FW 190 D9 Galland red 13

[crockett]

Well, I thought I would post the squadron mate to "red 1", here is the Tamiya "red 13" JV 44 bird. Everything is OOB, I did open up the gear wells and scratched the engine details, brake lines, belts etc. No AM on this bird.

If you try this kit with the reb belly of JV 44, don't even try the decals as they are completely worthless IMHO, be prepared to mask and paint.....

Comments always welcome..

Steve

[seanrgb]

Nice looking bird there Steve
I like the Red underside

[Lobbie]

Excellent build on another Jv 44 bird. The colourfull undersurface was for the German anti aircraft gunners, as this unit was used for air defence of the Me 262's in either take off's or landings.

[crockett]

I saw a fellow on another forum who did all four birds, with thier singular peculiarlarities. It was very impressive. I chose this bird as my subject because it was the only one that did not have the "blown" canopy.

Steve

[crockett]

PegLeg,

These planes were organized specifically to protect Adolf Galland and his Me 262 squadron at thier most vulnerable time, landing and takeoff. These Dora's would scramble and orbit the airfield, shooting the allied fighters off the tails of the German jets. There are four well documented aircraft. The red belly was to insure that the airfield Flak batteries didn't make a big mistake.

Steve

[uproar]

Very nice build, Steve--I like the weathering. I certainly agree on the uselessness of the "stripe" decals--masking and painting is the only way to go.

One interesting thing about the Fw190's that protected the JV44 is that there were no known recorded instances in which they actually engaged any enemy aircraft in battle during their assignment....the pilots of the craft had actually been promised by Galland that they would eventually get to fly the Me262's if they did a particularly good job defending them...but alas, the war didn't last long enough for that to happen. Apparently the pilots spent their time mostly just flying around.

The squadron was never intended for use in other than German airspace, so camoflage from the ground while in flight was obviously the last thing they were interested in.

Good to see you around. I read a story about how the 262 pilots were in tears as their planes were systematically destroyed before the advancing Allies could arrive by having a grenade tossed into each jet engine.

[Bluecorsair]

, MAN, That looks real nice Steve, a beautiful job, to say the least!

Bill

[thad]

Like it a lot, she looks great

Thad

[wooverstone]

Nice build, Great work there!

[cdntanker25]

I saw this one somewhere else I think, but I really think it's an interesting subject. Galland would have to be my favourite WWII ace! Kudos on a job well done