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III./JG 77 in the Med!

ndicki

ndicki

Charter Member 2016
Although the Gruppenkommandeur of III./JG 77, Hauptmann Kurt "Kuddel" Ubben, won his Knight's Cross and Oak Leaves in Russia, he brought his "Wanderzirkus Ubben" - Ubben's Travelling Circus - to the Mediterranean in October 1942. This aircraft, flown by Oblt. Wolfgang Ernst, Staffelkapitaen of 9./JG 77 at Chilivani, Sardinia during the summer of 1943, is typical of III./JG 77 in that it sports the Gruppe badge and "Wander-Zirkus Ubben" wording aft of the cockpit. III./JG 77 remained in the Mediterranean/Balkans/Romania theatre until finally pulled out to defend the Reich.

Major Ubben himself was subsequently named Kommodore of JG 2 in March 1944 and was shot down and killed on 27th April 1944 while flying an FW190a-8 over Fere-en-Tardenois, France by USAAF fighters. His score stood at 110 victories of which 90 had been scored on the Russian Front.
 
You never cease to impress me with the depth of your reasearch !
Very nice and well done.
 
BRAVO..

:salute: :salute: :salute: :salute:

Thanks very much, This is very Cool..
I will have to add her to a mission in MAW..

You Always manage to keep me amazed..:applause:
 
Thanks!

Alain, the only reason I put a swastika on the tail is because the real aircraft (Jagdwaffe Vol 4 Section 4 page 331) had one. If I see a photo of a Luftwaffe aircraft where the swastika has been painted out, as was briefly the case on Bf109Es of III./JG 53 in retaliation at Goering's order to them to paint over the Pik-As with a red cowl band... then you will get a 109 without a swastika. JG53's Kommodore, Hans-Jurgen von Cramon-Taubadel upset Goering by marrying a lady who was not entirely Aryan... He was denied the Ritterkreuz, and his Geschwader denied their insignia. When Wolf-Dietrich "Fuerst" Wilke took over III Gruppe after Harro Harder's death, he ordered the swastika to be painted out. One such aircraft, White 5 of 7./JG 53, was photographed after being shot down over Kent on 6th September. By November 1940 the whole affair had blown over, and the red band yielded to the Pik-As badge. There's a nice portrait of the rather aristocratic-looking (hence the nickname) Wilke on p.64 of Osprey 29, Bf109F/G/K Aces of the Western Front.

Now if and when I start on 109E-4s, that one will be up at the front of the queue!

I know all about Eagle Cals - I have two 1/32 Bf109s on the table right now - K-4 Red 7 of 10./JG 27 (EC 62) and G-5 Yellow 11 of 9./JG 54 (EC 38) - since Hasegawa brought out their series of 109F/G/K models, I am in Augsburg heaven........ Spitfires are boring in comparison!

I may have published these before. A G-14 of JG 11. I won't show the others until they're done!
 
What, no diorama??

...just kidding! .....tho' I would've dug a low angle (ground level) shot.... still, we get to see a bit of your work area...


Amazing camo-paint!!!:applause: Its no wonder your virtual paints look so authentic!
 
Hello Nigel

I 've eard a bit of the Luftwaffe rebels to the nazis, It will be interesting to have an a/c standalone of those ones from you (I mean with no swatika). You may have an nice plastic model collection, your house could be a future addition to the next J-B Salis Museum ? :salute:

Best regards
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Thanks! Ground-level views below. Please try not to notice the dust!

Alain, it'll be a while before I move onto the 109e. To begin with, getting permission to fiddle about with it is potentially challenging...

My wife wants me to donate a large part of my collection of models to J-B Salis' museum. Admittedly, they are stored in boxes and not doing any good where they are now...
 
WOW!...

Thanx Nigel!:applause: Have you ever posted pix of the entire collection?
Your 1/32nd scale rocks...:medals:

Guess I'm jes tryin' ta say: "More Please" :engel016:
 
ndicki said:
Thanks! Ground-level views below. Please try not to notice the dust!

Alain, it'll be a while before I move onto the 109e. To begin with, getting permission to fiddle about with it is potentially challenging...

My wife wants me to donate a large part of my collection of models to J-B Salis' museum. Admittedly, they are stored in boxes and not doing any good where they are now...
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...The most important is that "la femme de menace" is far away from them ! View attachment 29482

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There isn't really a "how long"! They take the time they take. Assembly is not the main problem, although obviously the interior needs doing first, and then there are always hold-ups such as putty needing to dry, and so on - but painting can be l-o-n-g! I hardly ever use a paintbrush, so everything is airbrushed, re-airbrushed, shaded, and masked before you start on the next bit! The rudder on my K-4 took me a couple of days, and that needed to be dry and masked before I could do the rest. It gets quite bitty, in fact - a few minutes work and then you grind to a halt while waiting to be able to do the next step. For example, I'd just finished the overall basic camouflage on the K-4 when I noticed a join-line along the fuselage spine was still visible. Paint shows imperfections that you can't see beforehand... So I've just refilled it and need to sand it down, polish it, rescribe it and then repaint it...

I suppose about a month, if I have to go to work in-between times!

I don't have many 1/32nd ones finished - the G-4 and G-14 you can see here, a Spitfire MkI which is a hybrid - the old Hasegawa MkV re-issued and fitted with new A-type wings by Revell (the fuselage needed completely rescribing as it had raised panel lines, unlike the wings), and a lovely He162, equally by Revell. If I give you the list of 1/48th ones I've got, it'll be bedtime before I finish... Other than my 109 farm, there are a 1/32nd FW190D-9, a Spitfire Mk22, Lizzie, Piper Super Cub, and a few others I've forgotten, that need doing sooner or later. But it's the 109s I get excited about! A G-10 has just arrived in the post today. No immediate plans for that one - it was on sale at a reduced price...

I discovered 1/32nd at about the same time as my eyesight started to go... It's still far sharper than most people's, but it does strain a bit!
 
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