Fw 190 Butcher Bird 2013 (extended to June 2014) Group Build

Doug, if you posted those actual photos before and I missed them, sorry. Holy cow, my man, fantastic job recreating that scheme.

Thanks for the info and for taking the time to convey it. Terms like "Red 13" or whatever are still Greek to me, and your explanation is a great step for me to start to catch on to stuff.

Handi, looking great! Love your attention to detail and looking forward to watching you progress with it.

Awesome looking builds Gents!

JJ... Thank you and from us to South Africa...Welcome! Looking fwd to seeing more from you! So far so good...

Thanks Joe (M) I had an option on the canopys and it looked like my birdie wore the standard canopy. Blast it Joe... your making it too easy to have to do another! Still, I can never top Clemen's assy line! LOL... Cant wait to see them all come together at the same time! Ha!

I'm going to use the Tamiya windscreen and the Eduard blown sliding canopy in the open position. Lots of good detail on the Eduard offering.

Good progress on the aircraft jugjunkie!

Man I'll tell you Doug that paint just kills me. I'm getting alot better with my airbrush and one day hope to attempt a scheme like this. Whadda job!! Whadda job.

Got the cockpit zipped up now...

That Jabo is looking sooooo schweet Doug

Hey Greg... Yes this is just one of the various types of winter camo. Usually (if I read and understood it correctly) the grouppe would mark their aircraft with ID colors such as Red, Blue, Yellow, white, black, and so on. For example, the craft I'm building is a member of 2/Stg2 Which was a Jabo (Fighter Bomber) Staffle, and its gruppe color was Red, hence the "Red 7" the red around the cowling and the red on the spinner. Such markings were (I believe) up to the Gp Commandant and varried widely. Also the camo patterns varried even more. I think JR had mentioned that the prop hub paint looked a bit off, and it is, But I did that on purpose, since one of the pictures of this craft I found while researching looked as if it were hand painted and I'm trying to be as accurate as I can in my builds. Also many (not all) Ground support aircraft had a black or white triangle either fore or aft of the aircraft number. The yellow (RLM Gelb) campaign band denotes the theater of operation for the Gruppe. This color shows this to be an Eastern Front aircraft (Hungary in perticular) Late Winter 1944/45.

Early in the war most all aircraft had yellow perhaps on the underside of the cowling, wingtips, tail and rudder, or all the above in any combonation.This was said to ID them to their own ground guns.

Hope that answers your question, The markings still confuse me and some times you just have to choose a skin or picture and go for it best as you can!

Doug

Wecome jugjunkie, glad you were reminded of the GB, welcome! I've never seen a set of Aeromaster decals before, those look sweet.

Doug, this build of yours has me drooling. Just looks great. One of the many things I notice in this picture set is how neat that unique spinner swirl looks against the rest of your exterior job.

Dumb newbie question: Is this considered winter camo???

Well ...Believe it or not I was able to get a little more done last night, See, My wife has a couple of shows from her homeland that she follows(kinda like soap operas) and I'll set there and pester her and poke fun at them until she says ...Why dont you go work on your model?... (me) Oh, really? you dont mind? (snicker...) Well OK. LOL... And thats how I get away with it! Any way, heres some more...

I should be able to finish up soon ... I took the rest of the week off so I will lave some time to work at the bench.

Doug 

Thanks for the cheerful welcome lads, I'm from Durban South Africa Joe.

Welcome jugjunkie!! It's awesome to have you join us here. You are certainly of to an excellent start. That's some really nice work you have put in so far. So, exactly where are you that the weather is so dadgum pleasant?

Good to have you jugjunkie! Looks like you're making some good progress there. I'm building that exact same kit!  Look out for the landing gear as it's WAY too short.I'm using Eduards landing gear instead.  Aside from that  it's gone together almost TOO smoothly for what I'm doing to it. Man it's great to have you in here, Joe

I have to ashamedly admit I forgot about this GB until I read about the extension right now - sorry guys. Anyway Merry Christmas all and here is the my start up pic and thanks for the extension....

I'll be going the middle subject RED 3

And You Clemens!!! By the way, I keep forgeting to tell you but over the years I've always heard and been told by the Grandparents and GreatGrandparents that one branch of the family was from the Dutch/Austrian area of Europe, and that the family Bible (I wish I could see it) Lists a James Shearer arriving in the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1698, from England. Noit sure if that meant he was English or Austrian. I would love to see Austria some day, I've been to and throughly enjoyed seeing England on several occasions.

Doug

We may have some different Christmas traditions here in Austria, but we celebrate this special day as well, so Merry Christmas to all of you and your families!

JOE RIX

To each member here and your families, May you all enjoy a beautiful Christmas with your loved ones. I hope that you are all blessed with Joy and Happiness. Merry Christmas!!!

To each member here and your families, May you all enjoy a beautiful Christmas with your loved ones. I hope that you are all blessed with Joy and Happiness. Merry Christmas!!!

To you and yours too, Joe. Also Merry Christmas to the group and your families. This is a great GB, thanks to Joe for hosting and keeping it going!

I thought I would be the first to wish you all a very Merry Christmas here in the Butcher Bird GB this year. Thanks to all of those who have participated and those who are still participating, Joe

                                          Merry Christmas from the Shaw Family!!!!

LOL... Better wait till I'm finished! You may change your mind... (grin)

Wow - that's a jaw dropper Doug!!

Can I mail you mine to finish, pretty please?  

Wowza Doug, nice work on that crazy scheme bud!!!

LOL... Nathan, Aint that the truth...(HA))   Well again, thanks guys, Right now shes drying for awhile, and next is the final phase of the paint and detail, I have to wash,(overspray) off , not too much, a little overspray helps to blend IMO. Then I have to pin wash, finish up the fiddly parts, (you know, like the pitot tube that keeps breaking off if installed too soon) and do the the dead flat coats. I am intending to do a dio for this one but may post finished pics first,,, haven;t decided yet. But Thanks again my friends.  You are all the best, each and every one!

Doug

Amazing looking 190 going there!

GOOD GRIEF!!!!! You sir, are worthy of a whole SQUAD of goons bowing!!!

ummm...............make that a platoon!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is SO COOL Doug. That's some first class airbrushing if I ever saw any. Judging by your obvious nerves of steel, that trip to the mall just aggravated you, didn't shake you up.

Right on Doug!! Too bad you can't take the kit and some supplies with you and model in the car while waiting in the parking lot...

Marvellous work, Doug! She's looking pretty damn fastastic!