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Yeah, four Hornets vs one Su-22; must have been one heck of a battle.

Interesting markings though. 

 

Looking fwd to the imminent release of the 1/32 Brassin AIM-4D Falcons. Lots of scratchbuilding in store to make the L-series rails to put them on an F-4E. 

 

Tony 

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On 4/15/2019 at 12:55 PM, Sanjuro said:

Eduard leaflet for distributors June 2019

 

June 2019

The intro from Mr Sulc indicates that the 1/144 Fw 190D-9 is a reissue of the Sweet kit. I assume he means Platz because I don't recall Sweet ever doing a kit of this aircraft. I suppose it could also be from F-Toys, but I'm hoping for the Platz kit.

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On 3/16/2019 at 12:19 PM, KITCAT said:

here come the little Fokkers. Hooray!

I have already reserved some at Hannants and a friend is reserving one of the Czech Air Force Limited Edition kits for me...

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On 4/16/2019 at 9:22 AM, Nocoolname said:

Oh. Thought you might have been talking about something that could take on the 27's, 30's and 35's like the Gripen-E

You can't possibly be serious. 

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14 hours ago, Nocoolname said:

You're right. What was I thinking. I meant the Folland Gnat.

I am sure the legendary Sabre slayer can handle flankers . :D 

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2 hours ago, Nocoolname said:

Na! My money is on this:

 

XF91-21republic

 

If only Eduard would tool one of these. I think it would be a great candidate for the BFC 'what ifs'.


Is that an optical illusion or does the wing spreads out like a dog's ear ? 😮

It looks like someone swapped the left and right wing and also flipped them while assembling the kit.

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1 hour ago, Basuroy said:


Is that an optical illusion or does the wing spreads out like a dog's ear ? 😮

It looks like someone swapped the left and right wing and also flipped them while assembling the kit.

It's not an illusion. The wing was designed with reverse taper to prevent the wing tips from stalling first and causing the aircraft to pitch up into a potentially unrecoverable attitude. This was a problem with many early swept wing jets. I believe it was later found that suitably placed wing fences prevented the spanwise airflow that triggered the tip stall and the configuration was not widely adopted.

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34 minutes ago, Nocoolname said:

It's an awesome plane. It's like the USAF accidentally gave a contract to the Flash Gordon team. 

Thunderceptor. Designed by Loki and forged by Thor's hammer.

 

If Kitty Hawk carry out their threat to make 1/32 Thunderstreaks and Thunderflashes I hope they also do the Thunderceptor, the variant with the big turboprop and the parasite version that was tested on a B-36.

 

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Am I imagining things or does it appear the Eduard are gradually replacing their back catalogue of PE with new sets created with greater fidelity? I've noticed recently with updated sets for the F-15 and the new sets for the Tornado ADV included in the special edition. I've also noticed the new sets have clear 'blobs' over the instrument dials, presumably to simulate glass. I still prefer to use acetate but it's nice to see the improvements.

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Lots of updated versions of previous PE releases, presumably with the new 'glaze blobs' added. Really looking forward to the P-51, just not sure whether to hold out in the hope they release a Royal Class Dual-Combo version.

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16 hours ago, tank152 said:

Friedrich-Karl Müller's Red 2, that's a yes from me then, 👍

 

me too.. I've given Eduard the photos that Jean-Yves Lorant sent me of this machine - they were printed way too small in Model Aircraft Monthly back in 2014 - so hopefully they'll be available for reference in one of Eduard's newsletters or monthly pdfs. Carganico's Kommandeur I./JG 5 'Mickey-Maus' is another to do  - featured in the latest Luftwaffe Gallery from http://luftwaffe.be

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7 hours ago, FalkeEins said:

 

me too.. I've given Eduard the photos that Jean-Yves Lorant sent me of this machine - they were printed way too small in Model Aircraft Monthly back in 2014 - so hopefully they'll be available for reference in one of Eduard's newsletters or monthly pdfs. Carganico's Kommandeur I./JG 5 'Mickey-Maus' is another to do  - featured in the latest Luftwaffe Gallery from http://luftwaffe.be

Yes got the JG5 Special Album book. I thought Mickey-Maus looked familiar,  just couldn't think where i'd seen it!!

