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Classics Hangar Fw190D-Ta152H Released

If im not missing something that is exactly what i wrote :)

I have made the r in foahr a bit more distinct as it was close to the e. Beside that all letters are hand made from a picture scan of red 1.
 
I seem to see "Verlaafts" rather than "Verkaafts" ? Also it should be "foahr" rather than "foahe" -?

(Pedants United)
 
The k in Verkaaft's is as it looked on the real red 1. I have not used a font, but hand made the letters on top of a picture scan. Read my above post and you will get the answer to foahr. As most of the letters looked the same as per the picture, i copied some of the hand made letters for the next similar letter. The e crept in as a mistake. I believe and hope all the others should be correct... Red 1 and the other doras of jv44 are very well documented with pictures taken by american soldiers arriving at munchen riem and ainring airfield days after the war was over. Many of them are in the book I mentioned. This makes these Doras actually some of the easiest to research. The actual paint, as with most luftwaffe aircraft, is never the less quite time consuming to get right. Much easier with the british and american aircraft...lol

I appreciate the discussion regarding the smaller details!
 
Its just as you are so closein all stunning details allready and so I (and Manfred) just try to help with that last details

Roland
 
It should be a 'k', Jens-Ole, unless it was a painter's error originally (can't check). The saying is never quoted as "Verlaaft's", even referring to Sachsenberg's plane.

One profile painting has it like this:

dora.jpg


Don't know how reliable this is, of course. Anyway, it reads "Verkaufts" (don't think there is an apostrophe) and "I 'fahr", probably not quite right either, but making good sense.
 
Hm, gotta admit I was wrong about the "false" 'k', indeed there is this exact looped variant in German Frakturschrift (ancient Gothic script), which this apparently is. My bad & apologies, JensOle.
 
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I'll be home again later today and the plan is to upload a pre release version of Red 1 to this thread for some feedback before final release.
Another small detail I'll change is to make the JV44 badge a bit bigger (it was a bit small judging from the pictures)

I stumbled across info mentioned a "D-11, Red 2" which flew with the Platzschutzstaffel, do any of you guys have any info about this?
I believe the info originate from the book "The Focke Wulf FW 190 Dora: Volume 2" by Jerry Crandall. I do not have the book myself (yet), but the author has done the dedicated booklet I mentioned earlier about the JV 44 Doras so he is definitely to be considered as an expert on the topic.
 
Thanks, it is much appreciated coming from you guys!

Do any of you have any feedback on Red 1s details like color shade, fading, mottling decals etc?
 
The white from the markings is very bright. Perhaps you could tone this down a bit.

But it already close to perfect.

Cheers,
Huub
 
huub vink said:
The white from the markings is very bright. Perhaps you could tone this down a bit.

But it already close to perfect.

Cheers,
Huub
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Hello!

That was my intention.. lol. I used the same brownish white as on the cross, but after the last adjustment to the text I might have forgotten to change the colour from the hi res text I use as a starting point. I'll check it.
 
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