looks fantastic, well done !
**** DONE: GB-58 1/72 He219 - Night Fighters all Eras
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Crimea_River
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The decals look usable to me colourwise. Can't speak for how stable they will be though.
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It looks like I'll invoke artistic license.
A4K
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This is that bird in Farnborough, 1946.
I don't know if the size of the wing roundels indicates larger Balkenkreuze, or if they just wanted it to be easier identified from the air.
There should be (somewhere) detailed technical notes of it's colour scheme and markings - AFAIK these were always recorded and reported by the teams inspecting captured aircraft.
Source: An RAF He-219 Uhu
I don't know if the size of the wing roundels indicates larger Balkenkreuze, or if they just wanted it to be easier identified from the air.
There should be (somewhere) detailed technical notes of it's colour scheme and markings - AFAIK these were always recorded and reported by the teams inspecting captured aircraft.
![](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,<svg height="449px" width="640px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1"/>)
Source: An RAF He-219 Uhu
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Cheers, A4K, however, I'm doing the pre captured plane so strictly Luftwaffe. I think it will be safe to use black balkenkruez its a shame there isn't any pictures of the wings or many others for that matter. Given there's no evidence of what the real thing had it won't matter.
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A4K
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To clarify... I meant there should be an Intelligence Report on her Luftwaffe camouflage and markings at time of capture. I've seen such reports for other captured types.
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Yes I understand and if I had more time it's a good idea. I want to say thank you to all have offered an input into this build so far. Its getting close to finishing. A few more steps with decals on next, fingers crossed these decals were printed in 1991.
A4K
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Sounds good Walter. Here are some pics of sister ship 310193, which appears to have White upper wing Balkenkreuze, or atleast no Black or Grey Balkenkreuze are visible.
Source: this forum!
![](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,<svg height="1029px" width="1600px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1"/>)
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Source: this forum!
Crimea_River
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No black ones visible here either though in reality they would be quite thin:
The Uhu at the Smithsonian went with black and they do excellent research:
![](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,<svg height="593px" width="866px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1"/>)
The Uhu at the Smithsonian went with black and they do excellent research:
![](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,<svg height="538px" width="800px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1"/>)
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A4K
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That might be correct for their Black paintscheme though Andy, but not for the overall RLM 76... hard to know without clear pictures of the original!
Not sure on the size if the Hakenkreuz offhand, Walter. Would have to measure up against photos. (Will try after work)
Crimea_River
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Possibly Evan. I took a look in Remp's book on the He219. Photo of crashed V9 in all 76 camo shows black crosses. He also has a profile of G9+FK in 76 overall with 75 mottles that has black crosses.
For the swastika, Ullman has tabulated the size as "420?" Indicating uncertainty. Seems small to me.
For the swastika, Ullman has tabulated the size as "420?" Indicating uncertainty. Seems small to me.
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Crimea_River
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The pics in post 130 should give you a good go-by. Just chose a swastika that fits your 1/72 fin like that.
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Good work so far!
fubar57
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Looking great. This is too late but I'm going to post a video (1st of 3 parts) in the model section on how to do all those mottles and more without an air brush
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