SharkOwl Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 1/32 Focke Wulf FW-190A-5 Decals Search ! This FW-190A-5 version is offered from a 1/48 Profipack Kit from Eduard. Is this specific FW-190A-5 version available on a 1/32 aftermarket decal sheet ? Thanks in advance for any information about it ! SharkOwl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 The FROG boxing of the very first Hasegawa FW 190 had decals for this unit, either SG 1 or 2. Somewhere in the seventies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Ah, yes this one had them - doubt any are useable - http://hawkerhobbies.com/product/focke-wulf-fw-190-hasegawa-minicraft/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Ah, yes this one had them - doubt any are useable - http://hawkerhobbies.com/product/focke-wulf-fw-190-hasegawa-minicraft/ Also in our own database, here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Those markings shouldn't be to difficult to source elswhere. Not that it matters alot but those were F-2s. Same as the A-5 with the outer guns removed and the centerline tank/bomb rack added ( I wanna do that one too ... someday ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringleheim Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 The Mickey Mouse insignia on the nose looks like Jasta 4 of Lehrgeschwader 2. But with red circle and not blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 The Mickey Mouse insignia on the nose looks like Jasta 4 of Lehrgeschwader 2. But with red circle and not blue. Interesting point, as I'd been thinking that the single biggest challenge here (which is fairly typical), is to find a sheet (or kit), that has this specific insignia, which has probably already been done in 1:32 somewhere. The rest of the markings, should be readily available too, or could easily be done using Microscale solid color sheets, or something similar. MikeMaben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 This subject bugged me enough, that I had a look-see through my stupidly large 1:32 decal stash, and sure enough, the Mickey Mouse insignia is/was available on Superscale sheet #32-002, probably on some others as well. Isar 30/07 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 The Mickey Mouse was an Adolph Galland thing. The image decal is also available in the Dragon 109E-4 kit without the colored disc background. SharkOwl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 The Mickey Mouse was an Adolph Galland thing. The image decal is also available in the Dragon 109E-4 kit without the colored disc background. While Galland certainly did use the Mickey Mouse image (on fuselage side), at least a couple of other squadrons also adopted it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 As it turns out, Alfred Druschel also used it. Kagemusha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringleheim Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Galland's insignia is totally different with Mickey Mouse looking to his left and not his right, the pistol and ax in the opposite hands, and Mickey is, of course, smoking a stogie as Galland loved to do! I think at least a few different Jagdstaffeln used some type of Mickey Mouse insignia. LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 Yes it was used (copied) by others during the war. Galland had a MM figure on his He51 in the Spanish Civil War. The axe wielding cigar smoking version was the staffel badge for the 4th staffel flying Hs123s during the attack on Poland, introduced by Galland after he took over command . I think it's safe to say it was his to begin with and used by others later (like Mölders insignia was) . Thanks for the pix Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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