I think Eduard have made some great choices in this kit with no real obvious markings apart from maybe Green 5.

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1 hour ago, tank152 said:

Yes got the JG5 Special Album book. I thought Mickey-Maus looked familiar,  just couldn't think where i'd seen it!!

I think Eduard have made some great choices in this kit with no real obvious markings apart from maybe Green 5.

BTW, this selection was made from a slightly larger set of markings options that had been compiled by... one of the authors of the JG 5 Special Album, who also took part in the painting guide and decals development process ;)

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Then we have this one:

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Messerschmitt Bf109G-6/AS(Y), WNr.163 796, Gelbe “15 + I”, 9./JG 1

 

On the morning of May 25, 1944, three pilots from the 4th Fighter Group, the “Debden Eagles”, 336th Fighter Squadron, 8th Air Force, were over Germany looking for trouble. Flying near Botenheim, they encountered German planes from 9./JG 1.


During the ensuing dogfight, a Messerschmitt came up behind Captain Joseph H. Bennett’s P-51B-5 Mustang (,43-6572, “VF - N “,"Paul"), while staying below the P-51’s propwash.


The Bf109’s guns jammed, but the young Luftwaffe pilot, Ofhr. Hubert Heckmann, was determined not to let the American flyer get away. Heckmann pulled up to the P-51’s height and rammed his Bf109 fighter right into the tail of Bennett’s aircraft.


The impact sheared off the tail and rear fuselage section and came within a few feet of the rear fuselage tank. With his aircraft’s nose thrust skyward, Bennett bailed out near Botenheim. Going into a loop, the P-51 crashed into a house in the middle of the village. His own plane seriously damaged, Heckmann managed to make a belly landing.

 

Bennett, a former RAF Eagle Squadron pilot, was captured and taken to a jail by German military officials. Heckmann later came to introduce himself and meet the first American flier he had put out of commission as a German pilot. Bennett remained a German prisoner until the end of the war. The 336th Fighter Squadron lost another Mustang in this fight but made claims of shooting down five of the enemy.


After the war, the two airmen became friends and met every year for their reunion. Both men are now deceased.

 

The story of WNr.163 796 does not end there. The 109 was repaired and flew again – only 2 weeks later! On June 6, 1944, a new pilot who had just joined 9./JG 1, Uffz. Gerhard Bachmann, took off on the cloudless day for a high altitude training flight in WNr.163 796 as the wingman of an experienced squadron member who was assigned as his instructor.

 

After more than an hour of successful instruction at about 30,000 feet, the instructor lost sight of his wingman while they were diving at about 435 mph through the clouds, which had closed in below them. The instructor circled below the cloud deck without finding his wingman, and then returned to base.

 

A ground observer later recorded that he had seen both aircraft come through the clouds, the first circling, the second diving vertically into the ground trailing a long banner of black smoke, killing Bachmann – possibly the victim of engine failure.  ( The AS engines had a notoriously short average life - about 50 hours ).

 

The instructor was Ofhr. Hubert Heckmann.

 

 

 

 

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9 hours ago, falcon04 said:

 

On the morning of May 25, 1944, three pilots from the 4th Fighter Group, the “Debden Eagles”, 336th Fighter Squadron, 8th Air Force, were over Germany looking for trouble. Flying near Botenheim, they encountered German planes from 9./JG 1.

 

is this story (and artwork..) from one of Troy's 4th FG books ?

 

FWIW Heckmann's own account (and photos of 'yellow 15')  is in Prien's JG 1 history (Teil 2 pages 967-968) - he wasn't having a very good day, having already missed the bus pick-up he had to walk the 5K to the airfield, where his Gruppe -some 20 machines - were at cockpit readiness. The incoming 8th AF raid comprised  over 1,000 bombers escorted by 811 fighters targeting rail hubs and infrastructure in north-eastern France and the Saarland as well as coastal defences along the Channel. 

 

Bachmann's death occurred some days prior to 6 June by which time Heckmann's unit had shifted to northern France..

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