Not yet Soul Crusher, I am having a little fun following along with the history of 68 years ago. So on this day at this point in the battle things are very dark and scary in England. The Germans believe that the British are down to 60 or 70 fighters left. The Invasion across the channel is looming and set for Sept 15th. The losses in the next few days will of course make the difference. But at this moment Eagle Day is only 10 days away!
Ok I underdstand what you are saying Operation Sea Lion has not been cancelled yet. There is only one problem is I already watched the movie and I know how it ends. I won’t tell how in ends and spoil it fo you though. Until the 15th when the battle officially ends and you find out![:D].
Soulcrusher
Hmmmm Some say it was never canceled just postponed and Sept 15th is not the end as the movie makes it seem. If you follow the movie which the fine fellows here made me watch 17 times You’d swear that the battle was fought over control of Susannah York’s bloomers!
Ah I can see by your attitude that it’s time for the heavy weight again!
The 30th of August was the first incredibly large switch to attacking London. For six days now London has burned.
While some landmarks such as Big Ben and St. Paul’s Cathedral stand undamaged and strenghthen resolve. For the most part this is London.
You call this winning Soul Crusher?
Yet the Spirit of the British People is unbreakable! They have not yet seen a victory or the Germans a defeat in a year of war. What will it take? How will it end?
Long live the King! God save the Queen!
Musta been something in the tea. [tup]
Are you missing anyone over there on the other side ofthe channel? I found one of these in me back yard and I’m not really sure where it came from. If it is one of yours would you kindy remove it in a timely manor!
Soulcrusher
So now we are having the battle of the BoB pictures. I like them all by the way and keep them comming.
Did someone say we need more Messerschmitts?. Well there will be a new one soon to the GB. I bought a new Aztec airbrush and have been playing with it the last few days. Takes time but I am getting used to it and I like it a lot. I have the 200 painted in RLM 71 now, it took two sessions of light coats, man did it take a lot of paint. Going to let it dry till sunday and then start masking for the RLM 70. It took a ton of tape to mummify the underside.
The 109 is moving faster as I have all the paint done except for the motteling. I did do some motteling with RLM 71 and it was all an experiment and had a few problem areas that I hope I can fix it with the RLM 02. Here they are as of tonight hot off the paint booth.
Thanks for looking. The Luftwaffe is comming.
Steve
Coming along sidure! The Condor looks very large. Have you decided how you are going to mark the 109?
Soul Crusher ! Great pic. I have one some where of one that is totally covered in hay. The caption read that it was camoflauged after being shot down in order to keep the Germans from destroying it. That is the only ref I have ever heard of that they did that. Wonder if they had specific missions to destroy shot doen aircraft on the ground?
I don’t know but it would have to be pretty tough to find a crashed aircraft from the air. it would pobally be just a speck from the air. Even if you knew where it went down. I have to wonder how many enemy aircraft the RAF captured during the battle that were in this good of shape after landing. I have seen many pictures of mostly intact Me 109’s on the ground. I am assuming the majority simply ran out of fuel due the lack of and visible major damage.
Soulcrusher
Great photos again Aaron, keep em coming. I love the one of the propaganda leaflet the soldiers reading.
Ive seen this photo before. Its a cracker. Looks to me like the nose of the 109 is Red? I know its difficult to tell in black and white photos. Does anyone have a colour plate of a red nosed BOB 109? Id like to see it if there is one.
…Guy
I was just wondering the same thing about the nose of the 109 in that photo?. I may be wrong but isint that 109 from JG26 and they wore yellow noses. Im not a Luftw expert but I would love to know what colour that machine is painted in.
My 109 is going to be done in the markings of Adolph Galand. I do have a question to the Luftwaffe experts though. It’s the old Airfix kit and the colour call for the spinner to be white followed by a black band and then the yellow nose. Most photos I have seen have the spinner yellow also, can anyone clear that up for me. The camo instructions are also not the same as most of the 109 of the period in that the splinter camo is not as sharp and straight lines as I have seen in most photos. Any help would be appreciated in the nose colours.
Steve
Steve you are right about the JG26. The color of the nose of this aircraft is yellow. On some black and white photos Yellow will actually appear to be black or a very dark blue or red. I do not know the chemical reasons why but certian types of BW film this would occur. Many good reference books often point out things like this when doing a detailed observation of the aircraft and its markings. It is how I learned about this oddity of 1940’s black and white film.
