Norway WWII Group Build 2009

Hi there.. Been following the GB in a shadow..

Sad to hear about the accident, but the plane came out REALLY well! Almost like the accident helped?

And happy belated D-day, everyone..    Here, let me give you some more Norwegian WWII history.. This time about D-day!

You know how many Allied ships the German Kriegsmarine sunk on this date, that participated in the landings?  One.. Off nearly twelve thousand ships that was there, the German Kriegsmarine sunk just one.

It get's even weirder...  Off all the twelve thousand ships there, the Kriegsmarine did find their way to a Norwegian ship. We had like.. 3-4 bigger ones?  I just find that too weird. The unfortunate vessel, HNoMS Svenner:


[Picture from Wikipedia]

 

Uboat.net writes the following about it:

History:

Svenner (Lt.Cdr. T. Holte) was torpedoed and sunk off Normandy during an attack by the German torpedo boats T 28, Möwe, Falke and Jaguar.
The wreck lies in 31 meters in position 49º27'42"N, 00º15'06"W. 41 Norwegians and 2 British died, 187 of the crew survived.

 

Funny, isn't it? 

-Lasse

Mobious

Great job!! How hard was that spinner decal? They look great but scare me to death.

The HE 219 Is a great kit of a cool looking plane>
Jason

 Thanks Jay for the positive comments. Did get some more done on the FW190. I've added the unit numbers and squadron emblem to the port side. Painted the prop and added the spinner decal. Painted the canopy and added the girls name also. Started adding a pin wash to the panel lines too. Here are a couple photos of White 11+o of 9/JG5.

The canopy hasn't been fixed yet, I'll have to remove it to apply the dullcoat.

 As soon as I get the unit numbers for the starboard side things should move along quickly. I still have a bit to do on the lower surface(ie: panel line wash, decals, detail paint). I should have that all done. Just set the unit numbers, finish the weathering, then dullcoat.

 After seeing that FW200 Condor you've built with the cool squiggly camo, I've been considering a twin engined Night Fighter. Might just build that Tamiya Eagle Owl that has been calling to me to build for awhile now.

Great job on the repair, can't even tell!

I love the paint and decals

Huxy I'm going to try my hand at 700th ship the German battlecruiser Gneisenau. This should be fun.

Jason

 Hey Jason, Here are a couple shots of the 190 and the repair. I haven't done the unit number yet and still have more decals to apply. The whole build so far has hinged around the little white circle that is part of the unit number. I used a white circle decal as a guide and painted the black border and repainted the white area by hand. I'll be coating them with Future before proceeding with the decals.

 I checked the wing tip height and visually checked for alignment at 3 points.

Mobious Thats to bad sounds like something I would do

Hope the repair comes out

Jason

 Jay, the FW 200 Condor is cool. I like the squiggle camo. Very nice.

 The FW190 is in primer and have went over the seams a couple of times.

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 Comments/Suggestions

Mobious

great work on the 190 so far. No i have to get going and finish up the last little bits on the condor

Jason

 Hey Huxy, Started on the FW190. the Tamiya kit is really well engineered. It has went together with very little effort and has been fun. I haven't built many WWII aircraft and even fewer Luftwaffe aircraft.

 This is where the construction is at.

 The build has been going really smooth. It's been going so fast that I fogot to get photo's of the pit. Oops. Anahu, Just letting you know I'm still in this thing. And hopefully will have more to post.

Hey there Huxy! Bondoman let me know of the great work and history happening here in this GB thread! I am one of those poor lost souls over in the Fleet Air Arm GB and been going strong since they transitioned from US Navy subjects over to FAA and  Coastal command subjects on May 1st.

 Reason he mentioned the Norway build to me is I am currently working on quite a pair of kits. The Special Hobby Blackburn Skua and Roc in 1/48 scale.  These are beasties of limited run kits and tough builds but the Skua is specifically listed as the Norwegian Campaign.  All three options included in this kit are of Aircraft from the HMS Ark Royal. All three options are of aircraft that were lost on July 13th 1940 during an attack on the Scharnhorst.

 I haven't seen any of these built up yet and after working on my this last 2 weeks I can understand why. If it is ok with you I could show some in progress pics and hopefully some of the finished model soon.

 Great reading and great builds going on here!

huxy the "Norway 1943" you put up in the dio forums.  It looks awsome!

Jason

Huxy how come you didn'e post pics of your dio?

Jason

Looking forward for it, Mikael!!!

And Chester, sorry for the extreme delay, but roster will be updated right now!

Huxy Yes you have to give them a try they are great

Chester welcome aboard

Jason

Chester:  You are indeed welcome to the build!

Just give me the kit maker and scale, and I'll add you to the roster!

jay:  YAY! (Pun intended) that looks very sweet

I have heard alot of good words about the promodellers wash... Does this mean I have to try them?

-Lasse

Hey everyone here are some pics

The washes are done with promodeler. These are great! I ame going to leave the engine open

Jason

Huxy I did some reasearch and found they where in the southern part of the  Atlantic but I might show progress pics anyhow

Jason

Wildcat? No.. I do not think so, sorry..

No wait!

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aviation/wildcat-vi-vs-bf-109-g-near-norway-1557.html

It says Wildcat FM-2, but as that's just a minor difference, and that this GB isn't really all into the very most accurate, I'll say sure! Give it a go!

Huxy I picked up a hobbyboss FM-1 Wildcat, and it says they were in the Atlantic just wondering if that would be good?  It is a really nice looking kit

Jason

Jay, looking forward to see the condor!!!

I am myself done, but will not grab the badge until I post pictures, which are yet not taken.

About American planes, PLENTY!

P-51 Mustangs had a pretty decent dogfgiht history here. 4 Norwegians even flew the Mustang. Other than that, What about B-17's? Or a B-24?  There's plenty

-Lasse

Hey guys I've gotten the condor up on her feet and most of the washes done hope to get some pics up soon.

Huxy were there any American planes in the battle

Jason

So... 9th April.. It is now it all started!!! 

It was today the Gladiators was sent above Oslo and shot down several  German aircrafts. BF110, JU52, JU88 and more...  The gladiators lost only one, of the seven that were airborne..

My gladiator is closing to an end. I get pictures up!! Also, now my photobucket album is back up online aswell

@Jason, Resin isn't plastic..

Have fun, Enjoy the GB, Happy modelling!

-Lasse

I just a coat of future on and going tolet dry over the weekend.

I started to look at the 109t as this will be a first with resin and a limited run kit. I 've already noticed a big difference in the plastic used.

Jason

Thanks alot guys

Jason