FW-190 Reich Defender III 5/10-2/11

I would like to share my favorite late FW190 that I have built from Academy 1/72 kit I./JG301 Feldwebel Hagen Forster,Spring of 1945. Hope you enjoy it and I cant wait to start the Tank. "TA 152"

Wow... you fellas do some awesome work!  I'm sure gonna be in trouble trying to keep pace.

Nomad that looks great!!!  How was the kit? I saw it in the LHS and am thinking about getting it.

Love the build pics guys!!!! Keep'em coming!!!

simpilot34

Nomad that looks great!!!  How was the kit? I saw it in the LHS and am thinking about getting it.

Love the build pics guys!!!! Keep'em coming!!!

Simpilot  I liked the kit alot, good detail, best D9 kit in 1/72 I have found for the price. I build lots of academy kits some good and some bad.

I'm sorry I don't have one to show. Many years ago I had the Revell 1/32 kit, hand painted blotches and all. In the early eighties I owned a little BMW 1602 with vanity plates "FW 190" but nobody knew what that meant. And I had the Airfix 1/24 in the stash for awhile and gave it away twenty five years ago.

So this is new ground for me.

I ordered the decals today from a Turkish outfit called "Turquoise Decals" that I found online. Looks like they make more modern stuff too like F-4s.

I'm excited!

OK, here's a few Wurgers from my collection

Fw 190A-4 (from 1/72 Tamiya A-3)

1/72 Revell Fw 190A-8

1/72 Tamiya Fw 190D-9

1/72 Revell Fw 190A-8

1/72 Hasegawa Fw 190F-8

Some sweet looking 190's there guys. nomad68 nice to read a thumbs up on that Academy kit, i have the same one in the stash with a set of markings for Rudels aircraft. And yours look awsome.

My only 190 was Italeris A-8 Red 19 several years ago, but like most of my kits it didn't survive my split from the ex and i don't have any pics. I am just glad Hasa brough out the same aircraft, but this time with more accurate markings.

Thanks for sharing your photos everyone, really gets me motivated to build my 190! 

dupes- Ah yes, I remember those decals!  Great to see that bird again.

Here are a couple of photos of my previous 190 builds...

Beautiful builds guys!!!!!!!! Looking forward to all the new ones!!!

Wow guys you sure have rustled up some beautiful pictures of some beautiful builds, I really cant wait to to see the new ones get started asap

Cheers....

Great looking work people. Thought I'd share my FW190 I build for the Battle of Norway GB.

Richie -- memory must have stirred, it prompted me to go through my decal collection (no mean feat, after more than twenty years collecting I could get a hernia lifting it...), and among all the Phantom and Crusader sheets, the Mustangs and Corsairs -- yes! One lonely Fw 190 sheet in 1:72, and it features an A-5. Superscale 72-599 features Herman Graff's bird from October 1942, when he was with IV/JG 3. It's a 74/75 upper surface scheme (I'm assuming 76 lower, the notoriously incomplete Superscale instructions don't specify) with a yellow cowl and rudder, and red tulip petals. I've seen this scheme reproduced elsewhere, I think Hasegawa released it, and this is how I remember it. I'm assuming their research is reasonably accurate, though one can never tell. I guess researching the original online would offer a handle on that.

So, if I go with the Academy A-5, I do have some decals in hand to replace their sheet.

Cheers, Mike/TB379

 Mike Where you you look online to check on how accurate decals are. I have a set of superscale decals which includes Rudels Ju-87B-2, but i am very dubious about them. I have looked through endless books and checked site useing Rudel as my search basis but haven't been able to find any sites that help.

Bish -- it's always tricky, but the info on which the companies based their products must be out there somewhere, and therefore checkable. The fact that the orthochronic film destorts some colours away from what we would expect in B&W is a chief concern, and probably the only major spur that would coax me to doublecheck the accuracy of a product, especially an older one.

Where to go? Good question, if the usual search terms are not turning up any joy. Here's the Photo section of the Bundesarchiv:

http://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/

There is also a "German Luftwaffe" website with some of its pages available in English, but I can't lay my hands on that link at this time.

Good luck, Mike/TB379

Thanks, i will have a look thnrough that. I have a number of problems with the decals i have. The first letter after the cross, in the case a Blue A, is the wrong colour for the position Rudel held at the time. Second, it's a B-2 from 1943, and i am certain he would be flying a newer type by then. The only thing i can think of is that this might be a second aircraft he might have used. There is one photo which claims to show it, but it has wing tanks which makes it an R-2 not a B-2. 

