1/33 Fw 190 | Orel 1943, JG 51, Josef Jennewein

[Zenon1947]

I'm working on the next aircraft model. This time it's a repaint done by my grandson, Kacper(PacificWind). He turned the old Maly Modelarz kit(from 1991) into a plane flown by Josef Jennewein of JG 51 unit, Orel, Russia 1943.
The repaint is also updated with the cockpit which was not included in the original MM.

The model itself, like many other MMs, is not a perfect design. Parts often don't fit properly and sometimes you have to modify or replace something, etc.

Photos show what it looks like so far. Fuselage segments are not glued together yet.

[Butelczynski]

Nice one Zenon. I did a recolor of this model too. Mine is a Hungarian one. Good kit.Everything fits very well.

[Zenon1947]

Hungarian Fw 190 in 1/33 was also released by Tri Krapki. Maybe I'll build it one day.

But for now, let's focus on the Jennewein's plane. I've got some new photos.

[Zenon1947]

More photos.
This is the last update before the final.

[Mike1158]

Looks fantastic.

[Zenon1947]

Fw 190 is finished.

A little bit of history can be found even on wikipedia. Here I'll quote a fragment:

On 28 January 1942, Jennewein was posted to 2. Staffel (2nd squadron) of Jagdgeschwader 51 (JG 51—51st Fighter Wing) and transferred on the Eastern Front. At the time, 2. Staffel was commanded by Oberleutnant Friedhelm Höschen who was transferred in March and handed command of the Staffel to Leutnant Erwin Fleig. The Staffel was subordinated to I. Gruppe (1st group) of JG 51 and was based at Staraya Russa. By the end of July 1942, when he was posted to serve as a flight instructor, he had added 12 Russian aircraft to his tally. He returned to 2./JG 51 before the end of the year, starting a surprising sequence of multiple victories. On 18 January 1943, as a Feldwebel, flying a Focke-Wulf Fw 190 as a wingman of Leutnant Joachim Brendel, he attacked a formation of nine Petlyakov Pe-2 bombers from 202 BAP, in the area of Velikiye Luki, and claimed five kills in five minutes (Brendel claimed three, actual Soviet losses were six).

On 27 July 1943, Jennewein claimed his 86th and last aerial victory when he shot down an Ilyushin Il-2 ground-attack aircraft. Shortly after, he was posted as missing in action when his Focke Wulf Fw 190 A-6 (Werknummer 550182 — factory number) was shot down by another Il-2 in aerial combat northwest of Mtsensk.

If you want to read more, here's the link: Josef Jennewein - Wikipedia

In the attachment you can also see a map relevant to the subject.

P.S.
I'm already working on another aircraft model, also a repaint done by my grandson. It's a Piper L-4 in early markings.