firm sued him for failing to pay their fees. He and his second wife has a long history of litigation. She indeed was described as a “vexatious litigant' by a Judge. They are even suing Airbus because they mentioned his name in an ad.
No wonder Barracuda changed the letters around.
It's sad really that his legacy has come to this.
+1. Well said Noel.
The 'copyrighting' of GG III has been discussed at length on other boards online. Quite how you can copyright art on a US-Government owned plane I'm not sure but there you go. Very sad at this remove from 1944.
Nice job on your Mustang there - and you matched the yellow on the prop spinner to the nose check decals very well indeed - well done. What did you use? I have the same Barracuda sheet in 32 scale and can see more than one of the 357th FG's P-51s in my future
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I'm thoroughly enjoying your build Darryl. As an aircraft modeller, I have puzzled over possible assembly sequences for Tanks, and your approach has been most informative. I've got a number of AFVs in the stash, but haven't had a go at any of them yet. This thread is very helpful. You mention earlier that you only tacked the roof in place before painting. Are you anticipating removing it or is it permanently fixed now?
Great work on the camouflage as well. Looking forward to seeing this finished!
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Very impressed with your work on the drive sprockets. That's some serious skill and neatness there!
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1/18 Focke-Wulf Fw190C V18 'Känguruh'
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That is just so good! You even have the hand-painted German notations next to the gauges reproduced exactly!
As @Pete in Lincs commented above - it's both completely convincing and totally realistic. On another level entirely.
Lost for words...
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