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vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Japanese planes really had an elegance about them, beautiful job!
Nice Kevin, FYI the Shiden did not have a glossy finish more of a semi gloss to satin type finish, however early Zeroes did...
Nice Kevin, FYI the Shiden did not have a glossy finish more of a semi gloss to satin type finish, however early Zeroes did...
Next time I am calling you arse by phone
Nice work Kevin!
A4K
Brigadier General
Yep, nice one Kevin!
T Bolt
Colonel
fubar57
General
Very nice Steve. Never thought of a bird downing an aircraft during the war, but given the thousands of sorties flown, I imagine it happened more than once.
Geo
Geo
Donivanp
Captain
Very Nice
I'm sure it did! This Fw 190 D-9 was the first to fall into allied hands more or less intact and was closely studied after it was sent back to Farnborough. The Crashed Enemy Aircraft Report (CEAR) states that the bird, a partridge, had made a hole "several inches in diameter" in the coolant radiator. Given that this is an annular radiator and that the unfortunate bird had to pass through the propeller arc before hitting the radiator poor old Lt. Nibel was rather unlucky. At least being taken PoW after his forced landing ensured that he survived the war.
The partridge is not a very large bird and, at least here in England, never seems to fly above about 15' above the ground which makes Nibel even more unlucky
Cheers
Steve
Crimea_River
Marshal
Little known fact that the D-9 had an interruptor gear to allow birds to pass through the prop.....
Great job on that Steve. Certainly a subject that is well documented in photos.
Great job on that Steve. Certainly a subject that is well documented in photos.
Little known fact that the D-9 had an interruptor gear to allow birds to pass through the prop.....
Great job on that Steve. Certainly a subject that is well documented in photos.
That must be the old incoming feathered object interrupter device
There certainly are plenty of photos but nearly as many interpretations of them. I would say that the JaPo and Crandall profiles are at the two extremes. I agonised over the photos and decided that Crandall had got it more or less right. I just can't see a yellow rudder or lower engine cowling!
Cheers
Steve
Good work Steve!
A4K
Brigadier General
With Hugh - nice one Steve!
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Beautiful!
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Nice one Steve. I did the same aircraft for the very first Group Build on the forum, and I agree about the yellow under cowl panel and rudder - I couldn't see them either, and I've been trained in photo interpretation. But, like yourself, I spent a long time studying all the photos before making a final decision.
I've quickly knocked off one of Airfix's 'Dogfight Doubles'. This was given to me by someone who had received it as what is politely called an unwanted gift
These are both relatively new kits and very nice they are too. Both more or less click together and even the decals are good. These are absolutely OOB though I did apply a splinter camouflage to the Bf 110 as per Vasco and not the simplified version in the instructions.
Cheers
Steve
These are both relatively new kits and very nice they are too. Both more or less click together and even the decals are good. These are absolutely OOB though I did apply a splinter camouflage to the Bf 110 as per Vasco and not the simplified version in the instructions.
Cheers
Steve
