DONE +++ 1:72 Heinkel He 100 D-2 of Luftwaffe II./JG 53

Dizzyfugu · September 21, 2015, 07:54:40 AM

Decals!

1:72 Heinkel He 100 D-2; aircraft "Black 7" of 5. Gruppe, II./JG 53; France; July 1940 during the Battle of Britain (Whif/modified MPM kit) - WiP by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

Markings are puzzled together from the scrap box. The tactiocal code comes, IIRC, from an Academy Fw 190 A, the JG53 emblem from a PrintScale sheet. Still, I tried to make the code match with an aircraft of II./JG53, theoretically from the 5th Group (based on the black letters). The red stripe on the cowling is an exotic detail that many JG 53 aircraft carried - it's purpose is uncertain, though. Some sources assume that it was used for re-formation - it's a nice and colorful touch, though.

TallEng · September 21, 2015, 09:12:19 AM

The Red band...
apparently was applied because the squadron (wing) commandeers wife was Jewish. a result of which was an personal order from Goring,
that the squadron had to carry the red band.
later when the sqn. (wing commander) changed they were allowed to have the ace of spades badge again

Wiki or other sources will fill you in (or you could look/buy the Jagdewaffe series) https://www.librarything.com/series/Luftwaffe+Colours
they are good

but Bl---y expensive to buy second hand.

defiantly a case of buy now. (unfortunately i couldn't)
well not all of them.......

Regards
Keith

Dizzyfugu · September 21, 2015, 11:33:34 PM

That's interesting. Thank you for digging this up!

RAFF-35 · September 21, 2015, 11:54:24 PM

Looking fantastic! Can't wait to see more

zenrat · September 22, 2015, 02:30:02 AM

IIRC only the wing commander was required to have the red band but the rest of the squadron added them in order to show solidarity with the boss and stick up a finger at fatty.

Captain Canada · September 22, 2015, 04:57:56 AM

Oh man that is looking so good ! Great job....very colourful and defo makes me want to build somat german.....and right now !

Dizzyfugu · September 22, 2015, 08:15:35 AM

1:72 Heinkel He 100 D-2; aircraft "Black 7" of 5. Gruppe, II./JG 53; France; July 1940 during the Battle of Britain (Whif/modified MPM kit) by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

1:72 Heinkel He 100 D-2; aircraft "Black 7" of 5. Gruppe, II./JG 53; France; July 1940 during the Battle of Britain (Whif/modified MPM kit) by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

Some background:
Following the selection by the RLM of the Bf 109 as its next single-seat fighter over the He 112, Ernst Heinkel became interested in a new fighter that would leap beyond the performance of the Bf 109 as much as the Bf 109 had over the biplanes it replaced. Other German designers had similar ambitions, including Kurt Tank at Focke-Wulf. There was never an official project on the part of the RLM, but Rudolf Lucht felt that new designs were important enough to fund the projects from both companies to provide "super-pursuit" designs for evaluation. This would result in the single-engined Projekt 1035, and eventually the He 100 fighter.

Learning from past mistakes on the 112 project, the design was to be as easy to build as possible yet 700 km/h (380 kn; 430 mph) was a design goal. To ease production, the new design had considerably fewer parts than the 112 and those that remained contained fewer compound curves.

1:72 Heinkel He 100 D-2; aircraft "Black 7" of 5. Gruppe, II./JG 53; France; July 1940 during the Battle of Britain (Whif/modified MPM kit) by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

1:72 Heinkel He 100 D-2; aircraft "Black 7" of 5. Gruppe, II./JG 53; France; July 1940 during the Battle of Britain (Whif/modified MPM kit) by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

The first prototype He 100 V1 flew on 22 January 1938, only a week after its promised delivery date. The aircraft proved to be outstandingly fast. However, it continued to share a number of problems with the earlier He 112, notably a lack of directional stability. In addition, the Luftwaffe test pilots disliked the high wing loading, which resulted in landing speeds so great that they often had to use brakes right up to the last 100 m (330 ft) of the runway. The ground crews also disliked the design, complaining about the tight cowling which made servicing the engine difficult. But the big problem turned out to be the cooling system, a somewhat risky and still experimental method of cooling the engine via evaporative cooling. After a series of test flights V1 was sent to Rechlin in March.

The second prototype He 100 V2 addressed the stability problems by changing the vertical stabilizer from a triangular form to a larger and more rectangular form. The oil-cooling system continued to be problematic, so it was removed and replaced with a small, semi retractable radiator below the wing.

1:72 Heinkel He 100 D-2; aircraft "Black 7" of 5. Gruppe, II./JG 53; France; July 1940 during the Battle of Britain (Whif/modified MPM kit) by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

1:72 Heinkel He 100 D-2; aircraft "Black 7" of 5. Gruppe, II./JG 53; France; July 1940 during the Battle of Britain (Whif/modified MPM kit) by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

In the course of the following months the complex He 100 went through several detail evolutions, culminating in the He 100 D-0. This pre-production model featured a larger vertical tail in order to finally solve the stability issues. Furthermore, the cockpit and canopy were slightly redesigned, with the pilot sitting high in a large canopy with excellent vision in all directions.
Three D-0 aircraft were completed by the summer of 1939, followed by a D-1 production batch that comprised 25 aircraft. The main change was the eventual abandonment of the surface cooling system, which proved to be too complex and failure-prone for frontline service. Instead, an even larger version of the retractable radiator was installed, and this appeared to completely cure the problems. The radiator was inserted in a "plug" below the cockpit, and as a result the wings were widened slightly. All He 100 D-1 fighters were used to form Heinkel's Marienehe factory defense unit.

