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                        Need help identifying an airplane (or what's left of it)

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                        Bish
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
                        Posted by Bish on Monday, November 7, 2016 6:02 AM

                        RS does several D.502'sin 72nd scale, including one in German markings.

                        https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/RSMI9297

                        I can't speake for this kit, but what i have seen of some of their others, they seem nice enough.

                        I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

                         

                        On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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                        fermis
                        • Member since
                          January 2009
                        • From: hamburg michigan
                        Posted by fermis on Sunday, November 6, 2016 7:59 PM

                        I think you should go 1/48!!!!

                        Tamiyas kit is GREAT!!!

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                        rocker286
                        • Member since
                          June 2010
                        • From: Rochester, New York USA
                        Posted by rocker286 on Sunday, November 6, 2016 6:53 PM

                        You guys were right, it was definitely a captured Allied aircraft and DEFINITELY a D.520! I did some sleuthing of my own and found this photo:

                        http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/PippinBill/5215.htm

                         

                        That's the EXACT same plane in my grandfather's photo. Thank you all for the tips! Now the next question is: What kit manufacturers make good D.520 kits in 1:72 scale? I think I know what my next kit will be!

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                        tempestjohnny
                        • Member since
                          November 2003
                        • From: Naples, FL
                        Posted by tempestjohnny on Sunday, November 6, 2016 6:44 PM

                        Going with the markings behind the balkenkruz it could be a captured aircraft. Thinking a French D.520. Also look at the cooler door under the aircraft.

                         

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                        BlackSheepTwoOneFour
                        • Member since
                          January 2013
                        Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Sunday, November 6, 2016 6:36 PM

                        It's definitely not a 109 nor a 190. It looks more like a Dewoitine D 520 captured by the German Luftwaffe.

                        http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/f/24/2/0#1

                        Look at the gear door shape in the picture on top right page of the link below:

                        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewoitine_D.520

                         

                         

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                        ddp59
                        • Member since
                          April 2005
                        Posted by ddp59 on Sunday, November 6, 2016 5:38 PM

                        appears not to be a me-109 as gear doors are on the wrong side of the landing gear.

                        http://www.aviation-history.com/messerschmitt/me109-02b.jpg

                        appears not to be a fw-190 as gear doors are the wrong shape.

                        http://cdn-live.warthunder.com/uploads/bc/64ad8b401181786818d2a82b8a31ce4e374dc2/Fw_190_2_01.jpg

                        even the mc-205 is the wrong shape of gear doors

                        https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/db/79/59/db79595d7a32c18f644c9593d9f9138d.jpg

                         

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                        patrick206
                        • Member since
                          March 2013
                        Posted by patrick206 on Sunday, November 6, 2016 4:17 PM

                        No expert here, but my guess looking at the gear and gear doors, FW190. I'll bet Lawdog or one of the other really knowledgeable ones will nail it.

                        Patrick

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                        rocker286
                        • Member since
                          June 2010
                        • From: Rochester, New York USA
                        Need help identifying an airplane (or what's left of it)
                        Posted by rocker286 on Sunday, November 6, 2016 3:59 PM

                        Hello everybody! I just got back from a family get together and my mother was given a whole slew of photos from my aunt. Neither of us had seen any of them before, but they're all of my Grandpa Bob during his stint in the USAAF during World War II. One particular photo stood out because it just looks awesome. It's of my grandfather in France in February of 1945. He's proudly standing next to a Luftwaffe plane that's been reduced to a scrap heap. At first I thought it might be a 109..but then I took a look at the landing gear and said no way. I'm now wondering if it might possibly be an MC. 205 that was pressed into German service after Italy's capitulation, but I'm not too sure. So I decided to share this piece of history with all of you, in hopes that someone might have a keen enough eye to tell me what this pile of scrap actually is! I'd like to make a diorama based on this exact photo, but I need to know what type of plane this is so I can buy the right kit. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

                        2016-11-06_04-44-07

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