Fuad Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 (edited) Hi, everybody! It's my next model. Text on the fuselage means 'The last butcher?', referring to the fact that these aircraft were called Schlachtflugzeuge (attack aircraft) or Schlachter (butcher) and were fading out of service. Edited April 11, 2018 by Fuad 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Another excellent job Fuad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinChipmunkfan Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Great model in 1/72. Are the white markings decals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuad Posted April 11, 2018 Author Share Posted April 11, 2018 8 minutes ago, ColinChipmunkfan said: Great model in 1/72. Are the white markings decals? Yes it is decals from kit. The first thing you will notice about the kit is the gaudy graffiti on the sides and around the aircraft. The story behind the markings appears to center on a young Lieutenant assigned to 3./Fliegergruppe 50 in 1938 as the Group Adjutant, Lt. Kurt Hamann. It appears that Lt. Hamann never had any or very little formal flight training and was taking this Hs-123 for training flights. His unit was giving him lessons in their off time. You may have noticed that the Hs-123 is a single seat airplane so Lt. Hamann always flew solo. Whether loved by his comrades or tolerated by his superiors is not quite clear, but it is quite obvious that he was flying. Lt. Hamann did attain his wings and was killed in combat over France in 1940 while flying a Ju-87B. For those of you that don't speak German here are the translations to the markings. Der letzte Schlatchter? - The last Butcher? Gott erhalte uns den Adjutant - God hold us the Soldiers Aller Anfang ist schwer - All Beginnings are difficult Vorsicht - Caution Kleine Fische - Small Fish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chillidragon Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Fuad said: Gott erhalte uns den Adjutant This is (literally) "God preserve [for ] us the adjutant" or in normal English "God preserve our Adjutant". (Or, if you prefer, "God preserve the Adjutant for us") Thinking about it, his comrades seem to have had some affection for him, or the graffito would have read "Gott erhalte uns vor dem Adj." - "God preserve us from the Adj". Edited April 11, 2018 by Chillidragon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Beautiful ... Just Beautiful One of my Favorite interwar Bi-planes and in a really kool scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Beautiful Fuad! And your photography is awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Simply brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmouredSprue Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Very nice and hard to see built model. Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 That is a beauty, Fuad. I love the setting for the photos too. I have one of these Fly kits in my pile but I'm certain mine will not reach your quality. Well done. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djos Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 SIMPLY FANTASTIC regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAAMAN Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Simply superb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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