I also have superscale markings for rudels G-2 and 190D-9 which are spot on, so in the end i might just trust them and go with it. Somtimes i just wish i wasn't so interested in german aircraft. They make things so bloody difficult. And as you say, B&W photos don't help.

Ilove to see all of your finished 190s lots of talent in this build.   I was doing my research on the TA 152H-1 and need some advice. My decals are for Green 3 they dont tell me what unit the plane is from it has a red and yellow tailband. I would assume it is JG/301. My next question most of the 152s I have seen built on the internet have RLM 82,83 on the wings my instructions have RLM 75,82 on wings. What would be the most likely combo ? 

Man Frank you have the coolest GBs I am tempted to look for more FW-190s at the model contest.

Mike and Mo- Great seeing both of those JG5 birds, thinking of building one of those myself here!

nomad- According to my references (Luftwaffe Camouflage and Markings 1933-1945 by K.A. Merrick), the "standard" camouflage for the TA-152 was RLM 81 and RLM 82 splintered over RLM 76 for top surfaces, with natural metal on the lower surfaces, though RLM 76 was applied to wooden parts on the lower surfaces.   That being said, actual colors could vary wildly depending on paint supply and wartime production procedures.  The red and yellow RD bands were indeed JG301 aircraft.  Sorry, not sure if I helped or made it worse!  Hopefully someone else has some more info on this exact machine.

Andrew- Thanks buddy!  It's all of you guys who build here that make these GB's so much fun.  A lot of talent here, can't wait until Saturday to get started!  Just have to decide yet which kit to build, though I am leaning towards a TA-152 myself as I have never built one.

Looking forward to seeing all the progress out of the gates!!!!!!

I cant do both forums so if you guys wanna see my 1/24 D-9 its gonna be in the aircraft forum ,I will post here when I have new pix there ....................

Green "9" JG 301 April 1945.

                                                                                                                      Soulcrusher

Thanks guys, for your input and invaluable advice It looks like the RLM23 cowl band is a no go....My LHS has no F-8's anyways and i promised to stop buying from Squadron this year so it looks like Eduards 1/48 A series for me.....

Lovin the builds, first class work i'm certainly buildin with the pro's here....

Frank  I never realized how much of a grey area there is on what color these planes actualy are. I have made up my mind and I will model a Ta-152 H-1 of Oberfeldwebel Walter Loos Green 4 JG/301. This guy was a good pilot he started flying in Jan 1944, he only flew 66 mission and scored 38 confirmed victories and 8 unconfirmed. Not bad if he started out a few years earlier he might have been very dangerous. This plane I will paint RLM 76, 81.82 on the fuse. wings will be 81,82

Yeah Nomad, i read alot of the confusion stems from the production practices of late war with many companys building different parts with different colours at different locations before being put together.....That shows how effective the bombing campaign was i guess....

Frank, so Hans Assi Hahns 109 had a yellow nose and not a red one eh, OOPS, did that one 5 years ago...

Heh fellas!

Just received a box from Squadron, inside is my FW-190 F-8 kit from Edward in 1/48 scale.

Looking through the box it is a shame I will only be using aprox. 1/2 the parts as my version was not armed. The kits includes all arrays of ground attack ordinance from bombs, cannons and Panzershrek rockets. Most of the PE is for the delicate fins and supports on the bombs. Guess the 'spares' bin will be full of Luftwaffe aircraft ordinance. Oh well, sticking to my plan to model the unit captured in May 1945.

Will take a while to get under way, with summer soon here and all!

2 more days! Looking forward to this group build!

Travis/STFD637

Julez72

... and i promised to stop buying from Squadron this year .....

Is that possible? If you figure out a way to do it, let me know what it is. I seem to be unable to resist.

dupes

 

Julez72:

 

... and i promised to stop buying from Squadron this year .....

 

 

Is that possible? If you figure out a way to do it, let me know what it is. I seem to be unable to resist.

Oh it's possible alright....All you have to do is marry a girl like mine

But i never said i would stop buying from the LHS and i figure that the Eduard 190 A-5 has all the goodies in it that i would normally order from Squadron. Suppression, Nice kit...Sooo does it come with colored PE, canopy masks ect???

STFD637

2 more days! Looking forward to this group build!

Travis/STFD637

Only one more day!  This is gonna be good, I can feel it already!  Trying to decide between an early war A-3 and a late war A-8.  Might end up flipping a coin in the end!

Frank, whichever one you choose it will be a winner!