Jochen Barett

I think after you ran have run that through google translate Giampiero and I will be more than happy to help with the rest.

I fear it is RLM 99. (Tamiya might not care about the color and it may shift from batch to batch)

It was new to me too. I was raised metric and spent some time of my life in an imperial measurement system country and I accept habit is stronger than gravity and in wookworking / coachbuilding imperial measurement may have an inch over the metric system, but in engineering and navigation it feels like a nightmare. And even though it is about a (civilian!) jet and post war, I like this story tied to using both systems (nobody got seriously hurt!) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider

Ignoring or internally autocorrecting the position of the decimal point, I would like to point out we are currently talking Aircraft WWII, more specifically RAF WWII. And judging by the information given here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inch "The inch (symbol: in or ″) is a unit of length in the British Imperial and the United States customary systems of measurement. It is equal to ⁠1/36⁠ yard or ⁠1/12⁠ of a foot. Derived from the Roman uncia ("twelfth"), the word inch is also sometimes used to translate similar units in other measurement systems, usually understood as deriving from the width of the human thumb. Standards for the exact length of an inch have varied in the past, but since the adoption of the international yard during the 1950s and 1960s the inch has been based on the metric system and defined as exactly 25.4 mm." that standardization had not happened yet(!) and the English (or maybe "British"?) inch was not neccessarily 2.54 cm but three barleycorns (of that day!). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barleycorn_(unit)

My shot from the hip: He 111 Google will come up with this site supporting my claim: https://www.luftarchiv.de/index.htm?/bordgerate/waffen.htm "MG 81Z He 111" https://www.luftarchiv.de/bordgerate/mg81_he11a.jpg

If the enemy aircraft is moving to your left, which is to your aircraft's right because you're facing backwards, then you use your right-hand sight so that you bang your head's right hand side on the canopy. If the enemy is moving to your right then you use your left-hand sight so you can bang the left hand side of your head. (after you did that, you'll do it the other way around and not bump your head, hopefully) When mounted in the fuselage's side: https://bramit.ru/laptops/496-aviatsionnyj-pelemet-mg-81-germanija-mg81-.html in a more confined arraangement: https://www.wehrmacht-history.com/luftwaffe/armaments/7-92-mm-mg-81z.html

I think it still passes as "pretty much OK" with most of us.

How about a google image search for "for safonova"? (where is this "I go and grab my coat icon"?)

I'll go and check with my optometrist. I think I confused underwing ETCs and remains of white crosses. Please do excuse any confusion created!

I wonder if Tamiya ever "adjusted" the rear view mirrors (respectively the way they are mounted).

I see "remains" of white underwing crosses here (lower left pic): maybe covered up by "regular allied underwing grey" and maybe even roundels added. The profile seems to show black reduced lower wing crosses (strange) The profile seems to show a regular upper wing German camo (but no remains of painted over crosses (strange). Photos shwo fuselage roundel with and without (upper right) yellow ring. Yellow ring on wing roundel seems "unusual" to me (not seen in pics). Would an FW 190 F8 in "regular" 74/75 upper camo (like this one https://www.americanheritagemuseum.org/aircrafts/focke-wulf-fw-190-f-8/ ) with large areas in "allied dark green" oder "allied dark grey" tomask old owner's markings look any good and comply with the pics? Yellow wing tips and cowl ring? Maybe. Who knows?

Best case: Useless. Worst case: Confusing. In any case: Time consuming. What a lousy picture. http://www.luftwaffe-experten.org/forums/uploads/monthly_09_2012/post-1-0-73075900-1347120967.jpg

Lovely.

Nobody expected the Spanish School of Highlighting!

How fluent is your German? (do you have google translate at hand?) A starting point: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kampfschwimmer_(Kriegsmarine) https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleinkampfverbände_der_Kriegsmarine https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organisation_der_Kleinkampfverbände_der_Kriegsmarine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biber_(submarine) https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprengboot_Linse https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unternehmen_Bruno https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Bartels_(Marineoffizier) It seems Marder and Neger were rather used against ships. The corresponding English versions are not as elaborate in some cases.