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Info Eduard - June 2011
99026 Railings 45´ 2 bars short 1/700
99027 Railings 45´ 2 bars long 1/350
ZOOMY
33086 Hawk T1 Mk.53 interior S.A. 1/32 Revell
FE517 Bf 109E-3 interior S.A. 1/48 Airx
FE551 Su-24M Fencer D interior S.A. 1/48 Trumpeter
FE553 RF-5E S.A. 1/48 AFV Club
FE556 Mirage 2000D interior S.A. 1/48 Kinetic
FE558 Me 262A-1/U4 interior S.A. 1/48 Hobby Boss
FE569 MiG-21MF early interior S.A. Weekend 1/48 Eduard
FE571 MiG-21MF late interior S.A 1/48 Eduard
SS368 Mi-24V Hind E interior S.A. 1/72 Zvezda
SS384 Sea Harrier FRS1 S.A. 1/72 Airx
TP531 StuG.III Ausf.F/8 interior 1/35 Dragon 6644
MASKY
CX288 Bf 110E 1/72 Airx
CX289 MB.200 1/72 KP/Kopro
EX326 S-2E/F 1/48 Kinetic
EX332 S-3 1/48 Italeri
EX334 Ta 152H 1/48 Hobby Boss
EX335 Sea Vixen FAW.2 1/48 Airx
JX125 A-4E 1/32 Trumpeter
JX126 Spitre Mk.Vb 1/32 Hobby Boss
XT172 M-1097 A2 Cargo Carrier 1/35 Italeri
XT174 SWS with 20mm Flakvierling wheels 1/35 Great Wall Hobby
XT175 Pak 44 128mm wheels 1/35 Great Wall Hobby
BIG-ED
BIG3301 Su-27UB 1/32 1/32 Trumpeter
BIG4948 Sea King AEW Mk.2 1/48 1/48 Hasegawa
BIG4949 Bf 110D 1/48 1/48 Dragon
BIG7266 Rafale B 1/72 1/72 Hobby Boss
HISTORY
The Green Heart close to the Heart
Fw 190A-5, W.Nr. 01501501, 1./JG 54, Oblt. Walter Nowotny,
Krasnogvard Area, Russia, August, 1943
Green camouaged Focke-Wulf marked White
‘4‘, with a rendering of a goat and inscription
‘Rammock’, was own by Walter Nowotny, CO
of 1. Staffel I./JG 54, holder of the Knight’s
Cross, in the summer of 1943. At that time, the
23-year-old ‘Nowi’, born in the Czech-Austrian
border region, was one of the most signicant
personnel of JG 54 on the Eastern Front spe-
cically, and the Luftwaffe in general. He died
on November 8th, 1944, as the CO of the rst
German unit equipped with the jet powered Me
262. Up to the time of his death, he was credi-
ted with 258 aerial victories, the vast majority of
which were achieved on the Eastern Front in the
ranks of JG 54.
The camouage of the illustrated aircraft consis-
ted of two closely toned unspecied greens, one
of which was probably RLM 70, and the other
mixed from that. These shades were sprayed in
irregular elds over the original RLM 74/75/76,
which was visible in places through the newer
application, and the lower colors remained unch-
anged, extending up the sides of the fuselage.
The widely applied yellow recognition markings,
Jan Zdiarský
Jagdgeschwader 54, which is the subject of Limi-
ted Edition kit No. 1155 from Eduard, was formed
in 1940, and throughout its service career during
the Second World War accounted for over 9000 kills,
making it the second most successful ghter unit
in the Luftwaffe (after JG 52, with both units gai-
ning the bulk of their victories on the Eastern Front).
The unit marking adopted was the Green Heart,
a reference to the Thüringen region of Germany,
and the birthplace of the unit‘s rst CO, Hannes
Trautloft (see Eduard Newsletter, August 2010).
Over various time periods, the Green Heart, toge-
ther with many other forms of personal marking,
appeared on the fuselages of Bf 109s, and later,
Fw 190s own by this unit. This, coupled with mul-
tiple camouage schemes, offers up an interesting
modeling excursion into history. No less interesting
are the personnel that with the Fw 190s of JG 54
ew combat with or without the Green Heart on the
fuselage. The following is a brief look at the air-
craft subjects of the aforementioned kit (except Fw
190A-6 Black ‚12‘, own by Uffz. Heribert Koller,
which is also included as a marking option, but is
looked at in greater detail in the article by J. Bobek
elsewhere in this newsletter).