ANY ANSWERS OUTTHERE?

[HOG]

Hoyhoy`al

I have been forced to redecorate (or to be more honest, assist the Decoratorette) and have to pack up the library. Trouble is as soon as her backs turned the temptation to open a few and browse is just to great. Looking thro` a couple of books I found the pic below. It`s  from Luftwaffe At War, vol 6 page 33b and is listed as an A-8, but whats the pointed shape coming from the wing leading edge and is that a 4 bladed prop?.




In another book Warpaint Special No.2 Me109, I found the illustrattion below.


Now I like intersting, out of the norm, finishes for my 109`s and with D Day stripes really fits the bill. Now instead of buying the roundels and fin flash and Prototype `P` as decal packs that I`l never use again, has anyone out their got  just the the amount I need for this model, obviously all expenses met. If not can anyone clarify the types, are they C1 as I think?

Cheers All
Gary

[Daryl J.]

It's a 3-blade prop methinks.

Didn't the French have Fw-190's w/ 4 blade props post war?



Daryl J.

[Martin H]

RAF service history of VD364. taken from the book war prizes.

It is listed at a G-14/U4. W nr 3114/2484?  (records are uncertain as to what W nr)

Captured along with VD358 at Gilze-Rijen. shipped by road to Antwerp and restored to flying condition by 1426 flight personnel. ferry flight from Antwerp to Hawkinge ( 9th Feb 1945) Flown to collyweston (now part of RAF Whittering) on the 14th feb 45. And allocated serial VD364 on april 7th 1945. Allocated to the Emermy aircraft flight of the CFE at Tangmere on the 26th April and SoC after a landing accident at Tangmere on the 17th May 1945.

Hope that helps

[Mossie]

Gary, the roundels are type C on the wings (I would expect the uppers to have type C as well going by the date) & type C1 on the fuselage.  I can spare the roundels & fin flashes in 1/72, don't have any in 1/48.  Funnily enough I just recentley picked them up for a 1426 Flt build myself.

[HOG]

Hoyhoy`al

Thanks for the quick replies,
Wooksta....Any clearer pictures, checked my A L Bently drawings on the 190 and no refference there.
MartinH.....Thanks for the indepth info.
Mossie.......Sorry, should have given scale. I`ve got either the Hobbycraft 109G-6 conv to G14 or the Hasegawa  G-14, both in 1:48. Think I know what one I`ll use.

Thanks Agin 
Gary

[Mossie]

Mossie.......Sorry, should have given scale. I`ve got either the Hobbycraft 109G-6 conv to G14 or the Hasegawa  G-14, both in 1:48. Think I know what one I`ll use.

No probs Gary, I realised you usually build in 1/48, just with Wooksta reccomending the 1/72 kits I thought I'd give you the option.  It might be worth tapping up IHG, he's probably the most likely to have some in 1/48?

[kitbasher]

Now I like intersting, out of the norm, finishes for my 109`s and with D Day stripes really fits the bill.

Not D-Day stripes, I'm afraid, but ident marks for captured aircraft being flwn in Britain at the time, to supplement the yellow undersides more commonly associated with trainers and experimental types. Note the B/W/B/W/B colour sequence - the opposite of the W/B/W/B/W associated with D-Day stripes.
Happy modelling!