Heinkel He 177 'Grief' under construction

[Guest]

Sorry to pick your brains again folks,

Does anyone know whether this plane was used as a night fighter/bomber? May attempt a different paint scheme. As Ray said, where's Steve when you need him?

More sub-assemblies: propellers, cockpit, Hs 293 & Bombs

Cheers,

Adrian

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[Guest]

All falling together now Adrian, nice build going on, Im sure Steve will enlighten us when he gets a few minutes spare.

[Guest]

This is actualy a very interesting read:

Heinkel He 177 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Guest]

........and here's your night bomber:

Heinkel He-177

[stona]

Good links Richard. I rarely trust Wikipedia 100% as it depends so much on the contributers but there's nothing to argue with in that entry as far as I know anyway. The second one has got a couple of pictures I've never seen before so thanks again! He's a bit off on his colour interpretation but it may have been done a while ago,these things change as more information becomes available.

I'll see what I can dig up on operations when I get home next week but the He177 was little used. I believe most served on the Eastern Front.

I found these production figures:

8 Prototypes

35 He 177A-0 (Mainly Arado built)

130 He 177A-1 (Arado built)

170 He 177A-3 (Heinkel Built)

826 He 177A-5

In the context of wartime production this is very small beer.

Cheers

Steve

[Guest]

Thanks for that guys.

Richard, the picture links seem to be broken. Do you think you could PM me that pic or post it? Thanks Sorry for the inconvenience.

Adrian

[Guest]

Sorry Adrian, I'm not getting the first picture of the second link either. I'll PM you the links though

[Guest]

Thanks for the pics Richard.

Now for planning:

I will (most probably) be doing the 6N+AK. However, I'm changing the 'A' to 'C' as I have the decals for it. So its gonna be something like...maybe the same squadron?

Cheers,

Adrian

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[stona]

Why not? Luftwaffe codes are not the easiest to understand but you are correct that the first letter after the balkenkreuz is the individual aircraft letter.

6N = KG100

A (or C) = individual aircraft letter

K = 2nd Staffel

The second Staffel always belongs to I Gruppe and it's Staffel colour would be RED. Your individual aircraft letter should therefore also be RED

Is everyone confused?

Cheers

Steve

Forgot to say that a Staffel in this type of unit SHOULD have comprised 9-12 aircraft so why not a C.

[Guest]

Hi Steve,

do you mean the "C" should be white?

If so, I have another decal for an "H"! Haha

[stona]

No,I made a mistake ,sorry. The 2nd Staffel colour should be RED. I'm sorry for that.

I've been looking at the Luftwaffe for a long time so that'll teach me not to state things from memory!

I will edit the post above to prevent any further confusion.

Cheers

Steve

[Guest]

The first batch of spray-painted parts: the cockpit, complete with masking tape seat belt

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[Guest]

Adrian looks like its going together nicely, how good are the parts fitting together on this kit?

Trey

[Guest]

The fit is rather good, in fact no filler is needed at all (that's what I can say for the fuselage at least). Revell always produces top quality kits. So far I've never had any bad experiences with their kits so I'm impressed.

[stona]

The fit is rather good, in fact no filler is needed at all (that's what I can say for the fuselage at least). Revell always produces top quality kits. So far I've never had any bad experiences with their kits so I'm impressed.

Trust me Adrian,Revell release some awful kits as do most manufacturers! Slagging manufacturers is not useful or helpful but they are nearly all guilty of producing or releasing a few dogs and those I will name and shame whoever they come from. It's great that you've got a good'un there and I hope your winning streak continues.

Cheers

Steve