Hs 129 went to North Africa?

I would have thought that by the time the Hs 129 was in (limited) production) the Germans had exited North Africa.

Apart from the fact it would have been very vulnerable in that air combat environment. Not that it wasn't on the Eastern front, but the Allied forces were far more aggressive in a smaller theatre that was North Africa.

But I could have my thinking corrected, you learn someting new every day.

As an aside is that an Eastern Front camo scheme rather than a Desert scheme?

Stooge, that's a 7,5cm Pak.the MK 101 is smaller.

RB Models an Schatton have Brass barrels IIRC

Cannot comment on Eduard or C-6 .. maybe John Vasco has a clue.

Cheers

Steffen

Hi Dominic,

Just read your post. 2 cents - many MK 101 had no gondola, just plain gun instalement. The gun is identical to the one used on a handfull bf.110 C-6. Cavalier also produces some nice resin pieces of this weapon


Cheers
Pedro

The Schatton is the Mk103 barrel. RB Models has the 5cm but no Mk101 or Mk103.

"If you mean in the pic that is attached, it is sand yellow squiggles sprayed over the standard continental splinter scheme"

I read the squiggle colour as a winter white over the standard continental splinter scheme.

But fair call, it could be sand within the constraints of my eyes and colour photography of the day and my laptop screen.

I read the squiggle colour as a winter white over the standard continental splinter scheme.

But fair call, it could be sand within the constraints of my eyes and colour photography of the day and my laptop screen.

Personally, I don't trust my airbrush skills enough to attempt it. I still can't seem to get a good thinner ratio to prevent spattering!! I'm using an Iwata HP that I clean meticulously after each use, so no blaming the tools!

On a related point, I have always been interested in doing a Tamiya 1/48 He-219, but have been intimidated by the hopelessly intricate (for me) dot camo schemes on these A/C. So when Owl recently released a decal set showing an He-219 in an overall solid light grey, which reportedly shot down five four-engine RAF bombers in a single evening, I bought that puppy immediately!

Oh wow! the He219 is my other dream kit!! I'm in the same boat as you with the paint scheme. I've been to the Udvar Hazy Center at Dulles and seen the 219 fuselage there with the light grey squiggles, and I've seen it done by people much better than me, but I'm way too intimidated. Now that you tell me about the all grey, I may pluck up my courage and give the kit a shot. Is the decal set for the 1/48 kit or that giant 1/32 kit? That one looks like a beaut!