Paul. Was totally ground attack. If you do a quick read up about it you'll see it was really the first A-10 Warthog of it's time. The pilot was in a protective 'tub' and the firepower was massive.
Ah... I think I know where I have seen this aircraft - in a Blitz Kreig computer game! (May have been some other computer war strategy game but you get my drift). Seem to remember it making short work of T-34s although I couldn't remember what the aircraft was called.
Your paint scheme sounds really cool, looking forward to the finished thing.
Cheers Kresten. On paper this is a simple build but i'm finding the more i advance/get experience in modelling, i plan things which mean i have to take things slower. Which isn't a bad thing i might add. Before i would have built it all up and then painted it but if i was to do this with this model then the masking off of certain parts would be a nightmare and trying to paint around them.
First coat of RLM 02 added to wing tips. Found out i had no acrylic in this colour (bad organisation on my part) so had to remove the RLM 65 + Klear and paint with enamel. Also added the radiator grills into the engines.
Final coat of RLM 02 added and coated in klear. Masked off ready for RLM 71 top coat. Also got canopy to add first..... oh and SWMBO says i must tidy up too. I can see her point in that comment
Whilst i'm waiting for a chance to prime my jagdpanther tracks i thought i'd do some more on my other models i have going on. So added some more lead to my Ta-154 and also painted the top side of this Hs129 with RLM 70. Seems to have come out ok apart from one little bit of RLM 71 that lifted on the port side wing with the masking tape. I'll sort that out tomorrow once the RLM 70 has cured over night.
Nice build.I made the old 1/48 Esci kit of this back in the 80's.It certainly was a deadly aircraft in it's day.I'm reading about it at the moment.In one battle an oberleutnant Ruffer single handedly destroyed ten soviet KV tanks.After the mission armorers found his 30 round 30mm magazine still contained 6 rounds!.