Here you go guys and gals, I've posted this on a few other modeling forums that I frequent...thought you guys over here would like it as well. I just finished this, it isn't historically accurate as far as the camo pattern goes, but it was fun to build nevertheless. Very cool aircraft to build and learn about! There are more pictures and some other stuff at my blog. Feel free to check it out! Once there, just scroll down and click on any pic to view a larger version. Enjoy! KhanZilla's blogspot
Thank for posting this nice aircraft. You surely don't see this Nightfighter version in a 1/48 scale every day. Don't worry for the cammo it may not be accurate but at least you are aware of it and you can always correct this.
http://http://www.geocities.com/pentagon/2833/luftwaffe/nightfighter/he219/he219.html Just like the Northrop's P-61, it was designed from the outset as a night fighter.
it was a piece of crap ............. though I./NJG 1 perferred it over the ancient Bf 110G-4 though the record of the other gruppen showed that they outscored the super big NF in many ways curious what is the colour of the underfuselage ...... black or ? and yes you could repaint in very light Blau-Weiß with the violet-grey splotches
Tommcat the UHU Nightfigter was meant to replace the ME-110 and/or the JU88 nightfighter versions. However it proved to be not user friendly, too fragile, too costly and not effecient to thwart the bombers when they attempted Evasive Action. However after a while and with a lot of training and experience, some pilots managed to make some interesting scores with this aircraft, especially in NJG1 at the late stage of the war. Only a few prefered the UHU which was less reliable than than teh ME110 G4 versions. Besides too few were made to get all crews such an aircraft anyway.
as I said Martin the crews of I./NJG 1 which Otto was, preferred the big boy to the old news Bf 110G-4 am sure he felt he wished he had it as a replacement at the start of his career. what gets me is that NJG 3 had them on hand were not impressed and continued to run the Ju 88G-6, Stab NJGr 10 had them flew; a few ops and then their backs were all broken. back to NJG 1 a few also in II./NJG 1 tested by aces in that gruppe along with Ju 88G-6's
I confirm, the UHU would have needed more testing, it was very advanced A/C, but not ready. In the haste of the last months of war there was not much choice.
the a/c was basically out by 1945 I would say it was a mid war a/c advanced for the time of 1943, the radar was not of course. it had already been proven it was Mosquito fodder and although the modeller posed his with rear warning radar it was not standard equipment for I./NJG 1 Uhu's, why I have no clue. being only a two seater there was not an extra pair of eyes needed to make "watch", 4 crewmen in a Ju 88G-6 and 3 in a Bf 110G-4 by 1945, plus no rear defensive arms that was sorely needed............. I've covered this in the past and thinking it was quite important, many discussed do not feel the need for the arm(s) nor the extra set of eyes
this is Mr. C's blog showing the progression of his Heinkel which I actually think the camo is pretty slick and I am very critical ....and i was right about the balck undersides, note towards the bottom the 219 from NASM displayed - fuselage in the Welle pattern, there is still some talk of the true silvery squiggles as being true to form or more grey in colour KhanZilla
Nice build, camo is cool I think, and a good nightfighter. What company made the kit? I saw an Uhu at my hobby lobby but I forgot who made it...I think it was 1/48 scale and Revell...I'll have to check again. In the meantime nice job!
Thanks for the kind words, Hufflepuff. The kit is made by Tamiya and is 1/48 scale. I also found mine at the local Hobby Lobby so odds are this is the same kit you saw at yours. I highly recommend it if you are looking to build a kit of this unique aircraft.
That's very interesting to hear, for me, regarding the criticisms of the He219. I read a lot about this plane both in English and German and while I picked up a lot regarding the political infighting and strategic decisions that led to the plane being cancelled and re-ordered several times, I never noted any technical criticisms (not counting lack of testing, perhaps). I certainly did not notice that it was "Mosquito fodder". Given the high speed, I would have thought the reverse in fact! Rearward guns are not much use, even the famous MG81 twin with its high rate of fire, against a Mosquito's firepower at close range.... At the end of the day, of course, performance is not everything, and the reliability, stability and docile handling of the Bf110 and Ju88 were in demand among the less experienced pilots. Nice model too, very impressive!
