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1/48 Eduard Fw 190A-5, Oblt. Walter Nowotny, 1./ JG 54 (Complete)

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    July 2019
Posted by Hoss WA on Sunday, May 31, 2020 8:28 PM

modelcrazy

Nice looking pit there Hoss

 

Thanks Steve. Making progress. 

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Posted by Hoss WA on Sunday, May 31, 2020 8:27 PM

lawdog114

Looks great Hoss. Great subject too. You'll love their new tooled 190. 

 

Thanks LD. 

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Posted by Mopar Madness on Friday, May 29, 2020 3:12 PM

I love those Green Heart liveries. Great looking front office H. 

Chad

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Posted by modelcrazy on Friday, May 29, 2020 2:34 PM

Nice looking pit there Hoss

Steve

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Posted by lawdog114 on Thursday, May 28, 2020 9:24 PM

Looks great Hoss. Great subject too. You'll love their new tooled 190. 

 "Can you fly this plane and land it?...Surely you can't be serious....I am serious, and don't call me Shirley"

 

 

 

 

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Posted by Hoss WA on Wednesday, May 27, 2020 7:41 PM

dazzjazz

Wow. I just started a Hasegawa Bodeplatte Fw190, but my cockpit doesn't look as good as that. Is it all photoetch?

 

Thanks - Just about -- the IPs, side consoles, seat belts as well as levers, handles and other doodads on the IP are all photoetch. Eduard does a nice job on these new kits. The only minor issue is that the RLM 66 color of the parts is a little on the purple side when looking at photos. Overall it looks good and saves a lot of time. 

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    May 2011
Posted by dazzjazz on Wednesday, May 27, 2020 5:06 AM

Wow. I just started a Hasegawa Bodeplatte Fw190, but my cockpit doesn't look as good as that. Is it all photoetch?

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    July 2019
1/48 Eduard Fw 190A-5, Oblt. Walter Nowotny, 1./ JG 54 (Complete)
Posted by Hoss WA on Wednesday, May 27, 2020 1:00 AM

It's time to finally build a FW 190A in the JG 54 "Grünherz" summer camo scheme. Based in the Leningrad area for most of the war, JG 54's fighting was typically at relatively low altitude over the northern Russian forests, which called for a unique dark green/medium green camo scheme, applied in the field. 

I've chosen the FW 190A-5 of Walter Nowotny, when I./JG 54 was based in Orel to support the "Operation Zitadelle" offensive in the summer of 1943. Nowotny was credited with 258 ariel victories in 442 combat missions, mostly on the eastern front, and was certainly one of the top Lufwaffe aces.  He was killed when his Me 262 crashed during a dogfight with US fighters in November 1944.  

Although the Eduard kit includes Nowotny's scheme, I plan to use the excellent profile included in the Kagero book JG 54 Green Heart Fighters as my guide. 

I plan on using Mr. Color paints for this build. The PE IP makes quick work of the office.

 

The build continues. 

 

 

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