Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-6 W.Nr. 550476 'Weiße 11' 1./JG 1 Gruppe Build - Aircraft of World War II

caughtinthemiddle · 03-24-2009, 07:27 AM

Hello,
I would like to take part in competition with this build.
I want to make Fw 190 A-6 W.Nr. 550476 'Weiße 11' of Oblt. Georg 'Murr' Schott, Staffelkapitän of 1./JG 1. He was credited with 16, 19 or 20 (the number varies in different sources) victories. On 27 September 1943, he was shot down during aerial combat with Allied bombers over the North Sea. He successfully baled out of his stricken “Weiße 11”, landing in the sea. He managed to climb into his dinghy. However, an intensive search for him proved futile and the Schott’s remains and his dinghy were washed ashore on a beach of the island of Sylt on 11 October 1943.
W.Nr. 550476 came from 550420-550575 production batch, built between July and August 1943 by AGO Oberschleben. I know 2 photos of this crate, published in Eric Mombeek's 'JG 1 Defenders of the Reich vol.2', you can see their scans attached below. The man on them is Schott's 1st Wart, on the right painting a 16th white bar on the rudder representing a B-17 shot down on 19 August 1943. After studying the pictures and checking the plane was used only few weeks at the time, I decided to not do too much weathering on my model. During painting I'll use a profile made by Tom Tullis, attached below.
The kit is Hasegawa's 1:72 Fw 190 A-6 with some aftermarket accessories: Tally Ho's resin wheel wells, Part's photoetched brass and maybe Squadron's vacu canopy, Airwaves' wheels and Aires' resin control surfaces. I would like to use Quickboost's exhausts but I will need to clear and correct them as they're not casted very well and make capable to use in Hasegawa's kit (they're made for Tamiya's Fw 190 A-3) - then make my own resin castings of corrected ones because I have many more Fw 190s to do

Decals will come from Eagle Strike 72029 sheet.

lesofprimus · 03-24-2009, 07:30 AM

Looks great, lots of resin too..... Great choice of profiles.... I will sticky ur thread...

Wurger · 03-24-2009, 07:40 AM

Very nice entry.

Waiting for more pics here.

Wayne Little · 03-24-2009, 07:58 AM

let the fun begin!

Heinz · 03-24-2009, 08:59 AM

Nice!

muller · 03-24-2009, 10:15 AM

Cool! Another checker nose 190 in the GB! Looking forward to this one.

109ROAMING · 03-24-2009, 10:40 AM

Looking forward to this

Nice choice

A4K · 03-24-2009, 11:13 AM

Ditto everyone else - good on ya mate!

rochie · 03-24-2009, 12:15 PM

interesting profile and good luck caughtinthemiddle

Lucky13 · 03-24-2009, 01:43 PM

Wooohoooo....! Another one! PARTY TIME!

Airframes · 03-24-2009, 02:45 PM

Thanks for entering CitM, looks like this is going to be a very nice one!
I've now got you listed, but could you please confirm which catefgory you would like to be included in? I'm guessing expert/advanced!
Thanks,
Terry.

caughtinthemiddle · 03-25-2009, 08:07 AM

Thank you for your inputs, guys!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Airframes

Thanks for entering CitM, looks like this is going to be a very nice one!
I've now got you listed, but could you please confirm which catefgory you would like to be included in? I'm guessing expert/advanced!
Thanks,
Terry.

I think intermediate will be better, I was quite away from active modelling during last few years.

Without photos yet, but the all the kit's major components are out of sprues now, going through some cleaning up. I've checked the Quickboost's exhausts and they will not match Hawa's kit without serious changes so I have to buy some very thin tin

to make these parts.

Airframes · 03-25-2009, 02:10 PM

Thanks mate, I've put you in Cat 2. Sounds interesting making those exhausts, pity the Quickboost ones can't be adapted, but I'm looking forward to the ones you finally produce. Could you cast some yourself in resin maybe?

lesofprimus · 03-25-2009, 06:54 PM

It aint no fair that Ive been catagorized as a Level 2 when Ive only seriously built 2 models, the first being a 1:35th Panther Tank and the latest one which is my Gruppe Build entry, the JV44 D-9....

How am I supposed to compete against these guys like CITM and Javlin when I have like no skills????

No fair, NO FAIR!!!!

Airframes · 03-25-2009, 08:06 PM

Dear oh dear! Shall I put you in the lower Cat then Dan? Or how about the higher Cat, there's no-one else in that one!?

03-24-2009, 07:30 AM	#2
lesofprimus Minister of Whoopass Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi Posts: 17,506	Looks great, lots of resin too..... Great choice of profiles.... I will sticky ur thread... __________________ My IL2 Video Tribute to My Grandfather: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtzN5RuNNJk

03-24-2009, 07:40 AM	#3
Wurger Siggy Master Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Poland Posts: 13,972	Very nice entry. Waiting for more pics here. __________________

03-24-2009, 07:58 AM	#4
Wayne Little Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Adelaide Sth. Aust. Posts: 12,511	let the fun begin! __________________

03-24-2009, 08:59 AM	#5
Heinz Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Victoria Posts: 6,742	Nice! __________________

03-24-2009, 10:15 AM	#6
muller Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: The Emerald Isle Posts: 1,497	Cool! Another checker nose 190 in the GB! Looking forward to this one. __________________

03-24-2009, 10:40 AM	#7
109ROAMING Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: New Zealand Posts: 5,004	Looking forward to this Nice choice __________________ "When all else fails read the manual"

03-24-2009, 11:13 AM	#8
A4K Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 3,224	Ditto everyone else - good on ya mate!

03-24-2009, 12:15 PM	#9
rochie Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: billingham nr middlesbrough uk Posts: 3,115	interesting profile and good luck caughtinthemiddle __________________ "We're not easily frightened. Also we know how hard it is for an army to cross the Channel — the last little corporal to try it came a cropper. So don't threaten or dictate to us until you're marching up Whitehall! ...and even then we won't listen!" quote from B.O.B movie

03-24-2009, 01:43 PM	#10
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 15,144	Wooohoooo....! Another one! PARTY TIME! __________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"

03-24-2009, 02:45 PM	#11
Airframes Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 9,062	Thanks for entering CitM, looks like this is going to be a very nice one! I've now got you listed, but could you please confirm which catefgory you would like to be included in? I'm guessing expert/advanced! Thanks, Terry. __________________

03-25-2009, 02:10 PM	#13
Airframes Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 9,062	Thanks mate, I've put you in Cat 2. Sounds interesting making those exhausts, pity the Quickboost ones can't be adapted, but I'm looking forward to the ones you finally produce. Could you cast some yourself in resin maybe? __________________

03-25-2009, 06:54 PM	#14
lesofprimus Minister of Whoopass Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi Posts: 17,506	It aint no fair that Ive been catagorized as a Level 2 when Ive only seriously built 2 models, the first being a 1:35th Panther Tank and the latest one which is my Gruppe Build entry, the JV44 D-9.... How am I supposed to compete against these guys like CITM and Javlin when I have like no skills???? No fair, NO FAIR!!!! __________________ My IL2 Video Tribute to My Grandfather: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtzN5RuNNJk

03-25-2009, 08:06 PM	#15
Airframes Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 9,062	Dear oh dear! Shall I put you in the lower Cat then Dan? Or how about the higher Cat, there's no-one else in that one!? __________________

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