information on fw 200 F8+KR from KG 40?

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aurelien wolff

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Sep 20, 2018
Hello, for my birthday, I got the revell re release of the condor and I want to do the F8+KR to experiment with spaghetti but google isn't giving me much on that plane (tho I did found more on F8+FH, I do wonder what's the basis for the profiles to do the letters under the wings that way since it's not visible on the plane pictures). Is it possible to give me moore info on F8+KR and if possible, pictures? the previous edition also had yellow cowling as an option
Thanks for your answers, I plan to fully open one engine and maybe partly open another.
 
The problem with the code letter at the undersides is that these weren't of too large size. So that may be the reason these aren't noticable. Generally on the 18th October 1939 the Stammkennzeichen was introduced. According to the rules it was used for transferring a plane from a factory to a squadron. It should be overpainted there and changed to the unit code. The unit workshop leader should inform the factory in 3 days that it was done and the factory Stammkennzeichen could be used for the next kite. And then the RLM rules for the kampfgeschwader markings had to be used. According to them the unit code should be applied on both fuselage sides and at the wing undersides. At the bottom of the wing the code had to be applied in form ... F+8 K+R getting started from the starboard wing for instance. If you have a look at the shots below you may notice that the rules were followed in the KG40 rather. Certainly the painting and markings of the LW planes especially at the end of war is a can of worms. Having no evidence the code wasn't there it would be better to applied it there. Just my two cents.







However it seems that not always the rules were in use. See below. I can't see any code at the underwings ...


the pic sources:
 

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