Battle of Britain 70 years on part 3 - Von Werra's 109

[PaulR]

Hi all,

as part of my Battle of Britain theme, please find below piccies of my model of Franz Von Werra's 109, shot down 70 years ago today (the 7th September 1940) by 'Stapme' Stapleton. Franz Von Werra was famous as the only German to make a home run, i.e. to be captured, escape and return to Germany. In his case, he was only to go missing about a year later over the North Sea. A film was made about his escape, called 'The One That Got Away'.

Anyway, Von Werra's machine is one that has been variously depicted in terms of its colour scheme; mine is based on profiles and picture from the SAM book on ME109 colour schemes 1939-40. I've tried to show the replacement engine panel with the field applied mottle directly in front of the canopy by using Xtracrylix RLM65, which is quite a 'blue' blue if you get me; the rest of the RLM65 is Tamiya, which to my eye looks less garish. Decals are by Techmod which although very well printed were also very delicate; I ended up only using them for markings specific to Von Weera's machine, and kit decals for everything else. The kit is Hasegawa 1/48th, btw.

Next up; Hans Von Hahn's 109. . .

Hope you enjoy, Paul.

[FalkeEins]

Franz Von Werra was famous as the only German to make a home run, i.e. to be captured, escape and return to Germany.

...very nice indeed ..

..just to point out that he was the third German serviceman to have crossed to the then still-neutral US from Canada but the 'von' ensured the US press would fill column inches with his 'story'. Not that he was a genuine 'von' either ...while the US authorities did plan on sending him back to Canada, the German embassy in NYC smuggled him out to south America. Michulec refers to him as the " greatest liar of the Luftwaffe aces "...

Edited September 6, 2010 by FalkeEins