Focke-Wulf Fw 190D-9 Braunen 4, W.nr.500647 - Me/ Fw Group Build

[Wurger]

I hink it is curved because of the fuselage curvature. Also I'm not sure if these images on the site accessed with the link , show the same plane. I found the pic below some time ago. The source unknown..... However the caption of the picture is Brown4. I'm not sure if it was the Fw190D-9 Brown4 of JG26, but.....

 

[Wayne Little]

it's definitely Brown 4 Wojtek, you can see the '4' on the undercarriage leg, and I will respectfully disagree on the fuselage curvature, yes there is some ever so slight, but the stroke of the number is clearly curved.

 

[Lucky13]

How the h*ll do you see that and where's the 4 on the leg?? *Cleaning glasses and screen*

 

[Wayne Little]

The curvature issue is not on the above pic Jan, look closely the 4 is there on the undercarriage cover.

 

[Lucky13]

So that is the 4!? Wasn't too sure!

 

[Airframes]

I think I've got a pic of this aircraft, taken from higher up, looking down - if I can find out which bl**dy book it's in !!

 

[Crimea_River]

It's in the link to the Japo site Terry. Looks like the pic was taken from the top of the revetment in the background of the photo above.

 

[Wurger]

but the stroke of the number is clearly curved.

You might be right Wayne. However I think it is a kind of an optical illusion. It might be caused because the stroke is running slantwise to the fuselage curvature. Also , if you look longer at the pic below you might find that the stroke strip is slightly narrow at its half way comparing to the rest of the letter. Another thing is hat colours can affect thickness in an optical way too of course. Most of women knows that the black makes them looking slim and white makes them fatter optically .

 

[A4K]

Guys, thanks a million for all the help so far!

Going to be some close scrutiny of all available images and info soon, closest match to photos will take the prize. Please continue with your opinions on this.

Re the fueslage '4', I suspect both Wojtek and Wayne are right: seems to me to be a very slight curve to it as Wayne said, but appears more pronounced than possibly is due to the slant of the upper stroke on the curved fueslage side, as Wojtek said.
I'll try to track pics of other aircraft from this unit to compare styles of numbering.
The upper stroke is certainly longer than appears in the profiles in any case, and not just due to foreshortening.
Research, research, research...

 

[Lucky13]

Especially others with a '4'....

 

[Airframes]

The pic I'm thinking of was from the port side, and shows the whole aircraft. I'm still searching for it !

 

[A4K]

Now THAT I would like to see Terry!

 

[ozhawk40]

Interesting project Evan, I'm looking forward to the build and seeing what you can do with this one. You've got a few interpretations to sort through - should be fun!

Cheers

Peter

 

[A4K]

Yep, should be Peter! (Especially the chop work, heh heh! )

 

[lostinhull]

Impressive amount of detective work - watching with keen interest

 

[phas3e]

It will be quite a find if you have that photo, as the only known photos have been shown the this thread and it was quite a coup when the starboard side photo turned up.

 

[Wayne Little]

It will be quite a find if you have that photo, as the only known photos have been shown the this thread and it was quite a coup when the starboard side photo turned up.

Absolutely right!

 

[rochie]

had a look for you Evan but found nothing that has not already been posted, sorry

 

[A4K]

No worries mate, thanks for looking! (Same to Vic too)

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Think this is the same machine from a different angle Even, the slats of a fence on the left are the same. It's captioned as II./JG 26 Northern Germany, 1945.