Here it is. I wanted a closed canopy, but I know when I'm beaten and have posed it open. I will add the retractable step which is being painted.
I wanted a bit of fun with this, hence the bloke trying to move the sheep away. I have no idea why I have some sheep this size in my cupboard
A bit about the unit with which this aircraft served.
Jagdgruppe 10 (Jgr.10) was formed in July 1944 from Erprobungskommando 25, a specialist unit which tested experimental weapons and tactics to counter the USAAF’s heavy bombers. It comprised only three Staffeln. This aircraft is from 3./JGR.10 which kept its Fw 190 As until the end. The other two Staffeln (Stabstaffel and 2. Staffel) exchanged theirs for 'Doras' in late 1944.
The unit experimented with all sorts of systems most of which were not successful. It would have been nice for Airfix to do one of those that did work after a fashion, there is a good picture of one of the units aircraft carrying the 21cm Wurfgranate (WGr.21) tubes for example.
For one that didn’t work, there is a good picture of an aircraft fitted with the 21cm Krebs-Gerat rocket. This was a rocket with a 2 second fuse which was supposed to be fired rearwards from the Fw 190 as it passed the bomber formation after a head on attack.
More successful were experiments with the R4M rocket system. The unit also tested the EZ 42 gyro gun sight.
One of the more bizarre weapons tested was an upward firing cannon armament triggered electronically as the fighter passed under a bomber. This was tested over the Baltic using an He 177, from which the pilot had bailed out, as a target. The system failed and the He 177, having made a leisurely turn back towards land, had to be shot down using conventional armament.
Cheers
Steve
I wanted a bit of fun with this, hence the bloke trying to move the sheep away. I have no idea why I have some sheep this size in my cupboard
A bit about the unit with which this aircraft served.
Jagdgruppe 10 (Jgr.10) was formed in July 1944 from Erprobungskommando 25, a specialist unit which tested experimental weapons and tactics to counter the USAAF’s heavy bombers. It comprised only three Staffeln. This aircraft is from 3./JGR.10 which kept its Fw 190 As until the end. The other two Staffeln (Stabstaffel and 2. Staffel) exchanged theirs for 'Doras' in late 1944.
The unit experimented with all sorts of systems most of which were not successful. It would have been nice for Airfix to do one of those that did work after a fashion, there is a good picture of one of the units aircraft carrying the 21cm Wurfgranate (WGr.21) tubes for example.
For one that didn’t work, there is a good picture of an aircraft fitted with the 21cm Krebs-Gerat rocket. This was a rocket with a 2 second fuse which was supposed to be fired rearwards from the Fw 190 as it passed the bomber formation after a head on attack.
More successful were experiments with the R4M rocket system. The unit also tested the EZ 42 gyro gun sight.
One of the more bizarre weapons tested was an upward firing cannon armament triggered electronically as the fighter passed under a bomber. This was tested over the Baltic using an He 177, from which the pilot had bailed out, as a target. The system failed and the He 177, having made a leisurely turn back towards land, had to be shot down using conventional armament.
Cheers
Steve
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