I haven’t heard from Herman if he wants his plane back so I’m keeping it now! Finders keepers looosers weepers!
Soulcrusher
The yellow appearing as red is due to the use of orthochromatic film.
There are a couple of great pics of a Fw190A in Brett Green’s Gotterdamurung, one taken with orthochromatic, the other with panchromatic film, and you would swear they were of different machines, so differentlyis the yellow rendered in each frame.
Steve, great job on the Kondor and the Emil.
With the paintwork on the 109 bear in mind most Emils we repainted from 70/71/65 to 71/02/65 in the field. This included raising the upper fuselage camo demarcation line from very low on the fuselage, to very high, to better suit the conditions in France and the UK.Often the paint was applied with brooms, rags or sponges, hence the less than straight demarcation lines.
I know what you mean about tape usage, I used shed loads on the He 111!
The Hurricane is almost done…
…aiming to finish off both this and the 111 tomorrow.
Only one cock up on the Hurri, I managed to apply the wrong serial number, don’t know how, but I did. Luckily it’s obscured by the squadron codes.
Karl
Great looking Hurri, Karl. Looking forward to seeing your 111 too. Interesting about the colour changing on B/W photos. Id swear that was a darker colour.
…Guy
Looking Great Karl.
Good Stuff Karl! That looks sweet! I’m starting to like Hurricanes but don’t tell SC.[:-^]
Polish pilots had a reputation of dare devil heroics and skill. The Poles were credited with over 126 German aircraft definately destroyed! One squadron which is incredible! Especially when you consider the tough crediting system as portrayed in the movie. ( " a third of a kill son, a third!" )
Guy ! You just want an excuse to paint a red Me-109. [(-D]
Things are getting a bit rough for the Dorniers.
The Hurricane is looking great Stan! I layed down the sky underside on my Airfix kit tonight. It looks like the Hurricane is going to be well represented in this build!
Soulcrusher
Steve – you’ve done an a amazing job on the classic Condor, she’s looking formidable!
Karl – another superb Huri! The subtle weathering and paint finish are top notch! (Which kit is this one???)
Mike/TB379
Hi guys,
Progress report! First look at the Emil – I’ve been doing some prepainting the last few days and have done the first subassemblies today. First the pit:
I decided to keep it simple, as this is my first 1:48 in a loooong time. Scratch PE, this is OOB. I did what research I could and got it together. Minimum weathering, scratches on the floor and front of the seat will suffice. The RLM 02 doesn’t show too well against the gray plastic in these shots, but it’s there (MM enamel). The panel is painted, there was no way the decals would lie down over the relief molded in so I abandoned that idea quickly. The guages are white, drybrushed with black then blobbed with clear gloss. I didn’t have 66 available so used panzer gray. Heck, the only color photo of an E-3 pit I found on the web was a gray so dark it looked black, so this’ll suffice.
And the wing assembly:
The wheelwells are 02, and the recesses for the rads are blown into 65 (along with half the wing, it was that or toss the paint, I hate mixing too much!) inside are the front and rear faces of the rads brushpainted aluminium, and the inside of the cowls are sprayed 65. The flaps are also assembled and 65’d. Note the under-engine rad scoop, also airbrused internally and assembled.
Well, install the pit and close the fuselage next…
I was going to do some more spraying today but it rained this afternoon – I’ve promised the family I’ll AB enamels outdoors! In the next session I need to re-do the front face of the prop blades, plus do the props for the Dornier, do the inside of the engine cowls and last cockpit parts (02) plus line up the engines for the Dornier, and radials for my entries in Corsairs and Seaplanes and get them all into dark metalic. I can do their props in the same round also.
Cheers,
Mike
Guys, glad you like the Hurricane.
So far I think the Hurricane is proving the ‘top scorer’ of this GB, which is weird considering how many Spitfires and 109s you usually see.
Mike, this is the ancient Airfix kit.
Nice progress on that Tamiya Emil.
Karl
Good progress on the Emil. Keep on truckin.
Regards, Rick
Hey Thunderbolt! Nice progress. Not a 109 expert by any means but judging on the previous builds I think all the pits in this time were RLM 02. Boring maybe but the Germans were very uniform with the Rlm 02 it seems. Kinda like the zinc chromate of the U.S. Navy in WWII.