JensOle
SOH-CM-2023
During my active years in the military, I had the pleasure to work 5 years in a NATO unit based in Hungary. A great period which also got me interested in the history of the Hungarian Air Force.
Without getting into details, the Hungarians choose the Axis side during w.w.2. From the sources I have read, the Germans were not to impressed with their combat capabilities, but never the less, the small Hungarian Air Force managed to prove themselves to some extend during the closing years of the war during the desperate fighting to stop both the US heavy bombing raids and the massive Soviet push into Hungary. Quite a large numbers of Hungarian pilots made aces during the final phase of the war.
The classic hangar FW-190 series are, even if they are some years old now, some of the best FSX warbirds you can get. And in my eyes, a nice break from flying the many Mustang and Spitfire models. The F-8 is not included to my knowledge, but the very similar A-8/A-9 are and I have used the later as a stand in for a repaint of a Hungarian FW-190F-8 of the 102/1 Vadaszbombazo szazad, as it looked in early 1945. The Hungarians used as the Luftwaffe, the FW-190F-8 as the standard fighter bomber when the Stuka proved to vulnerable.
Note: After I took the screenshots I also found out I can change the drop tank for a bomb to even better simulate the F-8..
The painting of German w.w.2 aircraft is not my strongest sides, any advices for getting the scheme as realistic as possible?
Without getting into details, the Hungarians choose the Axis side during w.w.2. From the sources I have read, the Germans were not to impressed with their combat capabilities, but never the less, the small Hungarian Air Force managed to prove themselves to some extend during the closing years of the war during the desperate fighting to stop both the US heavy bombing raids and the massive Soviet push into Hungary. Quite a large numbers of Hungarian pilots made aces during the final phase of the war.
The classic hangar FW-190 series are, even if they are some years old now, some of the best FSX warbirds you can get. And in my eyes, a nice break from flying the many Mustang and Spitfire models. The F-8 is not included to my knowledge, but the very similar A-8/A-9 are and I have used the later as a stand in for a repaint of a Hungarian FW-190F-8 of the 102/1 Vadaszbombazo szazad, as it looked in early 1945. The Hungarians used as the Luftwaffe, the FW-190F-8 as the standard fighter bomber when the Stuka proved to vulnerable.
Note: After I took the screenshots I also found out I can change the drop tank for a bomb to even better simulate the F-8..
The painting of German w.w.2 aircraft is not my strongest sides, any advices for getting the scheme as realistic as possible?
So that small airfield near Kemenesszentpéter is "Kenyeri". It's more like a field, than an airfield, because it was grassy and without "serious" buildings. It was used for training with MiG-21's too, but now it's abandoned and ruined.
