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The Battlefield - The Black Knight of Berlin (part 1)

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29 22 June 2023, 14:20
Greg Baker
This one has been kicking around for a bit, but I decided to buckle down and start moving things off the shelf of doom. This project is based on the "Battlefield" (aka "the Cockpit") manga series by Leiji Matsumoto. It's in two parts. in the first part, the so-called Black Knight of Berlin shows chivalrous mercy to his opponents… and gets his Fw190 shot down by a P-51 Mustang for his trouble. In part two he gets in a jet black Me262 and shoots down the B-17 he first showed mercy to.

Likely the trickiest part of this project will be getting white homemade decals on a black Fw190.
23 June 2023, 05:47
Robert Podkoński
Looks promising! Watching with interest.
23 June 2023, 06:43
Spanjaard
Certainly following this one 🙂
23 June 2023, 07:23
Bruce Huxtable
This is going to be dramatic 🙂👍
23 June 2023, 07:32
Greg Baker
Ok… we now have a black Fw190… now for some love for the Mustang… and Invasion stripes!
24 June 2023, 05:59
Greg Baker
I always love adding the decals. It's amazing how much better they make a model look. Now to find some propellors...
26 June 2023, 15:05
Greg Baker
Got the two planes mounted on the base, so mainly just a bit of wiring to do now. Almost had to deal with a disaster on the Mustang though. The four prop blades are glued into a 2-part nose. One of them wasn't properly secured in place, so when I connected the dc motor it flung one of the blades into orbit. I had to tear apart my monkey business room to try and locate a single 1/144 scale propellor blade. Luckily after a massive clean up and grid search effort… I found it next to the fish tank. 😉 Phew!
2 July 2023, 17:55
Bruce Huxtable
Oh my, Carpet monster 0 Diligent modeler 1 😉
2 July 2023, 18:18
Spanjaard
Well done Greg 🙂
2 July 2023, 20:26
Greg Baker
And… all done. Will update with some final pics.
3 July 2023, 05:28
bughunter
👍
3 July 2023, 05:58
Bruce Huxtable
Got him! Looks fantastic!
3 July 2023, 06:29
Spanjaard
excellent!
3 July 2023, 11:37
Greg Baker
Aaaaaaand... we're done! Thanks guys! Stay tuned for Part 2!
4 July 2023, 14:42
Matthew A
Am I the only one going 'daga daga, naaaaaaa booom' in my mind? 💥
4 July 2023, 15:50
Spanjaard
Certainly not! LOL
4 July 2023, 15:59
Nils Steyaert
now that looks fantastic, great work greg 👍
4 July 2023, 17:10
Greg Baker
Haha! Thanks for that Matthew!

Just to prove that the props actually spin...

Youtube Video
 


You can even tell I got the prop spinning the right way because of the wind on the smoke cloud! 😉
4 July 2023, 18:58
Greg Baker
I've also updated my blog with this project... if anyone is interested in reading the Leiji Matsumoto chapter from "The Cockpit" that this project is based on - strobez.ca/wp/index...-part-1-the-cockpit/
4 July 2023, 22:04

Album info

When the Black Knight of Berlin's code of honour is used against him and his Focke-Wulf Fw190 is shot down by a P-51 Mustang, he comes back with a vengeance in a new Messerschmitt Me262 and shoots down the American Boeing B-17 Bomber he had at first only disabled.

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1:144 Messerschmitt Me262 A-2a (Trumpeter 01318)1:144 P-51D Mustang (Platz PD-1)1:144 Boeing B-17G (Crown 434)1+

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