Is modelling educational?

109ROAMING · 10-10-2008, 11:13 AM

Another Good reason why I model

Well with trying to cope growing up in a world with so few of the Nicities of the past,having a few models on your desk certainly helps you

It kills me everytime I see a black and white photo of a bunch of WW11 aircraft about to be melted down,truely feels like it's killing me

If I can't have the real thing at least I have a model!

Lucky13 · 10-10-2008, 08:14 PM

If I had the money...I'd build some real ones! Imagine how many that there are no surviving examples left of...

Bernhart · 10-10-2008, 08:59 PM

my 2 cents worth, I've built over 150 models of various airplanes, love the research that goes with them. While i am not big on specific pilots aircraft, I like reading about where they were used, why particular paint shemes ect. every plane also has a story with it, who the pilot is his war record...

i made up a character,( someday will write a novel about him) and have tried to build every plane he would have flown and fought against. obviously a big endeavoer.

109ROAMING · 10-11-2008, 12:17 AM

That's a cool Idea

I'm gonna copy you and do that for Adolf Galland

Build a couple of his E's,F's and G's the do about 2 of his Me-262

Did he fly any other variant of the 109?

109C/D in spain?

GrauGeist · 10-11-2008, 01:24 AM

I believe that Galland flew the He51 in Spain with 3.J/88, although the Bf109V3 and later, the Bf109C-1, were there.

Lucky13 · 10-11-2008, 06:58 AM

Same here... I'm concentrating on pilots with Swedish or Scandinavian heritage mostly, like Bong, Anderson, Peterson, Hanson, Foss, the two USS Yorktown, CV-5 and CV-10 and also machines with the number 13 of course. Have a few decal sets lying around for a few 109's and 190's, but not yet any for the allied?

Wayne Little · 10-11-2008, 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by 109ROAMING

That's a cool Idea

I'm gonna copy you and do that for Adolf Galland

Build a couple of his E's,F's and G's the do about 2 of his Me-262

Did he fly any other variant of the 109?

109C/D in spain?

Picked up a book today that had a series of photo's of another Bf109E-4 W.Nr.5966
flown by Galland that is new to me!

Most likely his back-up aircraft when not flying his usual W.Nr.5819

109ROAMING · 10-11-2008, 08:26 AM

Cool Thanks for the info Wayne and GrauGeist

muller · 10-11-2008, 10:13 AM

Was it Galland who used to let inexperienced pilots fly his bird so Allied planes would leave him alone?

109ROAMING · 10-11-2008, 10:22 AM

Haha even though that's sad ,I think it's funny

I've just finished reading his autobiography for the second time and no mention of it

muller · 10-11-2008, 10:37 AM

Must've been someone else.

Lucky13 · 10-11-2008, 10:52 AM

Wasn't me...!

muller · 10-11-2008, 01:09 PM

My post was a bit confusing. I read about a German ace who would get a rookie to fly his plane, it had distinctive markings. The allied pilots would steer clear of the rookie then. The ace would fly the rookies bird. It gave greenhorns a chance to gain combat experience.

blkstne · 10-11-2008, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by muller

My post was a bit confusing. I read about a German ace who would get a rookie to fly his plane, it had distinctive markings. The allied pilots would steer clear of the rookie then. The ace would fly the rookies bird. It gave greenhorns a chance to gain combat experience.

That's some cool info

Just as long as the rookie did not crash the Aces's plane by mistake.

GrauGeist · 10-11-2008, 02:26 PM

As far as modelling being educational, I think it is in many respects.

The modeller gets a "hands-on" approach to history, often times history that would otherwise be inaccessable, such as a model of the Bismark, one of an Albatros D.III, a 1934 Deusenburg-J and so on. Many times the subject of a model no longer exists and in that respect, the modeller can literally hold in thier hands, something that is lost to living memory, or impractical to visit in person.

The other part of modelling, is the vast majority of modellers have an interest in the subject they are building, and learn the history and the associated history related to that item. Such as a Me262 and how it came about, it's deployment and the way it influenced the jet age after the war.

The people behind the design, development and operation of the subject the model represents is also brought to the modeller during research. Sometimes the modeller meets other modellers with similiar interests, learns new things about thier subject, shares thier knowledge with others, makes new friends, and so on. So the opportunity to open up whole new worlds is possible.

At least, that's the way I see it