Focke Wulf Fw.190A-3, 5./JG1, Holland 1942
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Evan B...Thanks all. These Tamiya kits are just the thing to bring you back to the work bench.
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Been over a month since I've completed a model, but earlier this week the kids wanted to start back into them. This is what I built over the course of a few evenings:
Focke-Wulf Fw.190A-3, II./JG1, Holland 1942, 1/72 Scale
After participating in the invasion of Russia in 1941, the first Group of Jagdgeschwader 3 was withdrawn from the eastern front and reflagged as the 2nd Group of JG1, assigned to coastal patrol and interceptor duties in Holland. In mid-1942 they traded their Bf.109s in for Fw.190s which were emblazoned with the "Tatzelwurm", a miniature dragon that in german mythology was the bane of farmers and livestock. II./JG1s Fw.190s did battle with regular RAF fighter raids and escorted friendly shipping north of the European coast before transitioning into high altitude interception of USAAF bombers, a task that would occupy the group until the end of the war.
My model is Tamiya's Fw.190A-3 in 1/72 scale, built out of the box except the addition of Eduard seatbelts. Paints are from the AK Real Color range and decals were scrounged from the bin were used to represent a late-1942 II./JG1 aircraft.
The kids' Messerschmitt 109 and Lockheed P-38 are forthcoming…
