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Hi Benoit, For you and all you care about a happy 2010 as well! The repaint is for the A-5 model, which is indeed part of the late variants set. As you can see on the images below, the use in the desert has left its markings. Cheers, Huub http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y210/Huub_Vink/KMEY_b6.jpg h...

Not all the dirt is yet applied and after that I have to do the damages paintwork.....

Huub

It is still factory fresh and doesn't have a scratch on it. But as it flew in the Mediterranean Theater of War it will have some scratches before I'm finished with it.

Huub

Bob, The nightfighters were equipped with different types of radar. The FuG202 which was often used on the Bf110 G-4 had 3 scopes; range, azimuth and elevation. The FuG220 however had only 2 scopes. http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y210/Huub_Vink/FuG202.jpg For further reading I can recomment this a...

I love to do this

Huub

Finished. I tried to give some extra attention to weathering. As you can see quite some bugs already did hit the spinner and cowling. I will pack the repaint tomorrow and upload it at Avsim. Regards, Huub http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y210/Huub_Vink/kosse_a1.jpg edit: It is the queue at Avsim and...

Thanks for the nice words Alessandro. I found the story about the pilot interesting. I guess he was a sort of "enfant terrible". In JG 5 the use of "Gruppe" markings was already unusual, therefore the use of personal markings must have been very rare!

Cheers,
Huub

And some screenshots taken just before I went to bed..... (2:20 AM).

Cheers,
Huub

After having flown the outmoded Bf109E long after other units had converted to more modern versions, JG5 eventually re-equipped with the FW190 in June 1942. The first part of the Geschwader to convert was IV./JG 5, followed by 3./JG 5 with the rest of 1.Gruppe converting about a month later. This pa...

Wunderbar!

Huub