My current project(s)

[nev]

Y'know, those He162 pics look just like a summer 1945 scrap-pile    

[matrixone]

Thanks Brian, anthonyp, NARSES2, ysi_maniac, and nev!

Next update should include pics of the Bf 109 pre-shaded and the He 162 airframe assembled.

I know because these models are of German aircraft some of you don't like them for that reason but give one of these kits a try, they are very nice and most parts are very good fitting and so far a dream to build. My only real problem area has been deciding which 'real' aircraft markings and camouflage I want to try and copy.
The He 162 would make a good what-if, and I have decided to do a whiff version of the He 162 after these two models of 'real' a/c are done.

Matrixone

[Brian da Basher]

Wow I can't wait to see how you whiff that 162, Matrixone!

Are you thinking of perhaps adding spats? You know, it's a proven fact that spats increase the coolness factor of any aircraft by 1000%!

Did I mention that I love spats?

Brian da Basher

P.S. Ok, I know you're really thinking of whiffing it by adding maple leaf roundels, right?

[nev]

Look just come out and say it Brian.  You want him to build the Hasegawa 1/32 Stuka.


















With super-detailed spats  B)  

[matrixone]

nev,

Funny you should mention the 1/32 scale Stuka, that kit is on my 'must get' list.

I have been trying to cut down on buying and do more building this year but with the new kits of the Ju 87, the soon to be released (1/72 scale) Ju 88G-1, and Eduard Fw 190A-8 I HAVE TO GET THEM! They are just too cool NOT to get.

Brian,
I will be building a 1/48 scale Ju 87 from the old Monogram kit early next year, I just love building the older Monogram kits even though the experts on other forums think they are no longer 'good enough' to bother with.
This will be my first model with spats in many years.

Matrixone

[nev]

I have been trying to cut down on buying and do more building this year but with the new kits of the Ju 87, the soon to be released (1/72 scale) Ju 88G-1, and Eduard Fw 190A-8 I HAVE TO GET THEM! They are just too cool NOT to get.

Re-arrange the following words into a well known phrase or saying

fans, fed, Luftwaffe, spoon



That Eduard 190 got a rave review in this months SAMI.  

How about the early war biplanes such as the He-51?  I'm sure Brian will inform us of other spatified Luftwaffe planes    

[matrixone]

nev.
The early war German warbirds are O.K. but mostly I like the late war stuff the best, in fact I am going to wait until Eduard releases the kit of the Fw 190A-9, the last of the short nosed Focke-Wulfs.

Matrixone

[Brian da Basher]

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Brian,
I will be building a 1/48 scale Ju 87 from the old Monogram kit early next year, I just love building the older Monogram kits even though the experts on other forums think they are no longer 'good enough' to bother with.
This will be my first model with spats in many years.

Matrixone

I totally agree with you on those older kits, Matrixone! Even though they might not be the latest "flavor of the month" they can still be fun projects and turn into impressive builds! I'm glad to see you're "returning to the fold" and plan on building one with spats! You know I'm excited to see that Stuka!

I love spats!

Brian da Basher

[Brian da Basher]

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How about the early war biplanes such as the He-51?  I'm sure Brian will inform us of other spatified Luftwaffe planes 

As far as I know, the He-51, Ar-96, Hs-123, early Ju-52, Jungmann & Jungmeister trainers and the venerable Stuka are the Luftwaffe's main contributions to spat-ness. They prove that spats add to the coolness factor of any aircraft by 1000%!

Did I mention that I love spats?

Brian da Basher

[SimonR]

This is why many object to models of Luftwaffe subjects and similar reasoning is used when objecting to models of Isreali or US subjects.

But the same specious reasoning could be extended to the VVS, PLAAF, RAF, etc. It's all a matter of highly debatable degree. You can't conflate modelling the subject of an air force with approval or endorsement of the regime that directs it. Before you know it the only subject you can model is a Ryanair 737.

[matrixone]

Please don't anybody think I endorse the Nazi cause!
I don't know why but I have always liked the WWII German airplanes I just know I favored them when I was very young and first started putting models together and still do to this day.

The machines are what I am interested in, NOT the government that paid for them or the crimes that government comitted. When I do build models of 'real' airplanes notice I don't ever do any of the aces machines, it does not matter to me how many kills the pilot had I am only interested in the airplane and the camo and markings, not to glorify the war or the pilot.
My Monogram Ju 87 I intend to build early next year will have Hans Rudels markings only because I have no other choices for that type of a/c, I don't build very many Ju 87s so it would not make sense to buy a decal sheet just for one model.

Matrixone

[NARSES2]

Please don't anybody think I endorse the Nazi cause!
I don't know why but I have always liked the WWII German airplanes I just know I favored them when I was very young and first started putting models together and still do to this day.

The machines are what I am interested in, NOT the government that paid for them or the crimes that government comitted. When I do build models of 'real' airplanes notice I don't ever do any of the aces machines, it does not matter to me how many kills the pilot had I am only interested in the airplane and the camo and markings, not to glorify the war or the pilot.
My Monogram Ju 87 I intend to build early next year will have Hans Rudels markings only because I have no other choices for that type of a/c, I don't build very many Ju 87s so it would not make sense to buy a decal sheet just for one model.

Matrixone

I totaly agree with you Matrix - I can separate the cause from the "object" as I know Wookster can as well. I abhor the "cause" but like the products of the German industry.

Some people cannot separate the two, and I have no problem with that at all, because there are some things over which I have the same problem.

You just keep on delighting us with your stunning talents (along with a few others on this board   )

Chris

[nev]

Please don't anybody think I endorse the Nazi cause!

No-one said that  B)

FWIW The Wooksta! has done his fair share of Luft '46.

[matrixone]

Wooksta,

There is much new information on camo and markings for the Fw 190D and Me 262 available now, and early next year JaPo will release their second volume on the Fw 190D camo and markings, Jerry Crandall of EagleEditions is also writing a two volume set on the Fw 190D. Jerry Grandall IS the expert of experts on the Fw 190 and I am really looking forward to his latest work so those of us who model the Fw 190D and other late war German warbirds will understand much better what colors those machines were painted in.
Also Monogram will publish their work on the Ta 152 sometime next year and this will also shed some light on the late war German camouflage colors and how they were used.
This is a great time for those of us who model the late war Luftwaffe planes because there is so much new information out there on these aircraft and in many cases there are decal sheets available of some interesting and colorful machines.

Matrixone

[matrixone]

It would be nice to have a Ju 488 kit, Special Hobby did a Me 264 a couple years back maybe they do a Ju 488 one of these years.

One Lippisch design that DID make sense was the Li P15 Diana, using parts from the Me 163 and He 162 already in production it would have been quick to develope and have good performance along with being airworthy...much better than the He 162. I think there was a resin kit of this aircraft but none in plastic that I know of.

I often buy decal sheets not to make any of the planes on them but to use them for future what-if projects, I like to have a lot of markings options available because I never know what ideas I might come up with building what-ifs.

For many years the camouflage colors and patterns of the late war Luftwaffe planes has interested me and I do want to know (as much as possible) what those colors were. Also when I build those Luft'46 models it helps me to choose what colors and patterns that would fit the best. I prefer my Luft'46 models to blend in with the 'real' Luftwaffe models on my shelf.  

Matrixone