I agree with Andy Brilliant
Excellent info steve ,thanks . I’ll look at drilling some holes in the starboard wing and maybe a few in the cowling . Cheers tonyTony, the Crashed Enemy Aircraft Report noted, "Starboard wing showed many .303 strikes". That doesn't mean that there were none elsewhere, but that is where they were most noticeable to an observer standing next to the aircraft on the ground.
P/O Stapleton's Combat Report notes that, "I attacked him [von Werra] from the low quarter, he dived vertically towards the ground and flattened at ground level. I then did a series of beam attacks from both sides, and the e/a was turning into my attacks. He finally force landed. He tried to set his machine on fire by taking off his jacket, setting fire to it, and putting it into the cockpit. He was prevented by the L.D.V." Stapleton would have fired several hundred rounds in those attacks, though unhelpfully, Stapleton did not fill that in when he made his report. He didn't fill much in, but I suppose he and his squadron were a bit busy.
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That’s why I asked if you were going to put mg strikes on planeThanks chaps , very useful and interesting info .Bullet holes on their way !
Von Werra was shot down by B.G. 'Stapme' Stapleton of No. 603 Squadron. It is possible that von Werra's aircraft had been damaged by either F/Lt Webster* or P/O Bennions (both of No.41 Squadron) but the man who finally shot him down was Stapleton.That’s why I asked if you were going to put mg strikes on plane
I recall Von Werra being also shot at from a makeshift tower with a light mg (probably a Bren)
Yes I did think they looked a little big for .303 rounds but to do them to scale they would probably be invisible , plus I dont think I could drill the tiny holes without breaking the drill bit! I’m going to touch up the edges and make them seem a bit smaller , but as for adding any more , I’m satisfied with the number Ive got , dont want it looking like Bonnie and Clydes Ford V8 !Those bullet holes look good, but I’d probably make some more of them (and, TBH but too late now, smaller — these look more like 40 mm cannon hits than .303 bullets).
I used to use a large needle, heated then poke them into the plastic to replicate the bullet holes. I finished them off with a dot pop black paint around the hole!!!! But I was only 12 or 13 then !!! I would have to be a bit more subtle these days!! Yours look most excellent Tony. Probably safer than a hot needle too!Yes I did think they looked a little big for .303 rounds but to do them to scale they would probably be invisible , plus I dont think I could drill the tiny holes without breaking the drill bit! I’m going to touch up the edges and make them seem a bit smaller , but as for adding any more , I’m satisfied with the number Ive got , dont want it looking like Bonnie and Clydes Ford V8 !
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