Hello all!
I am building the OLD Hasegawa Fw-190 A. As you all probably know it’s an A in general and not complying with the exact detail for each varient it attempts to be, somewhere between A-5 and A-8. The Lack of detail is amazing![xx(]
I kept this one in my cabain for several years and decided it’s good time to put it on the shelf. Naturally OOB, so I can save the eduard set for the new ones from Hasegawa.
Anyway thought it would be nice to represent Walter Nowotny’s A-5. but I am a bit fummbled about the paint scheme. I thoght his A-5 would be painted with RLM 65, RLM 70 and RLM 71. Apperantly the instructions calls for RLM 76 RLM 81 and RLM 82.at first I thought that would be a mistake for an A-5.
Browsing through the internet reveals that maybe it’s not so far fetched…
Does any one know the answer?
Has anyone noticed that the motteling on the tail would be RLM 75, or was it on the A-6??
Thanks Wurger experts!
The color scheme seems to be for jabo(fighter/bomber) units. The two books on the 190 I have from Squadron/Signal (In Action &Walk Around) show those colors for fighters,fighter-bombers, and is even listed as desert camo.Allen
My copy of Osprey’s Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Aces of the Russian Front has profiles of 4 Fw-19As flown by Nowotny during the time period from November 1942 to November 1943. In Nov 42 he was flying an A-4 (‘White 8’), which had white uppers with 76 lowers, spring of 43, an A-4 ('White 10) with 70/71/76 uppers and 76 lowers, in June 1943, an A-5 (‘White 5’) with 74/75 uppers and 76 lowers and in Nov 43, an A-6 (‘Black Double Chevron’), with 70/71 uppers, 76 lowers (vertical stab and upper 2/3 of rudder appear to be 74 with 75 splotches, bottom 1/3 of rudder yellow).
The last scheme appears to have the 70/71 applied over the 74/75 factory paint in the field. JG 54 appears to have stuck with the 70/71 uppers scheme long after other units had changed to the 74/75 scheme.
Hope this doesn’t confuse you too much.
The reference I have, shows two aircraft flown by Nowotny, one an A-4 & one an A-6. Both were originally in the standard RLM 74/75/76 scheme, but then had been overpainted in two shades of dark green splinter on the upper surfaces. The colors of the greens aren’t given, but appear to be RLM 70/71. The fin & rudder on the A-6 were left standard RLM 76 with 74/75 mottle. The fin on the A-4 was painted in the two tone dark green splinter. There is also a third AC, another A-4, which was winterized with the temporary overall white upper surfaces.
Regards, Rick
Thank you all guys!!
You sure helped me on this one. I guess it is RLM 70 71 over 76 after all.
The only problem is that the kit is pretanding to be an A-5…
I will pretend it’s an A-6 and give it the RLM 75 Motteling on the rudder and fin…
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It will be one of those models that look really good from (alot of) distance!