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Hello and thanks for your interest in this topic. This is my 1/72 Airfix Fw-190 A8 dressed as a "Sturmbock" of II/JG4. This particular aircraft is well documented on color pictures (seen here: http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/luftcambg_5.htm). It was piloted by Walter Wagner on January 1, 1945, participating in"Operation Bodenplatte". It was hit by flak during the attack over St. Trond airfield, when the engine died and the pilot had to make and emergency landing. The plane was captured by the US Forces and sent for evaluation. It later carried an all-red color, decals for the caputred version are available from aftermarket manufacturers as well. This aircraft had black/white/black RVT bands (denoting JG 4) and the emblem of the left side of the fuselage only. I added additional side armor from the Brengun etch set, which also provides various antennas and cockpit interior. To my chargin, the left armor plate lifted off with a "ping!" during the paint session and would not go back into position by any means, which spoils the look of the model from a certain angle. Nonetheless I decided to finish the build wtih it's flaw. The decals are from Sky Models Italy, are of reasonable quality and can be recommended. The sheet also provides the spinner spiral. Painted with acrylics from the Gunze/Mr.Hobby range, weathered with artist's oils and pastel chalks. The red blotches on the fuselage represent primer spots, as seen in the original pictures, and have been hand-painted using Vallejo colors. Pitot tube is a metal piece from Master Model. All photographs by Wolfgang Rabel of IGM Cars & Bikes - a big 'thank you'! Here's some in-progress shots I took during construction stage. The fuselage halves were badly warped, evident in this picture: ... and so were the wings ... Cockpit with Brengun etch, very little can be seen afterwards: Fixing the side armor panels was a difficult task due to the curvature of the fuselage: Thanks for your interest ... and off we go for another mission in the ever expanding universe of Plastic Modelling! Until next time, take care, and all the best from Vienna/Austria! Roman- 13 replies
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Hello and thanks for your interest. This is Academy's 1/72 Bf-109 G-14 with photo etch from Part, vacu from Rob Taurus and decals from Eagle Cals, representing the aircraft of Oblt. Rudolf Schlegel of 10./JG 4 in late 1944. The exact colours of this aircraft remain speculative. There are a number of colour profiles of this machine on the Internet, all of them slightly different, some showing a yellow cowl, others don't; some include the 'Group Bar', others don't. I went for the most colourful livery, including both Yellow cowl and Group bar. It's another 109-kit I had in my stash for years and it's getting outdated right now with the release of AZ Model's new 109-series which has better detail. The Academy model is a glitch-free build. The model was painted with Gunze/Mr.Hobby acrylics and weathered with artist's oils. Here's one original photo of 'Black 8' I found on the Internet: It seems as if the individual code number has been overpainted, I tried to replicate this with a slightly darker patch of RLM Grey. Flaps are photo-etch items from Part. They have been lowered to add interest. The vacu canopy is a Rob Taurus item, designed for Revell's 1/72 Bf-109 G-10, but suitable for the Academy kit as well. The Black-White-Black identification band is airbrushed. The spiral on the spinner is a decal from Eagle Cals' sheet and worked quite well. Exhaust fumes were replicated using Gunze 'Smoke' with some shades of Brown and Black added. Thanks to Wolfgang Rabel for the pictures; thank you for looking! Cheers, Roman
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