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justin · 10-11-2001, 03:27 AM

I know what you mean about loading models up with weapons! When I was a small kid I used to feel short changed if there was anything left in the box when I'd finished, so I had some rather bizarre weapons loads on some of my models, the wheels would have collapsed on them in real life I think

Glad to hear the winter Fw190 hooked you! I thought the Fw190 a great aircraft, it was superior to the Bf109 in every respect yet for some reason never seems to have captured the fame of the Bf109. This is like in the UK, the Hawker Tempest was the best British fighter of the war yet has been forgotten. I loved the late Fw190's too, the -D9 variant, then the high altitude models when they changed it's designation to Ta152 to honour Kurt Tank. The in-line engines gave them a completely different look. Did you see the original Fw190 design models and drawings when the cooling air intake was in the centre of the spinner? Now that would have looked weird!!

Yes, that Swedish camo was painful, all those hexagons, Sweden did modellers a big favour by going low viz! I always found winter colours very hard to get right. I used to make 1/35 AFV's, and when painting the German winter colours it was so tricky because in real life the temporary white paint used to weather badly to reveal the base coat, and even when first sprayed it usually still wasn't white as the base colours would make it appaer more grey, especially early in the war when panzer grey was the base colour. I found the best technique was to spray on a panzer gray or yellow coat, then a light spray of white, then use weathering techniques. I never did get it right

I'd love WW1 machines too, especially a Camel and a Fokker Tri-plane. My favourite bi-plane was from a later era, the trusty old Swordfish, it's amazing the FAA used such an anachronism to such devastating effect in an era when such an aircraft was considered a pathetic joke. Admittedly it was usually used in area's without air opposition or with heavy fighter cover, but it's attack on the Italian fleet in Taranto was one of the FAA's greatest ever successes.

Take care,

Justin

10-11-2001, 03:27 AM	#9
justin Insane Collector Join Date: Feb 2000 Posts: 2,005	I know what you mean about loading models up with weapons! When I was a small kid I used to feel short changed if there was anything left in the box when I'd finished, so I had some rather bizarre weapons loads on some of my models, the wheels would have collapsed on them in real life I think Glad to hear the winter Fw190 hooked you! I thought the Fw190 a great aircraft, it was superior to the Bf109 in every respect yet for some reason never seems to have captured the fame of the Bf109. This is like in the UK, the Hawker Tempest was the best British fighter of the war yet has been forgotten. I loved the late Fw190's too, the -D9 variant, then the high altitude models when they changed it's designation to Ta152 to honour Kurt Tank. The in-line engines gave them a completely different look. Did you see the original Fw190 design models and drawings when the cooling air intake was in the centre of the spinner? Now that would have looked weird!! Yes, that Swedish camo was painful, all those hexagons, Sweden did modellers a big favour by going low viz! I always found winter colours very hard to get right. I used to make 1/35 AFV's, and when painting the German winter colours it was so tricky because in real life the temporary white paint used to weather badly to reveal the base coat, and even when first sprayed it usually still wasn't white as the base colours would make it appaer more grey, especially early in the war when panzer grey was the base colour. I found the best technique was to spray on a panzer gray or yellow coat, then a light spray of white, then use weathering techniques. I never did get it right I'd love WW1 machines too, especially a Camel and a Fokker Tri-plane. My favourite bi-plane was from a later era, the trusty old Swordfish, it's amazing the FAA used such an anachronism to such devastating effect in an era when such an aircraft was considered a pathetic joke. Admittedly it was usually used in area's without air opposition or with heavy fighter cover, but it's attack on the Italian fleet in Taranto was one of the FAA's greatest ever successes. Take care, Justin