I'm excited...

Manstein's revenge

modeler#1:

this is a bit off topic but did the pilot survive?

 

Yes, and he was the only German pilot in British custody (Canadian PoW Camp) to escape back to Germany via the United States to fly again in combat...unfortunately, the lion cub did not survive...

Franz von Werra was a master of the BS tactics. After being shot down over Kent, England, he was captured as a POW but escaped in Dec. 1940. He posed as a Dutch pilot and attempted to "liberate" an aircraft but was captured in the act of taking a British plane. In Jan. 1941 he was sent to Canada as a POW but escaped while enroute to captivity. He walked over to the US side and with the help of the German Consulate, he made it to Mexico, Brazil, Spain and Italy. A few months after rejoining his squadron, his 109 went down over the N. Sea on Oct. 1941. There's a movie that was made in the late 50's  called The One That Got Away and is based on Von Werra's escape.

I'm.....underwhelmed.  

Eric

Is it wrong for me to still be excited about this?

I dunno, I'm still pretty excited...woulda thought it would have worn down by now...

I think Wick had one of the most attractive BoB schemes on the German side...

troublemaker66

I can`t see those "jeweler`s scale" kit`s that well anymore...prolly alot cheaper than the Tamiya floatie Swordfish I picked up a few years back tho`.....

The new Airfix releases are a great cross of new tooling and affordable pricing. Those two are good news for the Braille Scale crew.

Oh, he didn't have Simba with him.

von Werra did perish a year later, after returning from comfortable captivity in Canada to the hard military life. Sez something about Canada...

Unfortunately during that year of study abroad, a certain Feldmarschall visited the HQ of JG 3, where he was feted with a meal including a course of "andouillettes a la Lyonnaise".

Washed it down with a fine Swiss Eiswein from his personal collection.

modeler#1

this is a bit off topic but did the pilot survive?

I can`t see those "jeweler`s scale" kit`s that well anymore...prolly alot cheaper than the Tamiya floatie Swordfish I picked up a few years back tho`.....

What I find strange is that there are still flying and static Swordfish but the only surviving Cudas are two crashed ones that will be made into one static fullscale aircraft...

Medicman71

Do we REALLY need another Bf109 though?

I say NO...but they build what people buy

Medicman71

Do we REALLY need another Bf109 though?

Medicman71

Do we REALLY need another Bf109 though?

Yes!

Yes (this crash at least), fascinating story.

this is a bit off topic but did the pilot survive?

Do we REALLY need another Bf109 though?

The end of a perfectly good Emil, I do like the paint scheme though.

How about you?

This is what happened right after the events depicted on the box-art:

Very cool news

Cool !

One could be posed in components form - packed for travel on a rail car ...................

Box-art:

Good news.

But only one has folding wings.........?