Heavens Eagle
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As I am on a WWII German theme and have a number of these kits and several conversions to go with them, it is time to build one up out of the box, or close to it. Otherwise this is going to be a plain plane just to look over the kit and how it builds. (I have 10 more with 3 conversions) It comes with colored PE and cockpit parts. I might add an external PE set and resin wheels as I have parts in hand. Nothing else and nothing special. I have some extended resin parts for another build down the way.
Why did I choose Franz? There were 5 choices in the kit decals. Each had some history to them. There are markings for one of Adolf Glalland's E4's, one for Helmut Wick who was a leading ace during the Battle of Britain. Then there was Yellow 10 from 6./JG 51 for Ofw. Fritz Beek, A Yellow 13 from 9./JG54 for a Josef Eberle, and finally the one I chose for Franz von Weera.
Part of the reason I chose this is due to the fact that there were photos of the pilot to be found. He also had an interesting story in that he was captured when his plane was forced down, shipped off to Canada, escaped to the US then to Mexico, then Brazil. Finally he returned to Germany and rejoined the Luftwaffe serving on the Eastern and Western fronts. There was even a movie made (The One That Got Away) He was the only German POW to escape and return to Germany during the war.
This should be an interesting and hopefully uneventful build. I hope uneventful as I have a number of these to build up in various markings as well as 3 conversions. One is V-14 in red, one is a B version, and one will be a C or D. So first a practice one.
Why did I choose Franz? There were 5 choices in the kit decals. Each had some history to them. There are markings for one of Adolf Glalland's E4's, one for Helmut Wick who was a leading ace during the Battle of Britain. Then there was Yellow 10 from 6./JG 51 for Ofw. Fritz Beek, A Yellow 13 from 9./JG54 for a Josef Eberle, and finally the one I chose for Franz von Weera.
Part of the reason I chose this is due to the fact that there were photos of the pilot to be found. He also had an interesting story in that he was captured when his plane was forced down, shipped off to Canada, escaped to the US then to Mexico, then Brazil. Finally he returned to Germany and rejoined the Luftwaffe serving on the Eastern and Western fronts. There was even a movie made (The One That Got Away) He was the only German POW to escape and return to Germany during the war.
This should be an interesting and hopefully uneventful build. I hope uneventful as I have a number of these to build up in various markings as well as 3 conversions. One is V-14 in red, one is a B version, and one will be a C or D. So first a practice one.
