FINISHED Eduard 1/48 Focke Wulf Fw 190D-9 Profipack

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'Wilde Sau' was a term for freelance night fighters. This was a concept promoted by Hajo Hermann, he convinced the Luftwaffe to allow him to establish a single engine night fighter test detachment in late April 1943. In JUly 1943 this developed into 'Herrmann Geschwader' code named 'Wilde Sau' in July that year. It was subsequently renamed JG 300.


JG 301, all three Gruppen, was formed during October 1943. They operated as single engine night fighters but by early 1944 they were operating by day and night. Later they were committed to daytime missions against the Americans. I don't think they were flying as night fighters at all by the time they received D-9s and later Ta 152s.


Cheers


Steve

I just found this pic, this is the exact aircraft. It certainly looks as if it did an emergency landing, as the spinner is crumpled up.


btw, thanks for the info. Hajo Hermann interestingly was nicknamed the "rammjager" and "jet rammer" after he ran out of ammo in his 109 earlier on in the war and sliced up a mustang's fuselage with his prop. Later on, he rammed a B-17 or a liberator with an me 262 after he closed the distance too fast with his jet and could't pull out due to it's speed. Funnily enough, he survived all of those encounters. 

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Next update-it is now primed with Mr hobby Sirfacer 1200.


The filler was also sanded over.

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pre shading done now....


Panel lines were also rescribed using an RB productions ScribeR where filler had been extensively applied.

[stona]

There is an important detail missing from the profile/instructions you posted for Yellow 15. You can just about see it in the photograph you posted and it is more obvious in better quality versions of the image. In front of the yellow of the fuselage band is another narrow white band. This was an alternative I Gruppe marking authorised by Fritz Auffhammer, who was aware that Allied Intelligence had deciphered many Luftwaffe tactical markings. There is another photograph taken from the port rear quarter (with one of the MG 131s resting on the stabiliser) in which the white band is even more obvious.


I would expect the undersides to be the greenish version of RLM 76, based on other known aircraft from this werknummer block. Upper camouflage 82/83 (in the still current modelling terms for RLM paints). The gun cowl is the late three piece version, quite unusual for an aircraft from the Mimetall factory.


Cheers


Steve

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Nice pre-shading.

[Guest]

There is an important detail missing from the profile/instructions you posted for Yellow 15. You can just about see it in the photograph you posted and it is more obvious in better quality versions of the image. In front of the yellow of the fuselage band is another narrow white band. This was an alternative I Gruppe marking authorised by Fritz Auffhammer, who was aware that Allied Intelligence had deciphered many Luftwaffe tactical markings. There is another photograph taken from the port rear quarter (with one of the MG 131s resting on the stabiliser) in which the white band is even more obvious.


I would expect the undersides to be the greenish version of RLM 76, based on other known aircraft from this werknummer block. Upper camouflage 82/83 (in the still current modelling terms for RLM paints). The gun cowl is the late three piece version, quite unusual for an aircraft from the Mimetall factory.


Cheers


Steve

Thanks for the info steve, but it was just a hair too late. I have already prepped it for it's decals. 


I have airbrushed this with my Iwata Hi Line HP CH airbrush, and painted it RLM 76 light blue and RLM 81 Green Violet. The undersides recieved some bare metal according to the instructions. The rear tailplanes haven't been painted yet as they have to be painted in RLM 83 and 76. The RLM 76 and 83 wasn't sprayed to fully cover the pre shading and paint, as I wanted to give it a faded look.


Meanwhile, I assembled the undercarriage and added some brake lines. Everything was rescribed prior to the painting process.


Cheers, John 

[Guest]

There is an important detail missing from the profile/instructions you posted for Yellow 15. You can just about see it in the photograph you posted and it is more obvious in better quality versions of the image. In front of the yellow of the fuselage band is another narrow white band. This was an alternative I Gruppe marking authorised by Fritz Auffhammer, who was aware that Allied Intelligence had deciphered many Luftwaffe tactical markings. There is another photograph taken from the port rear quarter (with one of the MG 131s resting on the stabiliser) in which the white band is even more obvious.


I would expect the undersides to be the greenish version of RLM 76, based on other known aircraft from this werknummer block. Upper camouflage 82/83 (in the still current modelling terms for RLM paints). The gun cowl is the late three piece version, quite unusual for an aircraft from the Mimetall factory.


Cheers


Steve

btw, I just had a closer look, and can see the white band, but as you said, it is not the easiest to see it, and escapes an untrained eye...


Thanks for all the useful reference though


John

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Next update, haven't had much done, but put most of the identification stripes on except for the yellow band. Concerning the identification stripes, much thanks goes out to Steve (stona) who has helped me concerning the referencing and historical accuracy of it


I have finished the camo painting and have done some of the stencilling concerning the decals

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added the spinner and more stencilling

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This is now finished, and now in the completed builds thread.