Recent content by bwiechman

Various books by German pilots indicated they didn’t like attacking from the rear. The slow closing speed made them more vulnerable to return fire. This was mentioned in A Higher Call, and several others.

Critical question. What is a bikkie?

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Thanks for taking a look. Comparing the shape too other pictures an MG 81 could very well be a possibility.

Could be another gun, but doesn't seem to be much room in the gondola for that. Here is an image of a similar mount. The one on 3Z+EH doesn't appear to have the chute for the spent casings on the gondola, but otherwise appears very similar. The Promodeller conversion kit also doesn't seem...

The upper protrusion under the nose in this picture should be a MG FF cannon. Does anyone have any ideas what the lower item might be? Pic Source: the internet (Bundesarchiv?)

Thanks for the tips. In the end I tore apart an old Cat5 cable I had laying around and stripped out the strands, dipped them in yellow paint. The gunsight cable is one strand. The wiring to the control column was 2 strands lightly twisted together. The gunsight wiring is probably still a...

What size would you suggest for the bundle of yellow wires like those seen in this picture? 1:48 scale. He-162 cockpit

In Those Who Fall Muirhead wrote that if they came back with bombs they didn't get credit for a mission. That was the 15th AF. The 8th AF May have been different .

Try searching on waybackmachine to get the info you want. Tends to work fairly well for most things.