Trey, really nice work on the 110. The mottling especially looks very, very good; as do the rusted exhuasts and flame suppressors.
P39jl, the camo work is exceptional on the Horten! Good idea using silly putty as a "templete". The Horten would fit right in at Area 51 wouldnt it?
Greg, sounds like you have a bit of a beast on your hands. If it is any consolation, it can't be as bad as the Hobbycraft DO17Z2, what a nightmare!
I don't have any build pictures as all I have been doing is some general construction of sub-assemblys and attaching the wings and tailplane to the fuselage. Nothing really picture worthy. The picture below is of Lt Heinz Strüning. The plane I am building will represent his during mid-summer 1944. A short bio follows the picture.
Ernest
Heinz Strüning was born on 13 January 1912 at Neviges in Rheinland. He joined the Luftwaffe in 1935. On 2 August 1939, Strüning was posted to ZG 26, being assigned to 5./ZG 26. Strüning began training as a night fighter pilot on 1 July 1940. On completion of his training he was posted to 1./NJG 2, spending the next 30 months with this unit . He flew 66 intruder missions over England, and recorded his first night victory on the night of 23/24 November 1940 when he shot down an RAF Wellington twin-engine bomber. He was to record 20 victories at night, by mid September 1942, when he was promoted to the rank of Leutnant.
Leutnant Strüning was awarded the Ritterkreuz on 29 October for 24 victories. He was then transferred to 8./Nachtjagdschule 1 as an instructor. Strüning returned to NJG 2 and combat duty in April 1943. He was assigned to 4./NJG 2 based in Sicily, where he flew 20 missions in the Mediterranean theatre up to May 1943. In May 1943, Strüning was transferred to 2./NJG 1, scoring his first victory with this unit on the night of 27/28 May, claiming a RAF Mosquito twin-engine bomber shot down for his 29th victory. He shot down three RAF Lancaster four-engine bombers on the night of 24/25 June (33-35). On 1 July 1943, Strüning was transferred to 3./NJG 1, where he was appointed Staffelkapitän on 15 August. On the night of 30/31 August, Strüning claimed three British bombers shot down flying the new He 219 twin-engine night fighter (38-40).
From 17 April 1944, Strüning was to fly the He 219 exclusively and obtained his last 14 victories flying the type, including a Mosquito on the night 18/19 July. Hauptmann Strüning was awarded the Eichenlaub (Nr 528) for 56 victories on 20 July. On 1 September, Strüning took command of 9./NJG 1. On the night of 24/25 December 1944, Strüning was shot down by an RAF intruder in Bf 110 G-4 (W.Nr. 740 162) “G9+CT”. He baled out but struck the tail of the stricken fighter and fell to his death. His body was not found until two months later.
Heinz Strüning was credited with 56 victories in 280 missions, of which 250 missions were flown at night. All his victories were recorded at night.