German Zero re-post (pics)

[matrixone]

Thanks Radish!

Another pic...


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[Leigh]

That's completely the wrong type of grass for a Luftwaffe airfield, everyone knows that common prairie grass is only indiginous to the western Americas. Had you done your research you would know that the flora, any airfields that the Luftwaffe used the Zero from, had  a mix of the Dwarf prussian blue grass and roman medium lichen. And depending on the exact longitude and latitude and time of year the colours vary. Obviously there is a disparity between the hues of the grass, the hills in the background and the sky which suggest that it is both Winter, spring and summer in the picture. And not to nit pick but I think the clouds are cumulus nimbus rareus prickus which only occur in Europe on three days in September which again doesn't match the rest of the picture.

The model is perfect though! Well except that on the 14th rivet, fourth panel, engine cowling, Luftwaffe Zero's had it replaced with a flat head screw.



Am I bitching 'cos I'm Jealous? You betcha donkey I am      

[matrixone]

Many thanks Leigh!

Thanks also for pointing out my obvious errors on my airfield, silly me for missing it in the first place.

Here is one more pic...


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[Davey B]

...and the problem is?

Sad, unimaginitive little gits, that is bloody lovely, mate!        

[Madoc]

M1,

Well, since Leigh has been so kind as to mention those particular errors I just couldn't stand by without making comment of my own.

I'm sorry to see that you've made so greivous an error with your exhaust staining as you have.  As is readily apparent, the coloration you've chosen for that staining is woefully incorrect.

The aviation gas fuel mixture used by Luftwaffe units during the time period in wihch you've chosen to set your model was of too low an octane rating and possessed to strong an aromatic compound mixture to have produced smoke stains of that particular shade and darkness.

At first I thought this might simply be due to the nature of the digital image and its lighting but upon closer examination it became all too apparent that the exhaust staining fails to produce the right effect.  As it stands, the smoke staining is more reminiscent of that which was more commonly seen in the March to June period of '43.  Perhaps you confused your mixture with that which produces the right staining for aircraft operated in the Mediterranian theater during early '41 and which used the Rabineux carboration system for its fuel / air mixture injection.  That might explain why the exhaust stain's specularity and degree of "smokiness" was not correct in depicting that achieved in Luftwaffe test squadrons operating outside of Berlin during the early war years....

I mean, really, M1, you should've known better!

Madoc

[matrixone]

Thanks very much Davey B and Madoc!

Davey B,
According to some people I ruined an otherwise good kit, thats the problem.

Madoc,
Sorry about my slip up, I used the wrong reference book when I built my model, I will build another and do it right!

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