Werdna Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Here's my take on 'Red 19', a Fw190A-8 of 5/JG300, flown by Uffz. Ernst Schroder, from sometime between August to November 1944. The plane had already been through the repair shop once before being issued to Schroder and also went through a major service around late October, which also included a partial repaint. The colours here are pre-repaint (yes, I've taken the easy way out ). Schroder belly-landed the plane during November, after coming off second best during a dogfight with P-51s. As far as I can tell, the aircraft was repaired again and was re-issued to JG301. Schroder survived the war, went back to Cologne, got married, had several children, trained as an architect and seems to have specialised in historic building preservation. He was also a keen aero modeller in his later years. Despite being a Tamiya kit, the build was not without its issues, but mostly went ok. The timeline for the various colours and slogans on Schroder's 190 is not completely clear, so I've gone for an early representation of the a/c, rather than the more 'complex' paintwork and insignias on the later version. Even on this version, the fuselage crosses seems to have had the white borders either rubbed down or over-painted in a darker shade, so I had a go at re-creating that, which didn't exactly go to plan, but it looks vaguely similar to pics taken at the time. Anyway, hope you like. Apologies in advance for the pictures - more wind/rain again today, which made an outside shoot impossible - so dull and pooly-lit indoor shots were the only option.. 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Beautiful build, very authentic looking finish ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Excellent build and tasteful weathering. Also interesting is the photo of Ernst Schröder. Without knowing anything about it, I suspect that it may be a b&w photo that's been computer colourised. For example, the '19' is a very saturated red, while Uffz Schröder's face is a homogenous 'flesh' colour without any skin tone variation. Also, the hedgerow in the background looks a 'paint-by-numbers' green. I may be wrong in this case, but more and more 'colour photos' are appearing and one has to be a bit wary using them as colour reference gospel. Sorry for the rant – you've created a beautiful model! Kind regards, Joachim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris148 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Cracking build 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Lovely model and a really interesting history. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SafetyDad Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Great job on one of my favourite 190 schemes. Excellent result - well done! SD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinChipmunkfan Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Very nice finish indeed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackroadkill Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Lovely job, Werdna. Your Luftwaffe models are a constant source of inspiration / jealousy to me! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmovik Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Nice one Werdna, Schroder's aircraft was my option too for the Hasegawa 190A-8 in 48. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werdna Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share Posted August 21, 2020 Thanks all for the kind comments If the weather ever clears up I'll try to get some better pics... 1 hour ago, Spitfire31 said: Also interesting is the photo of Ernst Schröder. Without knowing anything about it, I suspect that it may be a b&w photo that's been computer colourised. For example, the '19' is a very saturated red, while Uffz Schröder's face is a homogenous 'flesh' colour without any skin tone variation. Also, the hedgerow in the background looks a 'paint-by-numbers' green. I may be wrong in this case, but more and more 'colour photos' are appearing and one has to be a bit wary using them as colour reference gospel. Hi Joachim - yes, the pic is definitely colourised. The original is b&w. I just used it here for a bit of 'artistic effect'. I'm not sure if there are any original colour photos of this aircraft, but as with most other late-war colour photos, the existence of such would probably have caused much debate and made things worse, not better Schroder's 190 was - as far as I can tell - just a fairly typical 74/75/76 camo scheme, but with some personal inscriptions and extra painting added in the field. The starboard side of the a/c seems to have received a fairly intricate mottling scheme during November 44, but there is no photo evidence of the port side ever having received the same finish, although it would be reasonable to assume that it did. I took the easy option with the pre-November scheme! There is also talk of Red 19 being re-engined before being assigned to Schroder, which I've tried to represent by leaving the cowling in a slightly cleaner finish. Who knows.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 An exceptional model! Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoohoo Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 Thats an absolute beauty Werdna and shows that the Tamiya kit still builds into a lovely 190 😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opus999 Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 Very nice work Werdna! This is a beautiful build and I like the subtle weathering. (and thanks for your input on my build too!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Lovely build and super impressive paint work and weathering. Very realistic looking plane. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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