New models from Gerry Paper Models

[Butelczynski]

Bruno never did Do-17/215/217.

His He-111 is very nice but wings need a bit of work. I build it so if anyone needs pictures PM me.

[Siwi]

How suprising - it's quite a significant aircraft family all things considered, and fairly straightforward to reproduce in paper.

[Gerry1966]

I've been thinking about that, too. Bruno's He-111 could at worst be modified, but I'd rather wait to see if he ever recreates it, including the earliest versions.
And it's the same with the Do-17/215/217. They are beautiful aircraft that deserve to have a whole series produced. Personally, I'd be most tempted by the Do-217, both the night fighter version and the day bomber, with a spherical cockpit and Fritz X bomb under the hull.

[Gerry1966]

The second part of the package is the Hungarian version of the "Hornet" designated Me-210Ca-1. It still has the older version of the wings, but an extended fuselage. I have prepared 3 versions of this already quite successful machine:

- Messerschmitt Me-210Ca-1 Hornisse (Magyar Királyi Honvéd Légierő, 5/1 'Bagoly' Kisérleti Éjszakai Vadászszázad, Ferihegy AB, Summer 1944)
- Messerschmitt Me-210Ca-1 Hornisse (Magyar Királyi Honvéd Légierő, 102/2 'Tiger' Györsbombázó század, Hajdúböszörmény AB, Spring 1945)
- Messerschmitt Me-210Ca-1 Hornisse (Magyar Királyi Honvéd Légierő, RKI Romboló század, alezredes Loránt Dóczy, Székesfehérvár AB, April 1944)

And since most of us probably don't speak Hungarian, I'm adding a translation of the units for information:
- 5/1 'Owl' Experimental Night Hunting Squadron
- 102/2 'Tiger' Fast Bomber Squadron
- Experimental Heavy Fighter Squadron

[Butelczynski]

If I'm not mistaken Hungarians produced their own Me-210 along with Me-109. Unlike Germans they liked 210s but they used them differently than Germans. Hungarian Me-210s were much more a fighter/bombers and along with Hungarian FW-190 they hunted Soviet Pe-2 and Il-2 close support bombers.

[Gerry1966]

Another Hornisse group is the "Schnellbomber", a fast bomber. Again there are 3 models:

- Messerschmitt Me-410A-1 Hornisse (Luftwaffe, 1-KG51 'Edelweiss', Operation Steinbock, Fauville AB, April 1944)
- Messerschmitt Me-410A-1 Hornisse (Luftwaffe, 1-SG152, Prostějov AB, May 1944)
- Messerschmitt Me-410A-1 Hornisse (Luftwaffe, 14-KG2, Lt. Rudolf Abrahamczik, Laon-Athies AB, France, late 1943)

[Gerry1966]

The last group of Me-410s was ready very quickly, because I had everything ready and was just putting them together. The last 3 models are of course from the Zerstörer category, namely:

- Messerschmitt Me-410A-1/U-2 Hornisse (Luftwaffe, 1/ZG26, Fassburg AB, Spring 1944)
- Messerschmitt Me-410A-1/U-2 Hornisse (Luftwaffe, II/ZG26, Hptm. Eduard Tratt, Hildesheim AB, April 1944)
- Messerschmitt Me-410B-2/U-4 Hornisse (Luftwaffe, 4/ZG26, Lt. Rudi Dassow, Königsberg-Devau AB, Autumn 1943)

[wireandpaper]

Thank you so much for the history lesson!
One of these days I will be able to differentiate at first glance a 210 from a 410!

[Gerry1966]

The second group of Axis aircraft is ready. This time it was the turn of the well-known and much used Arado Ar-196A seaplane. In total you will get 6 versions in one package:
- Arado Ar-196A-1 (Luftwaffe, 1/BordfliegerGruppe 196, DKM Admiral Graf Spee, South Atlantic raid, December 1939) - a very interesting emergency marking, which was to imitate the French aircraft during the famous South Atlantic raid.
- Arado Ar-196A-1 (Luftwaffe, 10/(See) LG 2, Kiel AB, Autumn 1939)
- Arado Ar-196A-3 (Forțele Aeriene Regale ale României, Escadrila 101 Hidroavion, Odessa AB, 1944)
- Arado Ar-196A-3 (Luftwaffe, 1/BordfliegerGruppe 196, DKM Prinz Eugen, Summer 1941)
- Arado Ar-196A-3 (Luftwaffe, 2/SAG 125, Suda Bay AB, Crete, August 1942)
- Arado Ar-196A-3 (Royal Bulgarian Air Force, 161st Seaplane Squadron, Varna AB, 1944)
I hope you like it.

[CMDRTED]

The Prinz Eugen 196 is/was on display at the Willow Grove Naval Air Station in Pennysylvania.