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dubster72
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That looks great Ole, lot's of good details in there. I think you'll make an excellent job of this as usual.
Cheers
Patrick
Cheers
Patrick
Hi Steve,\ said:Well done on the cockpit. These WW2 cockpits are actually quite simple. The principle reason that they look so busy is that they are unbelievably small. I'm 5'9" tall and fairly heavily built (I said heavily built,not fat!) and have sat in a Bf109 cockpit. I barely fitted inside,shoulders touched the sides and my head,with no parachute,just a cushion,touched the the canopy roof. The idea of entering mortal combat in that space is not an attractive one. Trying to look behind was nigh on impossible.Cheers
Steve
I was visiting a museum/warbird restoration facility in Florida,about tenty years ago,and got chatting with a couple of the staff who shared my interest in the Luftwaffe. I just asked if I could sit in their Bf109 and they said yes. I then spent an afternoon looking at their various rstoration projects and other artefacts which was all good fun.\ said:Hi Steve, How did you manage to get to sit inside a Bf109 then? Must of been an experience.
Atb, Colin.
Good choice. Schopfel often gets overlooked amongst all the other experten from JG 26 but he was a very proficient fighter pilot and an outstanding officer. All his 45 claims were in the West and the majority of them can be confirmed from allied sources. This is by no means always the case for Luftwaffe aces.\ said:sorry not alot of progress i`m afraid,left arm not playing ball at the moment,though i have found the messie i want to portray its gerhard schopfel jag 26 small pic of his plane hereView attachment 44194 but i keep on looking on here which is fantastic,the ideas i get are amazing.aaron the ardennes is calling but in 1/72 size now lolmobear
Sorry to hear about your arm mate. hope you get it sorted.\ said:sorry not alot of progress i`m afraid,left arm not playing ball at the moment,aaron the ardennes is calling but in 1/72 size now lolmobear
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