Fw-190 F-8 (Pb 1) "Panzerblitz"
From 1943 the Fw-190 F-8 started to replace the Stuka in most Luftwaffe Schlachtgeschwader. Even the famous Stuka ace, Hans Ulrich Rudel (Highest decorated pilot in the Luftwaffe) flew the F-8.
As the Red Army pushed toward the borders of the Reich, German scientists started to develop aerial weaponry that were cutting edge for their time in order to stem the tide of the Red Army advance. One of these weapons were the Panzerblitz (Pb 1). This weapon was an anti-armour missile comprising an 80 mm mortar grenade mated with the R4M air-to-air missile. This allowed the warhead to penetrate 90 mm of steel armour. The SS-controlled weapons factory at Brno in Czechoslovakia produced some 43850 of these missiles by February 1945.
This is Tamiya's 1/48 scale Fw-190 F-8 (Pb 1) in the colours of Schlachtgeschwader 10 operating in Hungary during the winter of 1944 and early 1945. The aircraft is armed with 12 Panzerblitz missiles, twin 13 mm MG 131's in the upper nose deck and two MG 151 cannons, one in each wing root. In the ground-attack role the Fw-190 F-8's were armour plated with armour between 5 - 8 mm in thickness to protect the engine and the pilot.
The model is sprayed with Modelmaster enamels from their RLM range. Panel lines were highlighted using brown water colour paint.
Wicked scheme morne…..nicely built.
Thanks Jack! Thought I should post it after seeing your stricken Fw-190 and hapless pilot. 😉
Talk about packing a Wollip! Well done Morne. That is some real nice paint you applied to this model.
California Steve
Thanks Steve. Another Luftwaffe winter camouflage.
Nice job all-around, Morne...paint, detail, photos - everything!
Thanks Craig for the positive remarks. It's always appreciated.
This is another weapon I have never heard of.
Thanks for the info.
Very good representation.
Thanks Al. The Fw-190 F8's were fitted with a wide array of different experimental weaponry such as downward firing cannons in the wings and cluster bombs.
Another excellent job, Morne. Awesome paint work !
Thanks Joe for the thumbs up on my build.
very sweet model...wonderful paint
Thanks Bob. The kit went together without any fit issues and when you use ModelMaster paint you don't have to worry because you work with the best enamels in the business.
Ausgezeichnet ! A great one, Morne. This is the scheme i wanted more than
twice to do, but deterred while it s hard to spray on. You did this " aus dem Handgelenk heraus" stunning !
I agree with the ModelMaster paints, they are great.
Started this year not one but two Eduard 190s we will see...
Vielen Dank Bernd. The camouflage was sprayed free hand. Not a dificult scheme to spray. Es war eine Geduldsprobe!
Great work yet again Morne.
Wonderful paintwork and some nice pics too.
Well done sir.
Thanks Simon for the thumbs up on my build!
There's that Aztek airbrush working its magic again!
The Aztek range with inter-changable nozzels for different jobs just makes airbrushing models that more easy.
That must have been a time consuming work - the camo looks great (yet again). Nice one Morne
Thanks Paul. She took me a weekend to build. That was the good old days. Now with aftermarket stuff and scratchbuilding it takes too long. 🙂
Great Butcher Bird there Morne. Love the camo on this one in particular.
Thanks Gregor for the thumbs up on my build.
Excellent finish Morne, great at looking 190. I always thought those anti-tank rockets were another one of those mostly "vaporware" late war weapons. Looks like I need to do some reading 🙂
Thanks Rick. The Schlacht pilots used them extensively during the last months of the war to stem the tide of the Russian shock armies. Took guts to fly low and slow, aim and fire those rockets whilst taking fire from the enemy.
Morne,
All I can say is OUTSTANDING...
Thanks Frank. This was a very effective tank killer. Many Schlachtflieger preferred this type over the Stuka.