When the war opened in 1939 Heinkel was allowed to look for foreign licensees for the design. Japanese and Soviet delegations visited the Marienehe factory on 30 October 1939, and were both impressed with what they saw.

1:72 Heinkel He 100 D-2; aircraft "Black 7" of 5. Gruppe, II./JG 53; France; July 1940 during the Battle of Britain (Whif/modified MPM kit) by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

1:72 Heinkel He 100 D-2; aircraft "Black 7" of 5. Gruppe, II./JG 53; France; July 1940 during the Battle of Britain (Whif/modified MPM kit) by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

The He 100 D-1 was directly followed by the first true production version for the Luftwaffe, the D-2, of which 98 were built until mid 1940. It was technically even more simplified, now with a fixed radiator tunnel under the fuselage, and featured an armament of three 20 mm (0.79 in) MG FF cannon, one in the engine V firing through the propeller spinner and two in the outer wings, plus two synchronized 7.92 mm (.30-caliber) MG 17s in the wings close to the fuselage.

1:72 Heinkel He 100 D-2; aircraft "Black 7" of 5. Gruppe, II./JG 53; France; July 1940 during the Battle of Britain (Whif/modified MPM kit) by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

1:72 Heinkel He 100 D-2; aircraft "Black 7" of 5. Gruppe, II./JG 53; France; July 1940 during the Battle of Britain (Whif/modified MPM kit) by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

These machine were just ready for service when the Battle of Britain began. While the D-2 aircraft didn't match the He 100's original design goal of 700 km/h (430 mph) once it was loaded down with weapons, the larger canopy and the radiator, it was still capable of speeds in the 630 km/h (391 mph) range in level flight. Furthermore, the type's low drag airframe was also good for range: as a result the He 100 had a combat range between 900 to 1,000 km (560 to 620 mi) compared to the Bf 109's 600 km (370 mi). While not in the same league as the later escort fighters, this was at the time a superb range and offset the need for the Bf 110 to some degree.

In November 1940 the D-2 was replaced by the D-3, which basically featured a more powerful engine, the 1,350 PS (1,332 HP) DB 601E.

1:72 Heinkel He 100 D-2; aircraft "Black 7" of 5. Gruppe, II./JG 53; France; July 1940 during the Battle of Britain (Whif/modified MPM kit) by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

General characteristics:
Crew: One (pilot)
Length: 8.2 m (26 ft 11 in
Wingspan: 9.4 m (30 ft 10 in)
Height: 3.6 m (11 ft 10 in)
Wing area: 14.6 m2 (157 sq ft)
Empty weight: 1,810 kg (3,990 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 2,500 kg (5,512 lb)

Powerplant:
1× Daimler-Benz DB 601N supercharged V12 piston engine, rated at 1,175 PS (845 kW) at sea-level with 2,700 RPM

Performance:
Maximum speed: 628 km/h (390 mph; 339 kn)
Cruising speed: 510 km/h (316 mph; 275 kn)
Range: 1,010 km (628 mi; 545 nmi)
Service ceiling: 11,000 m (36,089 ft)
Time to altitude: 2.2 minutes to 2,000 meters (6,600 ft),
7.9 minutes to 6,000 meters (20,000 ft)

Armament:
3x20mm MG/FF cannon, one engine-mounted firing through the propeller hub, plus a cannon per wing outside of the propeller disc;
2x 7.92 mm (.30-caliber) MG 17s in the wing roots

1:72 Heinkel He 100 D-2; aircraft "Black 7" of 5. Gruppe, II./JG 53; France; July 1940 during the Battle of Britain (Whif/modified MPM kit) by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

Weaver · September 22, 2015, 11:45:27 AM

Excellent stuff: that really looks the part!

Captain Canada · September 22, 2015, 11:53:05 AM

It sure does. Great set of pics as usual. From some angles it looks like somebody shrunk, and then sped up, a Stuka !

Mossie · September 22, 2015, 02:04:26 PM

Great.

I do like the He 100's lines, looks different in those colours.

Glenn Gilbertson · September 22, 2015, 04:57:31 PM

Really good looking & convincing!

KiwiZac · September 22, 2015, 09:07:43 PM

Top job DF, that scheme is perfect on the 100! Very nicely done. A real "should've been".

Dizzyfugu · September 22, 2015, 11:50:53 PM

Thank you very much! The lighter RLM 02/71 (Bf 109E) scheme suits the He 100 really well. It is amazing how you get used to the standard, murky RLM 70 livery. But in the BoB outfit the small fighter really looks the part.

Hotte · September 23, 2015, 12:49:40 AM

Very nice Heinkel

Hotte

PACOPEPE · September 23, 2015, 01:16:54 AM

Very good!.

I like it.

Where do you got the air intake?

Fran