spanner's Focke-Wulf Fw190A-8 ( AlanG's Night Fighter G.B.)

spanner570

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All brush painted with Vallejo Model Air.

Loosely based on information gleaned from Hans Nees, Lottie's A.A. Gunner mate from Butcher Munchesgladbacks.

Please keep in mind it was painted with brushes, outside in a field, in a hurry by a Luftwaffe Fighter Ace Hans 'Lottie' Haas and his 'Erks' - Not Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn sat at his easel.

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Hans decided to paint over the upper wing balkenkreuz. He reasoned that as he liked to attack the enemy bombers from below, they would be the only ones to see the markings!
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Slightly obscured I.D. patches - Specially for Hans Nees and his fellow gunners. Belly painted in a deep red sort of fire in the sky glow...

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A superb little kit and a joy to build. A great fiver's worth... :thumb2:

Cheers.
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Great result 570. I particularly like the partially obscured crosses. This "crate" would be hard to find with the sun down. Cheers, Rick H.
 

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Are you drunk again 570 , these people in the crew you know sound very strange.
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John I don’t think 570 is drunk I think he’s on some of your meds

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Thanks to those who've posted their comments on my aircraft and a special thanks to Al' for suggesting and running this G.B.

Cheers Al'.... :thumb2:

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Brilliant, it looks quite menacing. The use of such colours seems strange, but there was obviously a reason for the choices made.
 

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Thanks all.

Brilliant, it looks quite menacing. The use of such colours seems strange, but there was obviously a reason for the choices made.

Colin - You have two alternatives to the strange choice of night fighter colours.

A- I took the information from Hans Haas's book ' Jagen Am Nachthimmel' published in 1962.
B - It is a load of fictitious bo***cks thought up by me to accompany this build.

Your choice.....
 

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Thanks all.



Colin - You have two alternatives to the strange choice of night fighter colours.

A- I took the information from Hans Haas's book ' Jagen Am Nachthimmel' published in 1962.
B - It is a load of fictitious bo***cks thought up by me to accompany this build.

Your choice.....
Ahh, when I said an obvious reason for the choice, I was assuming the paint scheme was genuine. Now, given your options, I'm not sure !
 
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