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This is my last finished "more-bird-project" named
"Aces of the century" depicting the aircraft of the three highest
scoring german aces and also the highest scoring aces of all time, Hartmann -
Barkhorn - Rall. I started this project last year with the release of the new
HASEGAWA G-6, fortunately a few months later Hase changed molds with REVELL
and the same kit went on the market for a much lower price. First one is the
plane of 352 scoring ace "Bubi" Hartmann, the Me 109 G-6 "Yellow
1" he flew in 9./JG 52 in Russia, Oct. 1943, built in my
"cutaway"-style (like the others too).
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Next
one depicts the plane of second ranking ace Gerd Barkhorn, the wellknown
Me 109 G-5 " << + -" / "Christl" he flew as
Gruppenkommandeur of II./JG 52 in Russia 1944, kit REVELL. Materials used for
technical construction like ribs is modelling plywood ( 3 or 4 layers, 0,4 - 0,8
mm), stringers are small stripes of modelling aluminium-sheet or thin plastic
card, parts for interior details are everything I can get, for example small
electronical parts from scrapped computers, different brass and aluminium tubes
with various diameter and so on.
Last one is the plane of third ranking ace Günther Rall who, after the war,
joined the "Bundesluftwaffe" in 1956 and is well known in the USA
where he lived for a long time. Rall, back in Germany again, is still alive. The
kit is also an actual REVELL , modified to Rall´s Me 109 G-2 "Black
13" he flew in autumn 1942 in Russia with 8./ JG52
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All
models not only cutaways ( I love to see the technical detail and interior) but
also electrified with working prop and lights, and all planes are brush-painted
with a mix of REVELL colours and artist oil-colours, finish ia a special kind of
wax. Hope you enjoy the pics like I enjoyed building this project ( which
probably goes furthermore with more "Experten" like Steinhoff, Mölders,
Marseille, Galland and so on....oops.....seems like a
"twenty-bird-project" some day!),
cheers,
Chris
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